BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Milieux - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Milieux REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251029T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251029T190000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20250930T164227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251105T172706Z UID:10001241-1761757200-1761764400@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Milieux x Montreal Connect / Showcase\, 5 à 7\, Networking Event DESCRIPTION:Milieux is excited to partner with Printemps numérique for the 7th edition of MTL connect. This annual international event brings together entrepreneurs\, researchers\, industry professionals and artists to explore the evolving challenges and issues of the digital revolution. \nOn October 29th\, Milieux will host a delegation of international curators and industry professionals for a tour of the Institute followed by a 5 à 7 in the atrium on the 11th floor. \nThis event is a fantastic opportunity for members to showcase their research and creative work with professionals and peers in an informal setting. It’s also an amazing chance to connect with other members\, so even if you can’t present a project\, we invite you to join us to celebrate the research-creation at the institute. \n  \n \n  \nHere some pictures of last year’s event (Credits: Ana Isabel Duque): \n  \n                                                \n  \nABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION: \n  \nJack Thomas Taylor is the Curator of Art\, Media and Technology at the media majlis museum (mm:museum) located within the school of Northwestern Qatar. He is one of the founding curators and has worked across multiple areas of the museum since its inception. In 2021 he was a key member of the team that helped the museum receive its accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums (awarded in 2022). \nTaylor holds a Master of Arts in Culture\, Criticism and Curation from Central Saint Martins (CSM) at the University of the Arts London (UAL) and a Master of Business Administration in Culture and Enterprise\, jointly awarded by Birkbeck Business School and his alma mater CSM. Taylor also has a diploma in Intellectual Property and Collections from the Institute of Art & Law at Queen Mary University\, London. \nHis current research interests include the exploration of the cultural and creative industries in Doha\, Qatar. This research is being supervised by King’s College London where he is also currently obtaining his PhD within the culture\, media\, and creative industries faculty. \n  \n  \nJens Hauser is a Paris and Copenhagen based media studies scholar and art curator focusing on the interactions between art and technology\, trans-genre and hybrid aesthetics. He’s currently a researcher at University of Copenhagen’s Medical Museion\, following a dual post-doctoral research position at the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences\, and coordinates the (OU)VERT network for Greenness Studies. He is also a senior postdoc researcher at the Medical University Vienna\, a distinguished affiliated faculty member of the Department of Art\, Art History and Design at Michigan State University\, where he co-directs the BRIDGE artist in residency program\, an affiliated faculty member at the Department for Image Science at Danube University Krems\, a guest lecturer at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and at the University of Innsbruck\, a guest professor at the Department of Arts and Sciences of Art at Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne\, and a researcher affiliated with École Polytechnique Paris-Saclay. Hauser has been the chair of the European Society for Literature\, Science and the Arts’ 2018 conference in Copenhagen. At the intersection of media studies\, art history and epistemology\, he has developed an aesthetic and epistemological theory of biomediality as part of his PhD at Ruhr University Bochum\, and also holds a degree in science and technology journalism from Université François Rabelais in Tours. \n  \n  \nMohumagadi Moruti is an emerging curator and researcher with a background in computing and an M.A. in Media Arts Cultures at Aalborg University\, her research focuses on the ontology of technology\, culture\, memory\, and geocultural-international curating. She has been actively involved in curatorial and collaborative projects through the Botswana National Gallery\, Aalborg University\, Siggraph 2023\, 2024\, 2025 as well as International Program Committee (ICP) member for ISEA 2025.\n \n  \n  \n Georges-Emmanuel ARNAUD is a multidisciplinary artist and curator whose work transcends traditional art boundaries to create pieces that explore and challenge our relationship with body\, time and memory. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMarine Haverland is the co-founder of fomo.scene\, a Brussels-based company established in 2021 that curates and produces immersive installations and digital exhibitions for cultural venues. Her projects include Reset Immersive (Brussels\, 2023). Previously\, she worked in audiovisual production at Versus Production\, founded Aura Films—a consulting agency specializing in new media and production—and co-founded the Liège Web Fest (2013-2016)\, a festival dedicated to emerging digital formats including transmedia\, web series\, and virtual reality. Marine actively participates in professional events related to immersive technologies and digital culture\, with a particular interest in access to immersive art and the challenges of scenography\, technology\, and audience mediation. \n  \n  \nCarol Giordano is Associate Director of Chroniques (Biennale of Digital Imaginaries) in Marseille\, France.\nFounded in 2018\, the Biennale of Digital Imaginaries is the major event for digital arts and culture in Southern France. It showcases visual arts\, sound arts\, and live performance that explore new technologies\, activates public spaces\, and provides a platform for national and international artists from diverse backgrounds.\nCarol Giordano is also affiliated with Seconde Nature and ZINC\, key organizations in the digital arts scene of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. Giordano also served as Associate Director Seconde Nature and ZINC from January 2020 to November 2023\, where he coordinated innovative cultural and artistic projects. \n  \n  \n🗓 October 29\, 2025 \n⏱️ 5 – 7 PM \n📍Milieux Institute\, EV Building 11th floor URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/11341/ LOCATION:Milieux Institute Atrium (11th Floor) CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Untitled-6-Banner-Event.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250411T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250412T160000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20250325T172134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T160143Z UID:10001196-1744390800-1744473600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Shipwreck: UKAI Projects Exhibition at Milieux DESCRIPTION: If you found yourself shipwrecked and washed ashore\, what three things would you most wish to have with you? How would you make a new home where you beached?  \n  \nJoin us on April 11 and April 12 for the public opening of Shipwreck\, a durational work under development by UKAI Projects at Milieux Institute. This immersive and interactive experience explores the powerful act of making home amidst the ruins of potential futures\, exploring how we navigate ecological\, cultural\, and technological devastation. During this residency\, UKAI Projects will invite three Montreal-based artists (see their profiles below) to make a home among remnants brought by their team. \nMore about the project \n  \nEXPERIENCE SHIPWRECK:  \nThis is not a passive exhibition. Shipwreck demands your presence\, your interaction\, and your imagination\, inviting you to actively shape the narrative. Now it’s your turn to engage with the culmination of this 12-day residency and to step into this evolving landscape\, navigate this liminal space\, where devastation meets creative resilience. \n  \n\nJoin us on April 11 -12 to step into this strange world of devastation\, joy\, and reinhabitation.   \nFriday\, April 11\, 5 PM – 7 PM \nOpening Reception (Please RSVP to confirm your attendance). \nSaturday\, April 12:  10 AM – 4 PM \nShipwreck opened to the public \n\n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \n \nGabriel Junqueira (Fortaleza\, Brazil / 1992) is a multimedia artist who explores relations between body\, technology and materiality in media such as digital images\, sculptures and installations. \nHis recent research revolves around the relation between built spaces and nature through the creation of landscapes in 3D architectural visualization software\, commonly used in the real estate development market to simulate structures to be built. \nSeeking inspiration from corporate architecture and landscaping concepts\, the artist creates impossible locations\, where figurative elements are rearranged to the point of abstraction. \nAs an extension of his visual arts research\, since 2018 he has been dedicated to the musical project “Naves Cilíndricas”. In 2020\, he released two albums: “Imagens de Desastres Em High Resolution” on the Meia Vida label and “Névoa” via the Domina Label. \n  \nMeghan Moe Beitiks (she/they) is an artist and designer working with associations and disassociations of culture/nature/structure. They analyze perceptions of ecology though the lenses of site\, history\, emotions\, and her own body in order to produce work that analyzes relationships with the non-human. \nThey were a Fulbright Student Fellow\, a recipient of the Claire Rosen and Samuel Edes Foundation Prize for Emerging Artists\, a MacDowell Colony fellow\, and an Artist-in-Residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. Their work has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada\, among other resources. They received their BA in Theater Arts from the University of California at Santa Cruz\, and their MFA in Performance Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. \n  \n  \nCredit: Riley Mydansky\nEija Loponen-Stephenson‘s work predominantly concerns the relationship between human movement and urban architectural spaces. Through practice-based artistic inquiry and experimental pedagogy\, she examines how body-building interactions can reveal hidden power structures programmed into the built environment. She holds a BFA in Sculpture and Installation from the Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD U) and a MA in Art Education at Concordia University. \n  \n  \n  \nABOUT UKAI PROJECTS: \nUKAI Projects is a Canadian cultural organization whose mission is “culture for what’s coming”. Through artistic and cultural production\, UKAI provides publics with opportunities to inhabit massive social\, technological\, and ecological volatility and to begin to make a home in a changing world.  