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SUMMARY:Cocooning: Dreaming Adaptation
DESCRIPTION:Cocooning is a 3-hour workshop dreaming (climate) adaptation through embodied methods. \n  \n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE WORKSHOP: \nIn a time of ecological instability\, climate adaptation is often organized through techno-economic solutions that map protection onto some geographies while leaving others exposed. These approaches frequently reproduce colonial cartographies and patterns of environmental racism. \nThis gathering opens space to question those limits. Together\, we will dream adaptation as a relational\, embodied\, and collective practice — a process of re-membering frayed relations and re-mapping how we live with one another across borders and boundaries\, between human and more-than-human worlds. \n  \n\nWHAT TO BRING: \n\nParticipants are asked to bring one item they are willing to part with\, to be woven into the installation: \n\nA small meaningful object (e.g.\, a shell\, old necklace\, small keepsake)\, or\nAn old natural fibre in neutral tones (fabric scrap\, clothing\, lace\, sheet\, etc.) to contribute to the collective cocoon\n\nObjects will become part of the installation. \n\n\nNo prior artistic experience is required. Light snacks and coffee will be provided. \n\nThis workshop is organized by the Concordia Ethnography Lab in collaboration with the Youth Climate Lab. \n  \n\n  April 2\, 2026 \n 11 -2 PM \nSpeculative Life EV 10.625 \n🎟️ Reserve your spot \n  \n\n               
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/ccooning-dreaming-adaptation/
LOCATION:Speculative Life Research Cluster  EV 10.625
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SUMMARY:[SOLD OUT] Bio-Inspired Folding Techniques Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Bio-inspired Folding Techniques\, the first workshop of our “Reimagining Research” Spring Workshop Series!\nFrom creating shared 3-D immersive virtual galleries\, exploring creative structures through origami\, examining archiving practices through 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. \n  \n  \n \n\n  \nABOUT THE WORKSHOP: \nHosted by Lucie Leroux (Laboratoire Textile\, Montreal)\, in collaboration with Alice Jarry and Miranda Smitheram\, this four-hour workshop introduces bio-inspired folding as a research-creation methodology at the intersection of design\, engineering\, and living systems. Moving beyond the representation of natural phenomena\, participants will explore folding as a performative\, speculative\, and relational process that translates principles of growth\, locomotion\, deployability\, adaptation\, and responsiveness into material form. Through hands-on experimentation and an introduction to accessible techniques\, participants will prototype paper and fabric structures\, foregrounding folding as a medium for developing soft and adaptive applications. \n  \nPhoto Credits: Lucie Leroux\n  \nABOUT LUCIE LEROUX: \nTrained in design and architecture in France\, Lucie Leroux began her career in architectural lighting before moving to Montreal\, where she discovered textile printing. It was while working on large-scale projects such as the Shanghai World Expo that she began to take an interest in light and patterns. After working on costumes for Cirque du Soleil\, she collaborated on several projects ranging from fashion to documentary\, presented throughout Quebec at venues such as the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Civilization in Quebec City. In 2012\, she launched Laboratoire Textile\, a creative space where she explores textile design through various research and creative projects. She has also been a lecturer at the Atelier Textile since 2014 and at the Centre des Textiles Contemporains de Montréal since 2024. \n\n  \n\n  \n  \nThis workshop is part of the NFRF project Origami-inspired Deployable Sensoriactuator Soft Robots\, co-directed by Hamid Akbarzadeh\, Alice Jarry\, Miranda Smitheram\, Marta Cerruti\, and David Meger. The event is supported by Hexagram: Research-creation network in arts\, culture\, and technology. \n  \n April 9\, 2026 \n 1 – 5 PM \n Milieux Resource Room EV 11.455 \n💡Questions: alice.jarry@concordia.ca \n  \n  \n                           
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/workshop-bio-inspired-folding-techniques/
LOCATION:Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:[WORKSHOP] The Virtual Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Join us for The Virtual Gallery\, the second workshop of our “Reimagining Research” Spring Workshop Series!\nFrom creating shared 3-D immersive virtual galleries\, exploring creative structures through origami\, examining archiving practices through 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. \n  \n \n  \nABOUT THE VIRTUAL GALLERY WORKSHOP: \nThis 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. \nThis 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! \n  \n  \nFrom 2D to 3D using AI \n📍 MilieuxMake Space EV 10.825 \n⏱️ 11:30-1:30 PM \nThe 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.  \nBe sure to bring your own images of little things to transform into 3-D! \n  \n  \nFrom 3D to Virtual Reality\n📍 Immersive Storytelling Studio EV 1.631 \n⏱️ 1:30 – 3:30 PM \nThe 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. \n  \n👉 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. \n  \nSpots are limited!  \nTo book your spot\, RSVP to Marc Beaulieu at marc.beaulieu@concordia.ca \n  \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/the-virtual-gallery/
