Register for this event Dr. Louise Amoore presents their new book, Cloud Ethics: Algorithms and the Attributes of Ourselves and Others About this Event In Cloud Ethics Louise Amoore examines how machine learning algorithms are transforming the ethics and politics of contemporary society. Conceptualizing algorithms as ethicopolitical entities that are entangled with the data attributes […]
Register for this event Dr. Sun-ha Hong presents their new book, Technologies of Speculation: The Limits of Knowledge in a Data-Driven Society An inquiry into what we can know in an age of surveillance and algorithms Knitting together contemporary technologies of datafication to reveal a broader, underlying shift in what counts as knowledge, Technologies of […]
To kickstart the fall 2020 semester, the cross-cluster Immersive Reality Lab at the Milieux Institute is organizing a lecture titled: Exploring Virtual Reality: My first VR socially distanced exploration! This 2-hour lecture is designed for artists looking to explore virtual reality for the first time. We will look at technology, creative tools and workflows available […]
Register for this event Facial recognition, digital contact tracing and content moderation have all been major controversies involving AI in 2020. How do these controversies shape the global governance of AI? A leading global scholar on platform and AI governance, Dr. Katzenbach will introduce a framework for the contested, informal governances processes of AI unfolding […]
Update: Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled along with all other events at Milieux facilities through March 30, 2020 due to COVID-19. Milieux Speculative Life Biolab Artists Talk Series Presents: Samuel Bianchini Dr. Samuel Bianchini, an artist and associate professor at École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD, PSL Research University, Paris). His work addresses the […]
The Post Image Cluster invites you to join for an artist talk by Canadian filmmaker Mia Donovan. Mia Donovan is a socially engaged documentary filmmaker. She is best known for telling stories that provide counter-narratives about people who have been negatively mislabeled or dehumanized by mainstream media. Her work is driven by a preoccupation with […]
The Technoculture, Art and Games cluster is hosting another session of MICROTALKS featuring new cluster members. Speakers will share their work in super fast pecha-kucha style presentations. The speakers featured in this first session will talk about a wide variety of topics including, but not exclusive to: ethical game design, gender in games, procedural choreography, […]
Amélie Brindamour (Montréal) is an artist and educator exploring issues pertaining to the natural and urban environment. Her research includes electronic art, biomaterials, installation, and participatory performances. Awarded by the Conseil Quebecois des Arts Médiatiques (CQAM), she recently completed a residency at Milieux’ Speculative Life Biolab, and developed a new body of work exploring bioluminescence […]
Each year, Milieux's Undergraduate Fellows take part in a pecha-kucha presentation that is open to the public. Fellows are invited to present on any topic that is of current interest to them. Join us for an hour of snappy, fascinating presentations from a group of standout emerging researchers. Read more about the 2019-2020 Undergraduate Fellows […]
Throughout history, humans have used tools and technology to express creativity, not as a goal in itself, but as a means of production. With the advent of creative AI, it is time to rethink our relationship with technology and embrace the computer as a creative partner. In this talk we'll explore the possibilities of creative […]
The ZKM, one of the largest centres in the world for the exhibition of media art and technology, has long been called the "digital Bauhaus." Curator Livia Rozsas will discuss her curatorial work and approach on the large scale exhibition ZKM exhibition Open Codes, which ran from October 20,2017-June 2, 2019 in which the Hexagram network was also featured […]
This public session is a discussion between four scholars of the consequences of the Anthropocene for how we understand the role of theory and method in the social sciences. Kregg Hetherington will present some thoughts related to a recent edited volume, Infrastructure, Environment and Life in the Anthropocene, about how the experience of working […]