We seek and test out modes of cultural production that are in the right relation to the world we are making. \nOur home is a 7\,000 sq-ft abandoned office space in downtown Toronto where we host exhibitions\, residencies\, workshops\, parties\, and more. \nMuch of our work is global\, having recently created or presented work in Merida (MX)\, Geneva (CH)\, Beijing (CN)\, Dzaleka (MW)\, Cairo (EG)\, Berlin (DE)\, London (GB)\, Bristol (GB)\, Milan (IT)\, Reykjavik (IS)\, Helsinki (FI)\, Oslo (NO)\, and numerous locations across the United States and Canada. \nOur work explores algorithmic systems\, rising authoritarianism\, and climate damage through embodied and immersive experiences. We call into question the appropriateness of ossified ideologies and routines to make sense of these changes and invite audiences to undersign themselves to what happens next. \n  \n                                 URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/shipwreck-ukai-projects-opening-exhibition-at-milieux/ LOCATION:milieux institute CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/UKAI-Exhibition_1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240416T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240416T180000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20240405T185333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240405T185333Z UID:10001113-1713261600-1713290400@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:17 Stations: An Interactive Exhibition and Discussion DESCRIPTION:The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by United Nations Member States outlines a collective vision for global peace and prosperity. Its core consists of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)\, urging both developed and developing nations to collaborate in addressing poverty\, enhancing health and education\, reducing inequality\, fostering economic growth\, combating climate change\, and conserving natural resources like oceans and forests. \n1 – No Poverty \n2 – Zero Hunger \n3 – Good Health and Well-Being \n4 – Quality Education \n5 – Gender Equality \n6 – Clean Water and Sanitation \n7 – Affordable and Clean Energy \n8 – Decent work and Economic Growth \n9 – Industry\, Innovation and Infrastructure \n10 – Reduced Inequalities \n11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities \n12 – Responsible Consumption and Production \n13 – Climate Action \n14 – Life Below Water \n15 – Life on Land \n16 – Peace\, Justice and Strong Institutions \n17 – Partnerships for the goals \n  \nWhat if those SDGs were turned into a sensorial experience?\nThat’s what the 17 Stations project is all about! \nThe 17 Stations is an experimental audio-visual experience that presents the SDGs through music\, commentary\, photography\, local stories and cutting-edge science. \n\nInitiated by Professor Baron Tymas\, member of the Next-Generation Cities Institute\, the project brought together more than 30 Concordia University creatives minds across various disciplines\, including the Milieux Institute and\, more specifically\, the Storytelling Studio. \n\nJoin us for the launch of this unique and innovative experience followed by a roundtable discussion with members of the team at 4 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n  \n  \n: April 16\, 2024 | 10 – 6 p.m \n: 4TH Space\, 1400 Maisonneuve Blvd W \n🌐 The discussion will also be available online via Zoom. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/17-stations-an-interactive-exhibition-and-discussion/ LOCATION:4th Space CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1712249035357.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231204T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231204T210000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20231106T161042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231129T182327Z UID:10001081-1701712800-1701723600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Film Screening: Geographies of Solitude by Jacquelyn Mills + Master Class (Co-organized with the McGill Critical Media Club) DESCRIPTION:Through a common interest in the environment and creative storytelling\, the Concordia Ethnography Lab has partnered with McGill’s Critical Media Club to host Jacquelyn Mills who will present her stunningly beautiful film Geographies of Solitude\, part nature film\, part biographical portrait. The screening will be followed by a master class on the making of the film. The event is open to all! \nWhen? December 4\, 2023\, 6-9pm \nWhere? McGill’s Peterson Hall\, Room 108 \nAn immersion into the rich ecosystem of Sable Island\, guided by naturalist and environmentalist Zoe Lucas who has lived over 40 years on this remote sliver of land in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Shot on 16mm and created using a scope of innovative eco-friendly filmmaking techniques\, this feature-length experimental documentary is a playful and reverent collaboration with the natural world. Much like a field book\, the film tracks its protagonist’s labor to collect\, clean and document marine litter that persistently washes up on the island shores. Jacquelyn Mills is a filmmaker based in Montreal. Her works are immersive and sensorial\, often exploring an intimate and healing connection to the natural world. The screening will be followed by a Master class with Jacquelyn Mills. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/film-screening-geographies-of-solitude-by-jacquelyn-mills-master-class-co-organized-with-the-mcgill-critical-media-club/ LOCATION:McGill’s Peterson Hall\, Room 108\, 3460 Rue McTavish\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1700507895690-b82a34b7-7ff9-497a-a5f8-6fe5c1ac40f2_1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231122T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231122T180000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20231106T155014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231106T155059Z UID:10001080-1700676000-1700676000@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Film Screening: Huahua's Dazzling World and Its Myriad Temptations (2022) by Daphne Xu + Q&A DESCRIPTION:Join us on November 22nd\, 2023\, at 6 pm at the Concordia Ethnography Lab (EV 10. 625) for the screening of “Huahua’s Dazzling World and Its Myriad Temptations (2022)” & Q&A with the director! \nHuahua\, an eccentric and exuberant woman from Xiongan New Area\, a government-planned city just south of Beijing\, livestreams herself dancing\, singing\, and chatting with fans for a living. Cell phone screens\, beauty filters\, and digital soundscapes reveal a world that Huahua creates with her own image. \nDaphne Xu is a Chinese Canadian artist and filmmaker exploring the politics and poetics of place. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director. \n\nCanada/U.S. • 2022 • 82min• Mandarin• English subtitles \n\nThis project is funded by The Concordia Council on Student Life (CCSL) \n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/film-screening-huahuas-dazzling-world-and-its-myriad-temptations-2022-by-daphne-xu-qa/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Filmnights_Nov.-22_HuahuaStill-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230925T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230925T173000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20230908T191150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230908T191601Z UID:10001042-1695652200-1695663000@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:[Gaming Session] Activating Games DESCRIPTION:Technoculture\, Art and Games (TAG) students Scott De Jong\, Hanine El Mir\, and Owen Hellum will be presenting their games and hosting a participatory gaming session at The Commons exhibition. \nDate: Monday\, September 25th\, 2023\nTime: 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM\nLocation: Concordia University 4TH Space.\nThe Rabbit Hole – Scott de Jong (2:30 – 3:30 pm) Online disinformation has been likened to a game\, and this project did so by turning research on Canadian disinformation into a playable fantasy game. Paying homage to the narrative adventure genre\, this project uses its design structures and play to portray the research networks studied and provides an analogy and metaphor to the academic work conducted. Titled\, The Rabbit Hole this project uses play to study and discuss how disinformation creates networks online. With a “mystical” codebook to break down the narrative\, this exhibit shows the use of play-based practices in studying and relaying disinformation research. It raises questions around the power of narrative and analogy in creating online movements\, as well as ways to visualize the deeply networked and convoluted dynamics of online misleading content. \nIn Our Garden – Hanine El Mir (3:30 – 4:30 pm) In Our Garden is a collaborative and cooperative board game in which players plant crops and maintain their gardens in order to feed their communities over the span of one year. Once a year has passed\, the players may decide to expand on their individual soil plots\, start a community garden\, get a fridge\, or participate in a farmers’ market. In Our Garden‘s playtime is based on growing times in seasonal farming calendars but scaled down for game optimisation. Players get an individual soil bed in which they plant seed cards\, water them\, and give them energy to help them grow. The main goal of the game is for players to achieve food security in their community. There are goal/quest cards to achieve that\, such as “plant seasonally-available fruits\,” “plant 3 heads of garlic” and “plant only root vegetables for the next 3 turns.” \nUNDERSCORE – Owen Hellum (4:30 – 5:30 pm) UNDERSCORE is an experimental narrative game project that utilises environmental exploration\, advanced non-linear dialogue\, and multimedia to reflect on ideas of both alienation and kinship. Through engagement with many entities across three different acts\, the player has the chance to explore concepts of shared suffering\, understanding\, and joy. UNDERSCORE is an emotional work\, pulling on personal experiences and thoughts in regards to shared feelings and shared hopes. The work was created in an attempt to explore concepts of choice and narrative through various academic definitions and classifications of game design. Through these novel approaches to classic narrative and game design scenarios (e.g. false choice\, dilemma\, delayed effect\, etc.)