LOCATION:MilieuxMake Space (EV-10.825)
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SUMMARY:Cookout session #1: Recipe Methodology in AI
DESCRIPTION:Many\, many Machine Agencies’ Writing Workshop\n  \nAI Chantier of the Hexagram Network brings together maker-thinkers whose work spans machine learning\, interaction design\, and experience design\, to create a community of practice through a publication process. \nPrompting potential contributors with an unusual format\, Many\, Many Machine Agencies asks for recipes\, instructions\, or games that centre the problem of agency and interaction and the importance of new kinds of encounters with machines. This edited collection is indeed a kind of a cookbook for engaging critically with machines\, and as such\, we take inspiration from celebrated cookbook authors\, like MFK Fisher\, who provide recipes and instructions for dishes\, while embedding them in a broader biographical and cultural narrative. \nThis cookout session invites contributors to the AI Chantier publication drive to: \n\nLearn more about the recipe methodology and its relevance for engaging with machine agencies and AI\nTo talk about their writing project (share ingredients) and get feedback\nGet a clearer picture about what the publishing process will look like.\n\n  \nWho can participate?\nProspective authors are invited to contribute to this session. We also invite those who are curious about the project. \nThis activity is produced in collaboration with Machine Agencies and Milieux Institute’s Speculative Life Cluster as part of the 2026 Interdisciplinary Encounters. \n  \n  April 21\, 2026 \n 1 -3:30 PM \nSpeculative Life EV 10.625 \n To register or for any questions\, please contact nicole.debrabandere@gmail.com \n  \n  \n  \n                     \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/cookout-session-1-recipe-methodology-in-ai/
LOCATION:Speculative Life Research Cluster  EV 10.625
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SUMMARY:Workshop in the Performance Lab
DESCRIPTION:For those of you that have been wanting to learn a bit more about how to work with the tech equipment in the Performance Lab\, this workshop is for you!\n\nWe will be looking at the light board\, the audio mixer\, and how to use these with some of the software that is accessible on the iMac computer in your work in the Performance Lab. The first section of the workshop introduces participants to the gear and equipment\, and the second half\, we’ll experiment and play around together!\n\nPlease feel free to bring any audio and/or video contents that you would like to experiment with.\nThe same workshop format will be given on both two dates (April 22 &May 7)\n\nNo need for a sign up\, just show up!\n\n\n📅 April 22\n⏱️ 5-7 PM\n📍 Performance lab EV 10.785
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/workshop-in-the-performance-lab/
LOCATION:Performance Lab EV 10.785
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:[WORKSHOP] The Ghostly Image
DESCRIPTION:Join us for The Ghostly Image\, the third workshop of our “Reimagining Research” Spring Workshop Series!\nFrom creating shared 3-D immersive virtual galleries\, exploring creative structures through origami\, examining archiving practices through 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. \n  \n \n  \n Spaces are limited. Please RSVP to Marc Beaulieu marc.beaulieu@concordia.ca and include within the subject line “Ghostly Image”. \n  \nABOUT THE WORKSHOP: \n\nThis workshop will allow participants to re-imagine and transform photographs\, digital images and other works through Polaroid emulsion lifts. Exploring the materiality of film and photographic practice\, participants will work directly with the image of their choosing\, lifting\, folding\, stretching and tearing it. The process of emulsion lifting briefly reduces the image to a ghostly film to then be bonded to another material such as paper\, cardboard\, or fabric. This physical manipulation of imagery provides a framework to discuss transparencies/opacities of identity and selfhood\, thinking through ideas of disclosure and (mis)recognition. \n\nParticipants are invited to bring pre-existing digital images that can be printed on Polaroid film\, or to take photos on site to experiment with the process.\n  \n                                                   \n  \nABOUT CASPER SUTTON-FOSMAN:\n  \n\nCasper Sutton-Fosman is a curator\, artist and academic based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang\, also known as Montreal. Their work engages with queer and disabled relationships to lens-based art and image capture technology\, moving through complex temporalities and webs of connection. They hold an MFA from OCAD University and are a PhD student in the Humanities program at Concordia University.\n\n  \n  \n\n April 23\, 2026 \n 1 – 4 PM \n MilieuxMake Space EV 10.825
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/workshop-the-ghostly-image/
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