Exploring immersive narratives in VR: A Case study of collaboration and co-creation at the Research Chair in Interactive Documentary film-making, with presenters: Daniel Cross and Marco Luna This Zoom presentation reflects on the experimentation in immersion and storytelling applied to the VR documentary project LAST OF THE BLUES DEVILS. Developed at the Concordia University Research […]
The PI Custer in collaboration with the CURC in Interactive Documentary and the cross cluster Immersive reality lab would like to invite all interested to an artist talk Zoom Showcase with award winning Film/VR/Installation artist Lisa Jackson. This event will be hosted by Daniel Cross who in discussion with Lisa will explore her active and […]
Deanna Bowen (Concordia University) and Kara Keeling (University of Chicago) The Performing Arts Research Cluster (LePARC) and Milieux Institute invite artist scholars Deanna Bowen and Kara Keeling to a conversation using different languages to articulate blackness, the (de)construction of narratives around black bodies, identity and its shifts in space and time. Join us for a […]
Please join the Milieux Institute in welcoming the undergraduate fellows of 2020-21 at our annual Pecha-Kucha event! This year, we are hosting two separate sessions during which fellows will give short and snappy presentations about their latest research interests and obsessions. Session 1: Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 1 p.m. ET - See Event on Facebook Session […]
Register for this event Dr. Nanna Bonde Thylstrup theoretical framework to understand the material, ethical and political implications of data reuse in AI. About this Event Dr. Nanna Bonde Thylstrup presents from the 'AI Reuse’ project, a collaboration with co-PIs Mikkel Flyverbom (MSC) and Louise Amoore (Durham University). The project's purpose is two-fold: firstly, it […]
Making Things Work Across Material | Digital Realms This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required and attendance is capped. After the live presentation, the recording will be available online. Registration: Please e-mail: textiles.materiality@concordia.ca Cannupa Hanska Luger speaks of his practice combining social collaboration and craft in an evolving tradition of […]
REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE GAMERella is a game jam and workshop series that caters to women and marginalized people who haven’t had a chance to make a game before. Many people still feel intimidated by the gaming scene and find it difficult to participate in events like game jams. In 2013, GAMERella was conceived at the […]
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 […]