\, a new approach is taken to the concepts of collective emotion and individual catharsis. This dense intertwining of both puzzle and story allow the game to effectively communicate its concepts of collectiveness. The game was developed over the course of 3 weeks\, and has undergone playtesting refinement. This event is open to all. Join us in-person at 4th Space! URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/gaming-session-activating-games-with-scott-de-jong-hanine-el-mir-and-owen-hellum/ LOCATION:4th Space CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230925T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230929T180000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20230727T213300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230727T213352Z UID:10001034-1695636000-1696010400@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:"The Commons" Exhibition DESCRIPTION:The Milieux Institute for Arts\, Culture\, and Technology in Montreal/Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang is delighted to invite you to our annual members’ exhibition. This event will unfold from September 25 – 29\, 2023\, at Concordia’s 4th Space. This year\, our diverse community of students and faculty members will present their research and research-creation works through the thematic lens of “The Commons”. \nThe theme “The Commons” encourages exploration of shared resources and spaces that are accessible to all members of a community or society. This concept has been interpreted through a range of creative and research practices by our contributors. The exhibition hopes to delve into the many facets of The Commons\, illustrating its potential as a catalyst for creativity\, collaboration and social change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey themes woven throughout the exhibition’s works include our relationship with machines\, the intersections of technology\, ecology\, and human existence\, recent developments in artificial intelligence and collective creation\, a critical examination of the internet as a digital commons\, and the dynamics of access to public spaces. Additional themes encompass the use of craft as a tool for commoning\, sustainable crafts\, embodied virtual experiences\, exploration of urban narratives and systemic issues\, and inquiries regarding inclusion and accessibility. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe mediums used in these projects are diverse\, encompassing digital and analog games\, interactive installations\, multimedia and multi-channel video installations\, sound installations\, textile art\, VR experiences\, photography\, and documentary film. \nMark your calendars and join us to celebrate the year-end exhibition “The Commons” at the 4th Concordia Space from September 25-29\, 2023. Stay tuned for upcoming details on featured artists and researchers! URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/the-commons-exhibition/ LOCATION:4th Space CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/posterDv1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230711T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230713T180000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20230607T181545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230621T151752Z UID:10001024-1689069600-1689271200@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Digital Intimacies Pop-up Exhibition DESCRIPTION:The Research-Creation Collective (RCC) is a collaborative project involving members of the DIGS lab and Feminist Media Studio\, Concordia University. This year the RCC has co-curated Digital Intimacies\, an exhibition exploring the impacts of digitization on our understanding of intimacy through diverse research creation projects. \n\nInspired by Lauren Berlant’s attestation that “the kinds of connections that impact people\, and on which they depend for living (if not ‘a life’)\, do not always respect the predictable forms\,” Digital Intimacies seeks to understand how intimacy could be conceptualized and creatively explored differently than “predictable forms” (Berlant 1998\, 284). \nWhen? July 11-13\, 2023 (10am – 6pm daily) \nWhere? 4th Space\, SGW Campus (Room LB-103 @ 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.) URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/digital-intimacies-pop-up-exhibition/ LOCATION:4th Space CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screen-Shot-2023-06-21-at-11.15.28-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230508T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230512T170000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20230426T152057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230426T152531Z UID:10001018-1683532800-1683910800@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Home/Making Research Creation Showcase DESCRIPTION:The Textiles and Materiality Cluster is happy to invite everyone to the Home/Making Research-Creation Showcase\, co-hosted with 4 TH Space! \nJoin us for a weeklong workshop series\, research creation showcase and symposium drawing interdisciplinary scholars and makers into an ongoing conversation at the intersection of craft and home. The Home/Making Research-Creation Showcase will present material inquiries with work that interrogates issues such as domesticity and gender\, placemaking through craft\, and the reinvention of regional craft traditions. \nDuring the week of May 8\, research-creation work – including physical work\, images\, and video – will be displayed in 4TH Space\, which is open to the Concordia community and the general public from 10-6 daily. \nParticipants \n\nCilia Sawadogo\, Reihan Ebrahimi and Pots Uniques\nSelina Latour and Meaghan Bissett\nJosé Cortes\nSharmistha Kar\nNicole Miles\nPatrick Moskwa\nKerri-Lynn Reeves\nSabina Rak\nShaney Herrmann\nRebecca Strzelec\nFiona Harrington\nPragya Sharma\nRosa Borrás\nKathleen Vaughan\nSkot Deeming\nMichelle Wilson\nHeather Kohlmeier\nYesha Subotincic West\n\nHosted in partnership with the Textiles and Materiality Cluster\, Milieux Institute\, Concordia University. \n\n\n\n\nHow can you participate? Join us in person or online by registering for the Zoom Meeting or watching live on YouTube. \nHave questions? Send them to info.4@concordia.ca \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKeynote speaker\n\n\n\n\nDr. Juliette MacDonald (Edinburgh College of Art) \n\n\n\n\nThis event is part of:\nHome/Making Project URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/home-making-research-creation-showcase/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1677693217976.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230503 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230507 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20230420T194003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230420T194104Z UID:10001011-1683072000-1683417599@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Uncommon Senses IV: Sensory Ecologies\, Economies & Aesthetics DESCRIPTION:The Concordia University’s Centre for Sensory Studies invites everyone to the international multidisciplinary conference Uncommon Senses IV: Sensory Ecologies\, Economies & Aesthetics\, happening from May 3rd to May 6th at Concordia University and on-line!\nThe senses work together in multifaceted and even dissonant ways. However\, recognition of this multiplicity has been stymied by the focus on the “prereflective unity” of the senses within the phenomenology of perception\, and the emphasis on harmonious integration within cognitive neuroscience. The collision of the senses is inherent to Marshall McLuhan’s notion of the “collideroscope” of the sensorium. With this conference\, we seek to explore the potentialities of the latter concept. \nIn the same spirit\, the conference will welcome contributions relying on differing disciplinary perspectives. These perspectives may complement one another (multidisciplinary research) or they may coalesce (interdisciplinary research). “Cross-disciplinary research” is the expression we prefer — “crossing” in the sense of blending\, but also of confronting. \nThe overarching aim of the conference is to highlight the relevance of the emergent understanding of the collision of the senses to thinking about some burning issues of our times: the ecological crisis\, the commodification of the senses under capitalism\, and “the new aesthetics” as framed by the late Gernot Böhme. \nWhen? From May 3rd to May 6th \nWhere? Concordia University – in-person and on-line \nFeaturing over 150 papers grouped in 50 sessions and 12 panels\, 6 roundtables\, 9 workshops and a multisensory and virtual art gallery\, as well as a reception on the Friday evening entitled “A Feast for the Senses.” The four keynotes are free and open to the public. For all other sessions\, participants are required to register. \nKeynote Speakers:\nConstance Classen\nHsuan Hsu\nKathleen Sitter\nCharles Spence \nConference website\nFor more information please contact senses@concordia.ca URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/uncommon-senses-iv-sensory-ecologies-economies-aesthetics/ CATEGORIES:Conference / Festival,Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screen-Shot-2023-04-20-at-3.20.45-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230501 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230702 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20230501T000357Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230627T155626Z UID:10001019-1682899200-1688255999@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Call For Submissions: 'The commons' Exhibition DESCRIPTION:The Milieux Institute for Arts\, Culture\, and Technology\, located in Montreal/Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang\, is pleased to announce a call for submissions for its annual members’ exhibition\, which will take place from September 25 – 29\, 2023\, at Concordia’s 4th Space. \nMilieux is seeking submissions from active student and faculty members that engage with this year’s theme: The Commons. Members are invited to submit an individual or collective proposal to feature their creative work\, including (but not limited to): visual art\, audio projects\, performance\, presentations\, written or text-based work\, workshops\, panel discussions\, and more.  \nDeadline to apply: July 1st\, 2023.\nTheme: \nFor this year’s exhibition\, Milieux invites its members to submit interdisciplinary projects and activities that relate to the concept of “The Commons”. \nThe Commons refers to shared resources and spaces that are accessible to all members of a community or society. This exhibition seeks to explore the many facets of The Commons and showcase the ways in which it can be a source of creativity\, collaboration\, and social change.  \nThe concept of  Commons can be interpreted through different means\, including the natural commons\, such as land\, water\, air\, and the ways in which they are managed and protected; the cultural commons\, such as knowledge\, art\, and literature\, and the ways they are created. The concept of the commons can also be thought of as a shared space for innovative approaches to research and art-making\, including open-source software\, commonalities\, and collaborative and community-based practices. The Commons can also explore the challenges and opportunities of creating and maintaining a commons\, including issues of governance\, inclusivity\, and collective action. \nWe encourage all participants to explore the theme through their respective research and creative practices. \nConsiderations of the theme ask many questions\, including:  \n\n-As artists and researchers\, how do our activities reflect an ethos of tending to\, experimenting with\, and cultivating a commons? \n-How can such “commons” be constructed\, negotiated\, or provoked in the co-presence of others?\n-What is the role of art in creating and sustaining commons\, and how do these practices challenge dominant norms and power structures?\n-What are the fruits of our common fields?\n\nKeywords: \nKeywords may include\, but are not limited to: \nshared spaces; alternative futures; sustainability; speculative fiction; community-based research; climate change; counterarchives; alternative temporalities; land back; digital spaces; care and community; open access; collective action; undercommons; community art; social practices; creative commons; maker culture; co-creation; collaboration; craft; translation; participatory or interactive objects; material knowledges; place-based knowledge; scores; sustainable fashion; circular economy; visual storytelling; collective memory; player communities; philosophical gardens; \nDetails: \nDue to spatial limitations\, we are encouraging the submission of works with a small-to-medium physical footprint. For larger sculptural objects\, consider proposing a mode of display or documentation that can translate the work into the context of 4th Space while respecting our physical constraints. In the spirit of common resources\, digital submissions such as video or audio works may be compiled into a sequence in one or more central viewing stations. \nPlease outline technical requirements and requests in advance.  \nWe are excited to offer a $250 honorarium to each selected project for exhibiting artwork or performing at the event. This honorarium is per project and not per participant\, and we’ll pay the honorarium at the end of the event. Groups should nominate one eligible student member to receive the honorarium; faculty members are not eligible. This honorarium aims to recognize and support student research/creation and professionalization. To verify your eligibility\, please contact Ariana Seferiades\, Head of Communications at Milieux Institute at ariana.seferiadesprece@concordia.ca. \nTo Apply please fill out the submission form: \nTHE COMMONS | EXHIBITION CALL URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/call-for-submissions-the-commons-exhibition/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/posterDv1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230429T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230430T180000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20230411T200520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230411T200551Z UID:10001001-1682776800-1682877600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Embodied Interventions 2023: Performance Showcase DESCRIPTION:This 2-day performative showcase by the Performing Arts Research Cluster’s student membership is the culmination of two lively weeks of collaborative research-creation laboratories in which ideas and bodies converged. Join us as we travel from space to space to discover what form the projects have taken\, learn about the artists and experience these embodied interventions! \nArtists  \nHeather Anderson\, Tricia Enns\, Peng Hsu\, Sasha Kleinplatz\nChloe Lüm\, Juan Miceli\, Malika Pam.am\, Sue Proctor\nPatricia Ragazzon\, Hannah Schallert\, Marcela Szwarc \nCurators \nEija Loponen-Stephenson\nMargaret Lapp \nFull program and additional information: \nhttps://www.leparcmilieux.com/embodied-interventions URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/embodied-interventions-2023-performance-showcase/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/embodied-intewrventions_final-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230426T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230426T190000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20230417T154412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T155032Z UID:10001009-1682532000-1682535600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:EthnoLab Film Nights: 'Occupied' by Albina Kovalyova - Screening and Talk DESCRIPTION:On April 26th at 6 PM\, The Ethnography lab presents the screening of ‘Occupied’ in the last Film Nights of the semester. The documentary follows Dmytro Bahnenko\, a journalist in Kherson\, southern Ukraine\, as he spent three months secretly recording his city’s resistance to the Russian occupation. In an extraordinary and personal film\, Dmytro chronicles the harsh reality of life under occupation\, as food and medicines become scarce\, people flee\, and others begin to disappear. Dmytro and his wife Lidia struggle to shield their four-year-old daughter Ksusha from the war\, and make the difficult decision to try to escape. ‘Occupied’ was released on the BBC World Service on 20th October 2022. Just two weeks later Kherson was liberated by Ukrainian armed forces. Despite a momentary glimpse of hope for the people of Kherson\, the city has been under heavy bombardment and shelling from Russian military forces since. The documentary stands as a powerful chronicle of the occupation as it is anchored in the human story of one family. \nThe screening will be accompanied by a pre-recorded interview with its producer and director\, Albina Kovalyova\, as well as some updated clips from Dmytro taken after the release of the documentary. \n*No registration is required \nOccupied\, (2022) BBC Eye for BBC World Service.\nDmytro Bahnenko (reporter)\nAlbina Kobalyova (Producer and Director)\nMichael Simkin and Kateryna Khinkulova (Executive Producers) URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/ethnolab-film-night-screening-of-occupied/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/maxresdefault.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230424T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230424T190000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20230411T204139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230411T204312Z UID:10001002-1682355600-1682362800@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Le spectre anime nos os // The Spectre Animates our Bones DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Performing Arts Research Cluster\, Emilie Morin and Ryan Clayton are organizing a series of events around their currently exhibited work Le spectre anime nos os // The Spectre Animates our Bones\, in the Fofa Gallery’s Black Box until June 2nd. Happening throughout the week of April 24th\, all events are free and independent. You may participate in one\, two or all of them! \nGallery Visit & Discussion\nDuring this gallery visit and discussion\, participants will experience the motion captured animation in Fofa’s Black Box. This is also an opportunity to see the other exhibitions happening at the same time at Fofa. \nThe visit will be followed by an informal discussion in which Emilie Morin (in person) and Ryan Clayton (streaming live from Winnipeg!) will share their process and their interests while creating The Spectre Animates our Bones. The discussion is considered a time of exchange between artists and audience: questions\, comments and discussion are more than welcome! \nVisit at 5pm | Fofa Gallery (515 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest EV 1-715)\nDiscussion at 6pm | Milieux Institute Resource Room (EV 11.705) \nUsing Blender to create virtual sets\nInterested in 3D modeling to create virtual sets?  \nTuesday\, April 25\, 7-10pm\nOnline (Zoom link upon rsvp: leparc.milieux@gmail.com)\nLed by Ryan Clayton \nMovement and dance workshop\nThursday April 27 & Friday April 28\, 2-5pm\nFine Arts Black Box | EV Building\, sub basement S3.845-855\nLed by Emilie Morin\n__ \nAbout the Exhibition\nThe Spectre Animates our Bones is a work of braided dance. Emilie and Ryan choreographed a movement piece which each of them performed individually and recorded through motion capture technology. Each of their individual captures has been mapped onto the same virtual object\, animating its virtual body through space. Presented as a dual-channel video\, viewers can stand within an undulating 3D scan of the performer’s kitchen and watch the performance from multiple perspectives. Although the artists’ performances for motion capture are not directly visible in the animation\, the human quality of movement injected into the virtual form generates a distinct experience of performance for the viewers. It is a braided performance in that each movement strand is limited to its own characteristics\, but braided together\, they create a whole that superimposes itself to produce new meanings while still maintaining the characteristic movements of each individual. Motion capture technology is deployed in this piece to question human agency and movement: can performers possess qualities that make them undeniably recognizable? Can virtual movement act as a stand- in for these unique human agents? The choreography was built with these main questions in mind\, finding ways to confuse the viewers’ eyes into a blurred vision of virtual and “real” movement. With Emilie’s professional experience as a dance performer and Ryan’s background in solo and collective performance art\, the duo also examines how to position the dancing body in a traditional gallery space. Dance and performance are often associated with the ephemeral\, compared to the groundedness of the art object. Our virtual forms become an archive\, rooting a dance performance in the gallery space\, and suggesting that what contemporary artist Brendan Fernandes calls the “footmade” is as valuable as the “handmade”. \nAbout the artists\nSince 2017\, Ryan Clayton (contemporary artist) and Emilie Morin (dance and new media artist) have maintained a collaborative performance practice focusing primarily on the subject of consumer telecommunication technologies such as Skype\, Twitch and Zoom. Through their practice\, they have noticed that the world’s telecommunication networks have turned ubiquitous almost to the point of invisibility. These networks seamlessly integrate their way into humanity’s lives\, deeply impacting the ways in which humans communicate and relate to one another. Without prioritizing a particular form\, the artists deploy various technologies in their performances\, phone calls\, text messaging\, VR conversations\, and motion capture software to manipulate immersive and digitally created worlds. Their collaboration is specifically interested in telecommunication’s capacity for meaning making\, and its ability to transfer the indiscernible. \nMore info on the exhibition: https://www.concordia.ca/finearts/facilities/fofa-gallery/exhibitions/2023/ryan-clayton-emilie-morin.html URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/le-spectre-anime-nos-os-the-spectre-animates-our-bones/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screen-Shot-2023-04-11-at-4.08.48-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230422T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230422T180000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20230417T145450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T151910Z UID:10001008-1682157600-1682186400@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:The Other Market Game and The Loot Garden Art Market DESCRIPTION:Check out The OTHER Market this Saturday April 22nd. The OTHER Market is a mini-larp locative media treasure hunt exquisite corpse gamey experience – designed over many months by the Liveness Research group at TAG.  \nThe OTHER Market is part of a SSHRC project looking at ways to design what are now often called immersive experiences\, so that they are truly participatory. This results in a structure which does not rely on a lot of actors (or other trained staff) to run a production and makes these kinds of projects more sustainable for small teams and companies with modest budgets. \nThematically\, The OTHER Market explores meaning-making around objects and collections of objects. What can objects mean when they are untethered from consumption and/or status? \nSign up for the game. \nAND…The game takes place within a real art market called The Loot Garden. This art market has been especially organized to complement the game but you can come to the market without participating in the game. \nInfo on The Loot Garden art market. \nAt the wonderful public venue : ANTEISM! URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/the-other-market-game-and-the-loot-garden-art-market/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screen-Shot-2023-04-17-at-10.54.05-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230412T184000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230412T184000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20230324T204344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230324T204653Z UID:10000997-1681324800-1681324800@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:EthnoLab Film Nights at Cinéma du Parc DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to announce that on April 12th the Ethnography Lab is taking their Film Nights to the Cinéma du Parc for a collaborative event! \nThe film will be screened in presence of the protagonist\, Rocco Sait\, who will offer a musical performance. A discussion animated by our coordinator Maya Lamothe-Katrapani with the director\, Alexandra Sicotte-Lévesque\, and Dr. Justin Gest\, Professor of Policy and Government at George Mason University will follow. \nGreyland is the story of what was the fastest shrinking city in the United States\, Youngstown\, Ohio. Once the booming centre of American steel\, when the bottom fell out of the industry in the 1950s\, 60% of the population moved out. Today\, 37% of those left\, live beneath the poverty line. Like Rocco and Amber. A recovering heroin addict turned urban archeologist\, Rocco hunts through hundreds of abandoned houses. Vintage clothing\, records\, art works\, everything he finds goes to Greyland\, his art gallery come thrift store\, to be converted into cash. Meanwhile Amber is a single mother and the president of the Neighborhood Association of Homeowners\, leading the fight against city hall for their inaction in cleaning up her neighborhood. “We want to believe\,” Amber says\, “that there’s good\, hopeful things coming.” URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/ethnolab-film-nights-at-cinema-du-parc/ LOCATION:Cinéma du Parc CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/337043194_545225334327522_8087366000004330705_n.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230401 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230402 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20230314T194722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T174841Z UID:10000987-1680307200-1680393599@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Call for Art: A Multimedia Exposition on Building Positive Relations Between the Arts and Human Rights DESCRIPTION:LePARC presents a multimedia exposition on building positive relations between the arts and human rights\, in partnershop with the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC)\, Universidad de Sevilla\, and Emergent Art Space (EAS). \nWhen? From May 29-June 10\, 2023 \nWhere? Video Performance Studio (EV-10-760)\, Concordia University\, 1515 Saint-Catherine St West\, Montreal. \nAbout the exposition \nThis multimedia exposition will further explore linkages between the arts and human rights and the manifesto developed through the Arts and Human Rights Project. It will include works from original project participants such as video of dance\, opera\, and statements by participating artists\, academics\, and activists\, as well as visual arts pieces\, and photographs of art. \nThroughout the two weeks of the exposition there will be live events (academic discussions\, artist talks\, socially engaged dance and music performances and art making) to highlight diverse perspectives and approaches to building positive relations between the arts and human rights. \nA special invitation is extended to artists aged 35 or younger to join the conversation by submitting visual art works on the theme of Art and Human Rights. Emergent Art Space will select up to 30 artists’ works to include in a virtual exhibition on their website and in the live exposition in Montreal. \nDeadline to apply is April 1\, 2023!  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/call-for-art-a-multimedia-exposition-on-building-positive-relations-between-the-arts-and-human-rights/ LOCATION:Video Performance Studio EV 10.760 CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screen-Shot-2023-03-14-at-4.25.22-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230331T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230331T170000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20230327T181657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T182923Z UID:10000998-1680282000-1680282000@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:EthnoLab Film Nights: 'Lost Rivers' by Caroline Bâcle DESCRIPTION:This Friday\, March 31st\, at 5 PM\, the Ethnography Lab will be screening Lost Rivers\, a documentary by Caroline Bâcle\, in presence of protagonist of the film\, urban speleologist Danielle Plamondon! \nThe lab’s Montreal Waterways research group has been engaging ethnographically with a number of ‘water objects’ over the years examining Montreal’s historical and present relationship with water and place. Past projects have included an examination of the history of the St-Pierre River (central to this film!)\, which was buried and turned into sewage and drainage infrastructure over the past 150 years (a funeral was even organised for it!). We are thus very excited to be continuing this discussion with Danielle Plamondon and Montreal Waterways members! \nWhen? March 31st at 5 PM. \nWhere? Speculative Life Research Cluster\, 10.625 of Concordia’s EV Building. Once you get out of the elevator follow the ‘Milieux Institute’ arrows. \n \n*No registrarion is required URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/ethnolab-film-nights-lost-rivers-by-caroline-bacle/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_7845.