Join Armando Perla, acting Co-Director and Chief Curator of the Textile Museum of Canada, along with artist and independent curator Michaëlle Sergile and associate professor Miranda Smitheram, in a conversation around textiles, art, fashion and cultural institutions. Textiles contain many stories. This session looks at the many stories and histories untold and misrepresented through colonial […]
The Textiles and Materiality Cluster at the Milieux Institute invites you to a 30-minute panel discussion and Q&A session exploring key themes from the National Gallery of Canada’s Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction exhibition. Join PhD scholars Victoria MacBeath, Geneviève Moisan, Fernanda Suarez, and Morris Fox for a captivating conversation that will touch on: […]
Technoculture, Art & Games Research Centre (TAG) is excited to announce the launch of Streaming by the Rest of Us: Microstreaming Videogames on Twitch, a new book by Mia Consalvo, Marc Lajeunesse, and Andrei Zanescu. The event will feature a discussion with the authors, moderated by TAG co-director Rilla Khaled. ABOUT THE BOOK: An […]
This hands-on workshop introduce participants to the essentials of using embroidery software with the Tajima embroidery machine. Learn how to create, design, and format your own embroidery files, ready to be uploaded to the machine. You will have an opportunity to see your threaded drawings come to life in real time on the embroidery machine. […]
Join us for A Byte-Sized Welcome, the exciting kick-off event for the new semester with Machine Agencies! Come on down, grab some lunch, and learn about Machine Agencies, an exciting research community at the Milieux Institute investigating artificial intelligence technologies, cultures, and creations. This is your chance to learn about our ongoing projects and hear […]
Join the Media & Materiality Cluster for the second-to-last talk in our series of public talks and discussions on recent media history. In this presentation, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Public History at Concordia, Steven High, will reflect on how visual approaches have shaped his oral history practice over the past 35 years. Focusing […]
🗓: February 4, 2025 🕒: 10:00 – 5:30 PM 📍: 4TH SPACE 🎟️: In-person tickets (Spots are limited) 🔗 Join online by registering for the Zoom Meeting or watching live on YouTube. Join us on February 14th for NOSTAGAIN NETWORK third symposium: "LOVE & LOSS", a day-long symposium and research creation showcase featuring works by students, scholars, and […]
A love letter to safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) This Wednesday, come to the Speculative Life BioLab for a brief introduction to the chemistry, history, and unique process of dyeing with one of safflower’s vibrant pigments: carthamin. There will be hidden reds! There will be dramatic pH shifts! There will be tales of fermented plums and forbidden […]
On February 10, the Textile and Materiality Research Cluster is hosting a 3-hour training session for cluster members interested in the art of embroidery. Whether you're a beginner ready to explore a new creative avenues or an experienced embroiderer looking to brush up on your skills, this is the perfect opportunity! Genevieve Moisan will lead […]
Curious about the Jacquard loom and how you can integrate it in your artistic practice? Join Geneviève Moisan for an introduction to the Pointcarré Textile software for the Jacquard Loom. Once a vitrine for innovation, the first Jacquard images were inspired by the popular imagery of the time and produced by different ateliers as a […]
Join Machine Agencies's Gen AI Studio for the first of our monthly skill share meetings! François Lespinasse will be showing us how to implement RAGs using Ollama, a tool designed to simplify the process of running open-source large language models (LLMs) like Deepseek and Llama directly on your laptop. During our brief workshop, participants will […]
Co-chairs : Nina Czegledy and Ricardo Dal Farra Presented as part of the LASER (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous) Talks series and supported by Hexagram, this event explores how AI and human-computer interaction are reshaping creative practices. Artificial intelligence (AI) and human-computer interaction (HCI) are revolutionizing creative practices, offering innovative tools and methodologies for […]