Hadis Fard also known as XEL is a human being and plant ally, living and creating on the ancestral land of Squamish and Shishalh nations. She is a multi-disciplinary artist, visual & sound composer. She uses sound, geometry, data, code, and poetry to bridge art x tech x science and create multi-sensory & immersive performances and installations. Hadis has had a non-linear path in her creative journey. She holds a master of computer science, bachelor of engineering, continuing studies in fine art, and has studied sound composition independently with various mentors over the years. Hadis’ muses are rooted in eco-feminine, mythology, and collective consciousness, and she curiously looks for ways to relinquish the defence of identities into universal perspective.

She has performed and exhibited in various festivals and venues locally and internationally. Her works have been exhibited in ArsElectronica (NYC garden), Times Square (NYC, US), TheaterLab (NYC, US), Vancouver New Music (Vancouver, BC), Vancouver International Jazz Festival, etc., has collaborated with artists with wide range of creative palettes, and has published science articles in prestigious IEEE journal. Her works have been acknowledged by the Canada Council of Arts. Hadis’ purpose and community service is to live by the earth oriented practices within communities and bring the integrated authentic feminine voice in areas less heard, she finds community in diversity.

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