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230328T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230328T200000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20230314T201134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230314T203912Z UID:10000989-1680026400-1680033600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Moving the Landscape to Find Ground - Screening Shelley Niro's “The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw” DESCRIPTION:Post Image is pleased to present a Screening + Q+A with director Shelley Niro as part of the Moving the Landscape to Find Ground series.  \nWhen? March 28th from 6pm-8pm \nWhere? DeSeve Cinema (1400 de\, Maisonneuve Blvd W\, Montreal\, Quebec H3G 1M8). \nReserve a spot here\n\n\nSynopsis: \nMitzi Bearclaw is an indigenous woman who reluctantly returns to home to help her father care for her bitter mother\, but ends up discovering boys\, drinking\, life and honor. \n// \nArtist Bio: \nShelley Niro is a Bay of Quinte Mohawk\, member of the Six Nations of the Grand River\, Turtle clan. \nNiro attended a graphic arts course for a while at Durham College in Oshawa\, concentrating on photography\, drawing and art history. Years later Niro went to Ontario College of Art in Toronto. She graduated with Honours. In 2019 she was honoured with an honorary doctorate from the Ontario College of Arts and Design University. \nShelley was the inaugural recipient of the Aboriginal Arts Award presented through the Ontario Arts Council in 2012. In 2017 Niro received the Governor General’s Award For The Arts from Canada Council\, the Scotiabank Photography Award and the Hnatsyshyn Foundation Reveal Award. She became an honorary elder in the Indigenous Curatorial Collective. In 2019 Niro was the Laureate of the Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Photography. \nNiro has recently completed film production on a film\, CAFE DAUGHTER. Niro’s film work has received support from Telefilm Canada\, the Indigenous Screen Office\, Ontario Creates and The Northern Ontario Film Office. \nRecent Niro exhibitions: A Good Long Look: Branden\, Manitoba at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba; Dunlop Art Gallery\,Regina\, Saskatchewan; Shelley Niro: women\, land\, river: at the Art Gallery of Peterborough. Something Cold and Hard Like Winter: The Robert Langen Art Gallery\,Wilfred Laurier University\, Waterloo\, Ontario\, Kitchener and Greater New York: at PS1 MOMA\, New York. Boundless: Art Gallery of Windsor\, Windsor Ontario. \n// \nPost Image – Moving the Landscape to Find Ground Speaker Series: \nMoving the Landscape to Find Ground is a cycle of artist talks and artist residencies which takes place from September 2022 until May 2023. This series is built from a shared ambition to break open lens-based practices via the interrogation of the colonial prism through which photography exists. We are inviting conversation among all communities impacted by the colonial gaze. \nIf you wish to see the rest of the talks\, please visit our programming section\, sign up to our newsletter at www.postimage.ca or follow us on Instagram @post.image.cluster. \nOur programming is in collaboration with the Indigenous Futures Research Centre\, the Feminist Media Studio and the Black Perspectives Office. This project is generously funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council\, Milieux Institute for Arts and Culture and Concordia University’s OVPRGS (Office of the Vice-President\, Research and Graduate Studies). URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/moving-the-landscape-to-find-ground-screening-shelley-niros-the-incredible-25th-year-of-mitzi-bearclaw/ LOCATION:DeSeve Cinema\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 1M8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screen-Shot-2023-03-14-at-5.04.56-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230227T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230227T190000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20230208T221747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230220T234932Z UID:10000965-1677517200-1677524400@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:OPEN CALL: Liveness Art Market DESCRIPTION:Be part of an unusual art market! \nThe Liveness Group is looking for creators/artists who want to show and/or sell exciting objects of all sorts. The art market will also serve as a context for a game called The OTHER Market\, about objects and collecting that will take place within it. \nSelected participants will receive a $100 symbolic honorarium. Interested applicants are invited to fill out this google form. \nDate: Saturday\, April 22nd\, 2023\, from 10-6 PM.\nLocation: the ANTEISM space (435 Rue Beaubien) \nApplications are due Monday\, February 27th\, 2023. \nPlease contact helloadammbowe@gmail.com if you have any questions or concerns. \nThis art market is brought to you by the Liveness group. The Liveness group is made up of researchers and artists based at Concordia through TAG games and Milieux \, with collaborators in London (UK) and Finland. Our London-based collaborators are the well-known participatory theatre group ZU-UK. In Finland we work with the Finnish larp theorist (and larper) Jaakko Stenros URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/open-call-liveness-art-market/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Screen-Shot-2023-02-15-at-10.42.41-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221026T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221026T163000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20221024T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221217T074156Z UID:10000943-1666801800-1666801800@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:FEMINA CONTROLLATA MACHINA: AN OPERA DESCRIPTION:This Wednesday\, October 26th\, join LePARC for a presentation and discussion with RISE and visiting artist-scholar Donna Hewitt about Femina Controllata Machina\, a new electronic opera in development exploring the possibilities\, fears and potential threats of AI and emerging technologies. *No registration is required \n\n\n\nLooking forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\nFemina Controllata Machina is a collaboration between RISE (Concordia University)\, Donna Hewitt (University of New England\, Australia) and The House that Dan Built (Australian female Choir). The project is supported by Social Science and Humanities Research Council (Canada) and Australia Council for the Arts. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/femina-controllata-machina-an-opera/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-24-at-10.00.49-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221014T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221014T160000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20221003T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221217T074107Z UID:10000941-1665763200-1665763200@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Écotones: Urban Laboratory DESCRIPTION:DATE: From October 14th to October 28thLOCATION: Champ des Possibles\, 5605 Av. de Gaspé\, Montréal \n\n\n\nSpeculative Life members Brice Ammar-Khodja and Philippe Vandal are happy to invite you to Écotones\, an urban laboratory combining artistic interventions and a round table to articulate an aesthetic\, critical and social reflection on soil pollution in Montreal. Through two experimental artistic installations on the Champ des Possibles site\, Écotones explores urban soil pollution as a creative material. Aspiring to concretize new visualizations of pollution\, the artists desire to initiate a dialogue between the citizen\, academic and artistic communities on the issues emerging from urban soil contamination. \n\n\n\nOrganized in partnership with the Association Les Amis du Champ des Possibles\, these interventions will take the form of several activities organized between October 14th and October 28th. Join us in October 14th for the round table at 4 PM (the meeting point will be communicated one day before the event)\, and for the vernissage at 6 PM! To register for the round table and vernissage click here. To register for the side events happening on October 16\, 17\, 22 and 23 please get in contact with brice.ammar-khodja@mail.concordia.ca for more information.Ecotones is supported by the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) on Smart\, Sustainable and Resilient Communities and Cities at Concordia University\, Haute École des Arts du Rhin (France)\, Sustainability Action Fund (SAF)\, Hexagram\, Milieux Institute for Arts\, Culture\, and Technology\, and Concordia University Research Chair in Critical Practices in Materials and Materiality. About the artists \n\n\n\nhttps://b-ak.comhttps://philippevandal.github.io \n\n\n\nLooking forward to seeing you there! URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/ecotones-urban-laboratory/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ECOTONESv5_C_FR.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220628T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220628T110000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20220623T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221217T073957Z UID:10000560-1656414000-1656414000@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:VR Brunch: Showcase of Brazilian VR Projects DESCRIPTION:In the context of a Quebec-Brazil cooperation project around VR and co-creation funded by the Ministère des relations internationales du Québec and the Université de Montréal\, the Immersive Reality Lab at the Milieux Institute would like to invite you to a VR projects showcase. \n\n\n\nTwo Brazilian colleagues working with immersive media will be presenting to us their work and approach: Professor André Paz and\, producer and curator Ana Cunha. They will be presenting immersive Brazilian projects and are looking forward to meeting creators\, researchers\, curators and professionals in the fields of VR\, immersive audio and metaverse. This event will be hosted at Milieux Resource Centre: 1515 Saint-Catherine St. West (EV Building)\, 11.705. \n\n\n\nNo sign-up is required\, and the event is open to all! \n\n\n\nAndré Paz is Professor at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) and at the Creative Media Graduate Program (PPGMC) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He is the coordinator of the Knowledge-Action Network Bug404 (bug404.net) \n\n\n\nAna Cunha is s the cultural manager of MUSEU.XYZ. and a Master’s student in the Graduate Program in Creative Media\, at the School of Communication of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (PPGMC | ECO | UFRJ).  \n\n\n\n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/vr-brunch-showcase-of-brazilian-vr-projects/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220518T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220518T210000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20220427T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221217T073926Z UID:10000699-1652896800-1652907600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:In the Middle\, a Chimera Finissage DESCRIPTION:Please join on on WEDNESDAY\, MAY 18TH\, at 6:00 PM EST at The Milieux Institute (11th Floor\, EV 11.725) for the official closing party for In the Middle\, a Chimera\, as well as the closing for the exhibition element at the Milieux Institute. The evening will feature live demonstrations of games and installations\, as well as a live performance by Alexandre Saunier and Marc-André Cossette happening at 7 PM EST in the Speculative Life Cluster (EV 10.625)! \n\n\n\nMilieux cofounder Chris Salter and his partner Anke Burger will also use the opportunity to say farewell to dear colleagues and friends before their move to Switzerland. Everybody is welcome! \n\n\n\nMask wearing will be mandatory\, and social distancing will be maintained during the event.The exhibition will be open as of May 5th (some artist exceptions) from Monday to Saturday\, 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST. \n\n\n\nIn the Middle\, a Chimera considers how new\, breakthrough technology developed under the veil of capitalism inevitably bends to its whirling\, maelstrom pull (sometimes despite more communitarian originary intentions): the goal of this exhibition/project is to envision and develop community-oriented futures where this pull is redirected towards mutually beneficial relationships\, and ways in which we might undermine or re-conceptualize these technologies to not only nurture ourselves but our surrounding ecosystems and environments.  \n\n\n\nFEATURED ARTISTS \n\n\n\n10TH FLOOR (Floor maps will be available on site) \n\n\n\nTricia Enns | Narrative Debris: Mapping with pulp\, debris\, electronics\, and many hands \n\n\n\nMegan Stein | The Yellow Wallpaper – Sensory Implications \n\n\n\nAndrew Rabyniuk | A representational disassembly of the practical machinery for a conditional technicity in material relations (Leclerc Artistat 36” four-shaft jack loom I\, II\, and III) \n\n\n\nThe Solar Media Project: Isabelle Boucher Alex Custodio Janna Frenzel Michael Iantorno Idun Isdrake Malte Leander Fenwick McKelvey Robert Marinov Bart Simon Don Undeen Edith Viau Christine White Lee Wilkins \n\n\n\nPatrick Seemann-Ricard | Exposed Façades \n\n\n\nMelina Campos Ortiz | Abolissons les tropiques: An ethnography of snow in three blog entries \n\n\n\nVIDEO PRODUCTION STUDIO (10.760)(On view as of May 9TH) \n\n\n\nlee wilkins | void \n\n\n\nNatalia Balska\, Brice Ammar-Khodja\, Maurice Jones\, & Idun Idrake | Sensing field. \n\n\n\nBrice Ammar-Khodja | The Cycles of Attraction \n\n\n\nSteven Sych | Oceanic Theremin\, a Triptych \n\n\n\nMinecraft and Modernity Student Research Cabal \n\n\n\nScott DeJong | Lizards & Lies \n\n\n\n11TH FLOOR \n\n\n\nOra4Art (Debora Alanna & Bora Bodur) | Poetics as Psychogeography \n\n\n\nPuneet Jain | Umwelten: Shifting agencies among the human\, non-human and a machine learning algorithm.  \n\n\n\nIdun Isdrake | Ravens Ice \n\n\n\nMarie-Christine Larivière\, Anne Boutet\, & Audrey Coulombe | Moving Boundaries \n\n\n\nVanessa Mardirossian | Residual Textile Dye Spectrum \n\n\n\nMalte Leander | When in Shade \n\n\n\nEtta Sandry | Pathways URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/in-the-middle-a-chimera-finissage/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MILIEUXEXPO-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220422 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220614 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20220412T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221217T073909Z UID:10000696-1650585600-1655164799@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Inertia: Speculative Fossils Exhibition DESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\nFrom April 22 to June 13\, 2022Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan de Montréal4801 Pierre-De Coubertin Avenue \n\n\n\nGuillaume Pascale and the research group led by Alice Jarry (Concordia University): Brice Ammar-Khodja\, Jacqueline Beaumont\, Asa Perlman and Philippe Vandal\, in collaboration with Ariane Plante. With the participation of Jean Dubois (UQAM). \n\n\n\nA speculative work that crosses the disappearance of the Earth in the eye of the Voyager probes with the atmospheric and ecological situation in the east of Montreal. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n1977. The two Voyager probes are launched into space to study the planets in our Solar System. Symbolically\, each one carries a gold-plated copper disk bearing a message intended to represent humanity. It contains images\, music and drawings meant for a hypothetical intelligent extra-terrestrial life form. \n\n\n\nInertia revisits this approach on Earth using artifacts created to reflect today’s environmental challenges — they’re made of biomaterials\, that is\, renewable organic plant or animal matter. The work centres around a bioplastic disk that displays a binary representation of a daytime air quality status near petrochemical plants east of Montreal. This becomes the score for the first piece of music in a sequence of four composed using these data as well as the calculated distance of the Voyager probes from our planet. A series of laser-engraved biomaterial membranes and a film bear witness to this process\, which suggests that in the same way that Earth is disappearing from the eye of the Voyager probes\, the living conditions of the planet’s inhabitants are becoming increasingly precarious. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nApril 22\, 2022\, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PMDebris\, space\, and meaning around the exhibition ‘Inertia: Speculative Fossils’ — The waste cycle of planetary vision infrastructuresDemos + Round Table \n\n\n\nAs Voyager’s scientific instruments are gradually being shut down due to a lack of available electrical energy\, this public activity organized within the context of Earth Day 2022 proposes\, from a vertical perspective\, to compare the issues related to space debris with those generated by our ways of life on Earth. Drawing on engagement in their practice with residual\, geo-inspired\, reactive\, intelligent or sustainable materials\, the invited artists\, designers\, media theorists and scientists will take an interdisciplinary look at how these artifacts allow us to envision new scenarios and relationships for the waste – material and technological – produced on Earth\, but also left adrift in space. \n\n\n\nThe event is free and will be hosted in both French and English. \n\n\n\nDemos 1:00 PM to 2:30 PMRound Table 2:30 PM to 4:00 PMFor participants\, please consult the Planétarium’s website here. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nApril 28\, 2022\, 6 PMInertia Exhibition Vernissage + Performance \n\n\n\nGuillaume Pascale will offer a sound performance\, improvising in real-time with the distance between the Voyager probes and the Earth. \n\n\n\n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/inertia-speculative-fossils-exhibition/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-12-at-1.42.18-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211214T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211214T180000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20211202T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221217T073726Z UID:10000677-1639494000-1639504800@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:'Returning to the Trees' Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Returning to the Trees—the Technological Burnout Crisis (Schizzing the Opera Practice and Narrative) is the 19th proposition/piece in the Ph.D. thesis: Composing with the Event—Techniques that Move Toward Neurodiverse Perception/Sensation. \n\n\n\nThe proposition/piece is also part of the SSHRC funded research project RISE (Reflective Iterative Scenario Enactments) led by Dr. Eldad Tsabary. \n\n\n\nRISE’s theme of the year\, “Technological Crises”\, sparked a desire to schizz the field; to explore how to find activation when starting from a neurotypical figure such as “theme”\, “topic” and/or “narrative”. Furthermore\, a reimagining of the opera medium was called for. This appetite for practicing the schizz\, the desiring-machine\, took hold of these (pre-)figures and\, through play (pushing\, pulling\, dismantling\, deconstructing)\, lured them into a field of activity\, transforming them from static to operational. By refraining from the neurotypical tendency to parse and harden experience (to categorize and to represent)\, the field of relation can then be felt. \n\n\n\nThe schizosomatic proposition’s offer was to be composed by the event; to let be felt the event orienting itself towards a collective attunement and emergent ecology\, creating the conditions for trans-sensory (and nonsensuous) qualities to co-compose constellations. \n\n\n\nCarrying germs of experience across event-times\, this panopticon of technological form-taking demonstrates how the proposition folded onto itself; the suggestion of a moving away from technology activated those very qualities in the eventing. The vitality affect running through the material is felt in how the qualities co-compose across the 9 video angles impressionistically—form and subject blurring\, releasing the qualities of forming felt. \n\n\n\nHow can you participate? Attend the screening in person (there is a max capacity of 20 people in the space) or watch online by registering for the Zoom meeting or watching live on our YouTube channel. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/returning-to-the-trees-exhibition/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1637948417813.