Mark November 10-11th in your calendars, because TAG’s GAMERella is happening again this year! This is our 5th year and as always, GAMERella is inviting self-identified women, gender non conforming game makers, people with different abilities as well as anyone who feels they haven’t had a chance to make a (video or board) game. As always, […]
“A cyborg is a cybernetic organism, a hybrid of machine and organism, a creature of social reality as wel las a creature of fiction.” -Donna Haraway, "A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-.Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century" In her landmark essay, "A Cyborg Manifesto", Donna Haraway speaks of the cyborg as a being that […]
The Machine Agencies group presents a workshop on designing creative voice bots. ** If you're planning to attend, please RSVP at machineagencies.milieux@gmail.com ** Location: TAG, EV 11th floor, Room 11.435 In this workshop, we’ll discuss the history of speech recognition and speech synthesis, learn the basics of conversational design, and then create our own creative […]
This 10-hour workshop is designed for artists who want to expand their practice using VR. Students will learn UNITY and develop their first VR project for the HTC VIVE headset. No prior coding experience is required. What we will cover: Introduction to Unity (Hierarchy and game objects, physics, lighting and textures) Animation and timelime controller- 360 degrees video mapping -Introduction […]
In this workshop Biologist & Artist Nathalie Dubois-Calero will be teaching DIY methods she developed for the micro-propagation of plants and vegetables from infertile or ‘protected’ samples. By controlling hormone levels during the propagation, we will also be able to affect the growth patterns of the plants, allowing for the creation of unusual plant morphologies.Her […]
Led by Sam Bourgault and Emma Forgues During this workshop, we will introduce the concepts of soft robotics and learn to cast silicone pieces to create a collaborative art piece! Every participant will build a small soft robot that we will then put together to create a larger soft robotics “quilt”! Soft Robotics is a […]
Led by Sam Bourgault and Emma Forgues During this workshop, we will introduce the concepts of soft robotics and learn to cast silicone pieces to create a collaborative art piece! Every participant will build a small soft robot that we will then put together to create a larger soft robotics “quilt”! Soft Robotics is a […]
Through their experimental and collaborative approach to art-making, the weavers of the Bauhaus transformed both the future of textiles and of abstract art. In this two-hour workshop, participants will have the opportunity to design and embroider their own 5" x 5" continuous line drawings and simple shapes using the digital thread placement machine in the […]
Led by Darian Stahl, Participatory Media Cluster In this artist’s book workshop, participants will learn about the intersecting histories of medicine and bookmaking, contemporary artists working in thisSelect an area to comment on medium, and then receive hands-on guidance in the creation of their very own artist’s book. This combination of fine art and book […]
Every maker needs a sticker. Every pinball needs a decal. Come to #MilieuxMake to learn to make your own sticker or decal. You can even try an iron-on patch. Learn to simply print, or make your own design. Come with your laptop and install the Cameo Silhouette software, or simply wait in line […]
Presented by Jess Marcotte of TAG This workshop will make the case for how hybrid games and alt controllers can serve as an entry-point for moving beyond the status quo of standard gaming interfaces (keyboard, mouse, controller, touchpad) and into new ways of thinking about video games and who plays them. Starting from examples […]
This workshop aims to explore the senses, by transforming the experience of sound from the auditory to the tactile and visual. How can we re-imagine the experience of sound via textiles and other material substrates? We will look at different computational and electronic platforms for integrating sound creation capabilities into textiles and learn different methods […]