[WORKSHOP] The Virtual Gallery

Join us for The Virtual Gallery, the first workshop of our “Reimagining Research” Spring Workshop Series!

From creating shared 3-D immersive virtual galleries, exploring creative structures through origami, examining archiving practices through via bio-plastics, materializing the materiality of the image via emulsion lifting and discovering the new facilities and equipment at LePARC’s revamped Performance Lab, we have an exciting array of ways to renew and reimagine your research methodologies and practices.

ABOUT THE VIRTUAL GALLERY WORKSHOP:

This first workshop invites participants to reimagine and transform their images into extrapolated 3-D renderings using local AI, then install them in a shared virtual gallery built in Blender & Unity. A short rendered tour video will be generated from the resulting virtual exhibition and displayed at Milieux’s 10th anniversary 5@7 on April 2nd, 2026.

This is a highly introductory workshop designed to explore possibilities and create a fun collaborative shared virtual gallery space, and to spark discussions regarding authorship, and is open to all Milieux Cluster members!

From 2D to 3D using AI

⏱️ 11:30am – 1:30pm

📍 MilieuxMake Space EV 10.825

The first part of the workshop will be facilitated by PhD student François Lespinasse of Machine Agencies, who will guide participants through the process of rendering 2-D images into 3-D renderings using the local AI computer at Machine Agencies, and briefly introduce other methods of generating 3D content with AI sources.

Be sure to bring your own images of little things to transform into 3-D!

From 3D to Virtual Reality

⏱️ 1:30 – 3:30pm

📍 Immersive Storytelling Studio EV 1.631

The second part of the workshop will be led by Part-time Faculty Marco Luna Barahona, VR technologist at the Immersive Storytelling Studio, who will walk participants through the basic processes of creating a virtual space (the gallery), formatting the 3-D elements and populating the gallery, discussing different options for expressing a specific narrative and creating a truly immersive experience.

👉 Participants are invited to bring their own work in the form of short videos, existing 3-D renderings & images whose 3-D renderings they are happy to include in a shared VR gallery space.

📅 March 26, 2026

⏱️ 11:30 – 3:30 PM

🎟️ Spaces are limited. Please RSVP to Marc Beaulieu marc.beaulieu@concordia.ca and include within the subject line “Virtual Gallery”.