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211209 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20211124T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221217T073704Z UID:10000674-1638489600-1639007999@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:'Ether' by Genevieve Collins DESCRIPTION:An immersive sensory environment that explores the possibilities of sensory perception in outer space— \n\n\n\nDATES: December 3rd to the 8th\, CLOSED ON THE 5THHOURS: 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM EST \n\n\n\nDue to COVID\, it is necessary to email sensoryfutures@gmail.com in advance to schedule a visit and receive a copy of the consent form and project description. \n\n\n\nDrawing inspiration from speculative habitat design\, scientific studies\, and science fiction\, Ether asks questions such as: what does Martian water taste like\, what does the layered atmosphere of Venus smell like\, and how might a non-terrestrial entity register the elements of the Voyager Golden Record? Using sensory ethnography as a guiding method\, this project encourages participants to reflect on their unique sensory experiences and perhaps even imagine a more than human subjectivity.  \n\n\n\nThe exhibition will take place at L’Institut de tourisme et d’hôtellerie du Québec (ITHQ) at 3535 Saint Denis from December 3rd – 8th. Visitors are asked to participate in a small group discussion after engaging with the exhibition\, and the entire experience will take approximately 45 minutes. A maximum of 3 participants may engage at once\, so please feel free to indicate in your email if you would like to schedule a group visit.  \n\n\n\nThis research is inspired by immersive multi-modal exhibitions created by Chris Salter and David Howes\, such as Displace\, a performative sensory environment designed to engage and combine the senses. Drawing on their research creation methods\, this project combines visuals\, acoustics\, aromas\, tastes\, and tactile sensations to craft a particular sensory atmosphere that participants may find compelling\, confounding\, or blissfully disorienting. The concluding small group discussions offer participants the opportunity to share their unique experiences in the immersive environment and reflect on how their sensory perception may have been subverted\, altered\, or ‘reconfigured’ (Howes & Salter 2016). \n\n\n\nGenevieve Collins is an MA student in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia University. Her research interests include sensory studies\, futures anthropology\, and astronautical space futures. Her MA thesis project is directed by Professor David Howes and funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)\, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT)\, ExperiSens\, le centre collégial de transfert de technologie (CCTT) de l’Institut de tourisme et d’hôtellerie du Québec (ITHQ). \n\n\n\nPlease email sensoryfutures@gmail.com for more information and to schedule a visit. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/ether-by-genevieve-collins/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Ether-DigitalHeader-1920x1080-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211204 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20211118T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221217T073654Z UID:10000672-1638144000-1638575999@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Decoding and Reimagining Posthuman Identity Exhibition by Oonagh Fitzgerald DESCRIPTION:A mixed media art exhibition and social engagement\, prepared by Oonagh E. Fitzgerald and presented by LePARC\, from November 29th to December 3rdGALLERY HOURS: 12:00 PM to 6:00 PMFINISSAGE: December 3rd\, 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM \n\n\n\nThrough participatory mixed media art projects\, Oonagh explores the material relations between international law\, art and governance. With found wood and bark\, plastic waste\, wood and fabric scraps\, string and thread\, paper and prefabricated masks\, clay\, water- and oil-based paints\, Oonagh investigates posthuman identity and imagination in times of global environmental\, health\, social\, economic\, political\, and technological crisis.   \n\n\n\nMaking\, performing\, and engaging in complex and elaborate human-material-technological assemblages\, Oonagh seeks to connect materials and people and generate new insights and inspiration for tackling global problems and contributing to a more sustainable\, equitable and just posthuman era. \n\n\n\nThis transdisciplinary research practice builds on philosophical frameworks (postmodernism\, posthumanism\, new materialism\, speculative futures\, and colonial legacy\, gender\, and critical legal studies)\, and methodologies of research-creation\, autoethnography\, case study\, and socially engaged art. The projects seek to decode meaning and reimagine identity\, solidarity\, resistance\, and resilience in the face of the multiple crises of the Anthropocene. \n\n\n\nAll are welcome to come to enjoy the exhibit and contribute to decoding and recoding posthuman meanings\, values\, and identities. \n\n\n\nOonagh Fitzgerald  B.F.A. (Hon.)\, LL.B.\, LL.M.\, S.J.D.\, M.B.A.\, is an INDI PhD in Fine Arts student at Concordia University\, under the supervision of Professor Eldad Tsabary and a member of LePARC. She brings to her performance and visual research-creation artworks her experience as dancer\, choreographer and visual artist; senior executive and international lawyer in the federal government; university sessional lecturer; and director of international law research at a think tank. \n\n\n\nEnthusiastic about exploring international law\, art\, and governance\, Oonagh has interviewed for national and international news media\, written and edited books\, essay series and articles\, and spoken publicly on topics including research-creation and participant-based art projects\, corporate citizenship\, gender equality\, Indigenous people’s rights\, climate change and technological innovation.  \n\n\n\nShe is a Senior Fellow at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre\, co-chair of the Canadian Environmental Domestic Advisory Group\, and a director of the International Law Association of Canada. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/decoding-and-reimagining-posthuman-identity-exhibition-by-oonagh-fitzgerald/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Untitled-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210215 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20210121T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221217T073330Z UID:10000633-1612137600-1613347199@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:'Fossilation' at the Pompidou DESCRIPTION:Researchers and student members of the Speculative Life Cluster Biolab present Fossilation at the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris\n\n\n\nThe artwork is part of the Hors-Pistes Festival\, February 1 to 14\, 2021 and the Matières d´image exhibition. \n\n\n\nCo-developed with l’École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs (Ensad\, Paris\, with the EnsadLab laboratory) and the University of Toronto Mississauga\, the artwork is part of a research-creation project about the operative concept of ‘membranes’ (dir. Alice Jarry\, co-dir. Samuel Bianchini and Marie-Pier Boucher). \n\n\n\nIt was produced collectively – on both sides of the Atlantic – by Brice Ammar-Khodja\, Alexandra Bachmayer\, Samuel Bianchini\, Marie-Pier Boucher\, Didier Bouchon\, Maria Chekhanovich\, Matthew Halpenny\, Alice Jarry\, Raphaëlle Kerbrat\, Annie Leuridan\, Vanessa Mardirossian\, Asa Perlman\, Philippe Vandal and Lucile Vareilles\, with the collaboration of Louise Rustan (Light Design) and Théo Chauvirey\, Corentin Loubet\, Joséphine Mas and Simon Paugoy (technical support).Similar to a film roll\, a large bioplastic membrane is made up of several successive photograms. Rather than being the effect of a certain photographic framing\, these quasi-images come from a slow form-taking process: the imprint of obsolete electronic display devices (flat screen\, cables\, computer and its peripherals). \n\n\n\nSubtle light patterns animate the photograms and fluctuate according to the interference of residual energies captured on the building’s surfaces and heating/cooling pipes. The installation\, in direct contact with the Pompidou’s infrastructure\, configures an ecosystem where the image\, which has become a material imprint\, composes with different dimensions specific to its environment. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe project is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); The Chaire arts & sciences of École polytechnique\, École des Arts Décoratifs-PSL and the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation; Hexagram – International Network Dedicated to Research-Creation in Media Arts\, Design\, Technology and Digital Culture; and Milieux Institute for Arts\, Culture and Technology. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/fossilation-at-the-pompidou/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Fossilation_EnsadLab-Concordia_22-01-2020_9J1A4321.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200321T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200321T110000 DTSTAMP:20260621T151926 CREATED:20200306T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221217T073115Z UID:10000928-1584788400-1584788400@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Arduino Day 2020 DESCRIPTION:Update: Unfortunately\, this event has been cancelled along with all other events at Milieux facilities through March 30\, 2020 due to COVID-19.\n\n\n\nEducation Makers is hosting a celebration for international Arduino Day 2020. Sign up to show and tell us about your innovations. Participants will workshop\, play around and experiment with Arduino kits. There will be snacks and thrilling Arduino freebies! Bring your laptop and your enthusiasm. \n\n\n\nTo sign up to share your work\, please contact the event organizer\, Farnaz Gholami\, at gholami.farnaz@gmail.com. \n\n\n\nFor more information about Education Makers\, visit their website. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/cancelled-arduino-day-2020/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ArduinoOpenCall.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR