Project background: SAT and Satellite

„Founded in 1996, the Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] is a non-profit organization dedicated to digital culture. With its triple mission as a center for the arts, training and research, the SAT is a gathering space for diverse talent, curiosity, and knowledge. It is recognized internationally for its active, leading role in developing technologies for immersive creation, mixed realities and telepresence. The Society for Arts and Technology is a place of collective learning that holds the promise of exploring technology to infuse it with more meaning, magic and humanity.“ 2 (Discover the SAT | Société Des Arts Technologiques [SAT], n.d.)

The headquarters are inside a three-storey industrial building in central Montreal and encompass a café, workplaces, exhibition halls, a roof terrace and a spherical movie theatre, the Satosphere, on the third floor. Now, this structure has been digitalized and published on Mozilla Hubs as a digital exhibition space. Metaverse visitors can navigate the so-called „Satellite“ from their computer or a VR set and explore the different virtual art spaces that are linked to the Satellite rooms.

Our task was redesigning Satellite and helping it transition to a fully digital space that makes optimal use of the opportunities the Metaverse offers. Key was bringing in a sense of adventure and whimsy so that visitors would feel compelled to explore every nook and cranny and lose themselves in the network of digital worlds.