Join us for a cathartic disassemble hangout in the MilieuxMake Makerspace. We will start by going over a few techniques and tools for disassembling your electronics, and learn about what components you’re likely to find and how to repurpose them. Please bring any broken, out dated, or unused electronics or mechanical devices you’d like to […]
Please join us for the second workshop in the Milieux’s Soft SLow Tech series! November 25th at MilieuxMake we will be exploring 'Soft Switches & Gentle Touch'!This workshop will go over the basics of soft switches and e-textiles. We will learn how to create switches that live in collaboration with the body using conductive fabric and […]
Textiles and Materiality invites members across clusters to this workshop with Gen Moisan What does Big Data look like? How do we visually materialize information? In this workshop, we invite you to consider how data may be materialized through the transformation of vectors into simple embroidered forms. Participants will learn design techniques and software basics […]
Members across clusters are welcome to join this activity with Victoria Stanton DATE: October 5th & November 2ndLOCATION: Milieux Residency Room (EV 10.785) On Wednesdays, for the foreseeable future I will attempt to disconnect from all devices. What happens in the space/time that fills this “gap”? Is this another opportunity for/adventure in another kind of […]
Members across clusters are invited to this workshop with Julian Stadon TeleAgriCulture: Developing Crowd/Cloud Approaches to Creative Cultivation and Empathetic Engagement in Post-Natural Ecologies In this workshop, participants will engage in urban environmental sampling (water, soil, air etc.) and will be introduced to the TeleAgriCulture platform. Based on previous and novel projects, as well as […]
Scoring systems of all sorts closely followed the development of computers, starting from the epochal MUSIC I system created by Max Mathews in 1957. Advances in processing power have since then enabled composers and creators to produce artworks with increasing complexity. Real-time processing became viable for the public in the 70s, allowing composers to create […]
The first workshop in Milieux's Soft SLow Tech series is just around the corner! October 26th at 1pm at MilieuxMake we will be exploring ‘soft sound'! Join co-facilitators, artist and cyborg lee wilkins and multi-disciplinary artist Ryth Kesselring, in investigating how can we reimagine the experience of sound via textiles and other material substrates, by hand-building […]
Altered Perceptions: An Introduction to MicroscopyDATE: Thursday, October 13th, 1:00-3:00 PMLOCATION: Milieux ‘Speculative Life’ BioLab (EV-10.835) In this workshop, we will explore a variety of tools that can be used for imaging tiny worlds: from DIY/hacked smartphone lenses to live feed video microscopes to a professional lab-grade compound microscope. After an introductory demonstration, participants will begin with […]
Milieux continues its tradition of experiential learning workshops into the new academic year! We are happy to invite you to join our Soft SLow tech workshop series & working group meet-ups, starting off on October 12th from 2:00 - 4:00 PM. Soft SLow tech is a series about creating electronics that are made out of […]
An introductory workshop for people who wish to learn the basics of character animation in Unreal Engine. DATE: Thursday, October 6th, 3:00-6:00 PMLOCATION: Milieux Resource Centre (EV11.705) Join TAG for an introductory workshop on character animation in Unreal Engine. A basic understanding of what rigging & skinning is is assumed but not required. Beginner-level experience […]
Caroline Sinders will be offering an in-person workshop as part of People’s History of the Internet, a research project which aims at producing a decentralized and global narrative of the network’s presence and impact in our daily lives. The workshop will use design thinking strategies as an artistic method to document, map, and explore collaborative ways […]
Gabriel Vigliensoni: Introduction to machine learning for creative practice with sound and musicMay 17th & 24th, 2022, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM ESTMilieux Resource Room (EV 11/705) To register, please email marc.beaulieu@concordia.ca with subject line 'VIGLIENSONI WORKSHOP'— This two-day workshop aims at developing technical and personal skillsin users and potential users of machine learning […]
