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SUMMARY:Sensorium Colaboratory: A series of transdisciplinary workshops
DESCRIPTION:Milieux in collaboration with the Applied AI Institute and the Center for Sensory Studies\, presents The Sensorium Collaboratory—a series of workshops designed to foster transdisciplinary collaboration and critical experimentation with AI and neurotechnologies. \nFrom creative coding with Python and Arduino boards to experimenting with biofeedback interfaces and AI-generated art\, these workshops offer a hands-on opportunity to explore cutting-edge technologies in a creative context. Students\, faculty\, and researchers are all welcome to join in co-creating and reimagining the future throughout this four-day event. On the final day\, participants will showcase their work during the Open Doors event on October 12th\, where you can share your experiences and interactive installations with family and friends. \n  \n📅 October 9th to 12th | EV Building\, 10th Floor \nGeek Workshop:Python\, Ableton\, Touchdesigner :\n October 9th\, 1-5 pm | SpecLife Room (EV 10.625)\n\nPerformance Workshop : Laboratory theatre\n October 10th\, 1-5 pm | Video Production Studio(EV 10.760)\n\nCo-design studio : Setup interactive installations\n October 11th\, 1-5 pm | Video Production Studio (EV 10.760)\n\nOpen-door event : Have fun with family and friends\nOctober 12th\, 3-7 pm | Video Production Studio (EV 10.760)\n❓ For more information and to register: https://forms.gle/xoWUW1uW74DbPTkc6  \n📩  Contact: meteomythosophy@gmail.com \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/sensorium-colaboratory-a-series-of-transdisciplinary-workshops/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Alternative Medicine and Infernal Alternatives: On the Modern Fear of Being Duped
DESCRIPTION:Join us on October 3rd for a captivating lecture about of complexities of alternative medicine where belief and skepticism often clash. This discussion invites us to critically examines the implications of alternative therapeutic practices and explore the consequences of navigating a world filled with misinformation and inadequate knowledge. \n\nABOUT THE EVENT: \n\nWhen it comes to alternative medicine\, we are called upon to make clear decisions: Either you believe (in them)\, or you know (better). Either you adhere to evidence-based science or you let yourself be seduced by the mere placebo effects of quackery. This talk starts from the hypothesis that such alternatives must be taken for what they are: infernal\, in the sense that they are all too often unable to inform good practices. Going back to the debates around charlatanism in the USA around the end of the 19th century\, Solhdju will re-examine legal efforts to restrict therapeutic practices to those holding medical degrees\, focusing especially on testimony provided by the psychologist and philosopher\, William James. Following in James’ footsteps\, Katrin Solhdju will explore some of the contexts in which the “horror of being duped” is able\, not only to produce ignorance\, inaccurate knowledge\, or inadequate therapeutic practices but worse\, to generate a “thinning out” of reality itself. The question then is the following: What might the antidote to this multilayered modernist nightmare look like and what might it be made of? \n  \n\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER: \n\n\nKatrin Solhdju is a Senior Researcher at the Fonds national de la recherche scientifique (FNRS) and a professor at the Institute for Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Mons in Belgium. She is a member of the Groupe d’études constructivistes (GeCo) at Université Libre de Bruxelles\, as well as a co-founder of the collective Dingdingdong. Institute for the co-production of knowledge on Huntington’s Disease. She is the author of two monographs: Testing Knowledge. Toward an Ecology of Diagnosis (2021) and Selbstexperimente. Die Suche nach der Innenperspektive und ihre epistemologischen Folgen (2011). \n\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by Concordia’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture (CISSC)\, the Media History Research Centre\, the Milieux Institute for Arts\, Culture\, and Technology\, and McGill University’s Department of Social Studies of Medicine. \n  \n\n: October 3\, 2024 \n: Speculative Life Cluster Research EV 10.625 \n For inquires\, please contact: jeremy.stolow@concordia.ca
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/alternative-medicine-and-infernal-alternatives-on-the-modern-fear-of-being-duped/
LOCATION:Speculative Life Research Cluster  EV 10.625
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240925T183000
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SUMMARY:An introduction to "Voter_Machine_World" with Fenwick McKelvey
DESCRIPTION:Join the Media History Cluster for the first talk of a series of public talks and discussion on recent media history. On September 26\, Fenwick McKelvey will discuss his forthcoming book “Voter_Machine_World” (under contract with MIT Press). \n  \nABOUT THE EVENT: \nVoter_Machine_World explores America’s long history to solve political problems with computers. Focusing on the early intersection of domestic and world politics\, the book offers a genealogy of political machines\, ways to imagine technologies to model\, simulate and effect political systems as if they were computer systems. The rich history draws from archival research and interviews to follow efforts to build voter and world machines for the early 1960s to the early 1990s – a period that helps us ask the critical questions to understand the new political machines being built today with AI and big data. In this informal presentation\, McKelvey will introduce the project in its final stages. \nABOUT THE SPEAKER: \nFenwick McKelvey is an Associate Professor in Information and Communication Technology Policy in the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University. He is co-director of the Applied AI Institute and leads Machine Agencies at the Milieux Institute. He studies digital politics and policy. He is the author of Internet Daemons: Digital Communications Possessed (University of Minnesota Press\, 2018) winner of the 2019 Gertrude J. Robinson Book Award. He is co-author of The Permanent Campaign: New Media\, New Politics (Peter Lang\, 2012) with Greg Elmer and Ganaele Langlois. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n📅 September 25\, 2024 \n📍EV 2.776 \n🔗 Register here for the event
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/an-introduction-to-voter_machine_world-with-fenwick-mckelvey/
LOCATION:EV 2.776
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:Disrupting Computing History with Dr. Mar Hicks
DESCRIPTION:Join the DIGS Lab (Digital Intimacy\, Gender\, and Sexuality Lab) on September 18 for an online lecture by Dr. Mar Hicks. The DIGS Lab is co-hosting the talk as part of the 7th Season of Disrupting Disruptions: the Feminist and Accessible Publishing and Communications Technologies Speaker and Workshop Series (https://www.feministandaccessiblepublishingandtechnology.com)\, organized by Dr. Alex Ketchum. \nDr. Hicks will discuss about Disrupting Computing History to Align Technology’s Past and Present.  \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER: \nMar Hicks is an author\, historian\, and professor doing research on hidden histories of computing\, as well as the history of labor and technology. Hicks is currently an Associate Professor at The University of Virginia’s School of Data Science\, in Charlottesville\, teaching courses on the history of technology\, computing and society\, and the larger implications of powerful and widespread digital infrastructures. Their research focuses on how gender and sexuality bring hidden technological dynamics to light\, and how the experiences of women and LGBTQIA people change the core narratives of the history of computing in unexpected ways. Hicks’s multiple award-winning book\, Programmed Inequality\, looks at how the British lost their early lead in computing by discarding women computer workers\, and what this cautionary tale tells us about current issues in high tech. Their new work looks at resistance and queerness in the history of technology. Hicks is also co-editor of the book Your Computer Is On Fire (MIT Press\, 2021)\, a volume of essays about how we can begin to fix our broken high tech infrastructures. \n  \nOther writing and more information can be found at: marhicks.com. \n  \n: September 18\, 2024 | 6-7:30 pm \n: Online \n🌐: Sign up for the event here to receive the zoom link.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/disrupting-computing-history-with-dr-mar-hicks/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Epistemological Foundations Conversation #5
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for the fifth Epistemological Foundations Conversation\, focusing on the theme of Research-Creation and AI. EF05 will bring together Archer Pechawis\, Scott Benesiinaabandan\, and Bryan Kuwada to reflect on their approaches to knowledge-making through research and creation. This Conversation will be moderated by Dr. Sara Diamond. \nABOUT THE EVENT: \nThe Epistemological Foundations Conversations feature members of the Abundant Intelligences research team sharing how the knowledge frameworks in their field are constructed\, validated\, and employed. This session will provide an opportunity to dive deeper into the intersection of Research-Creation and AI. \nIn the last 20 years\, research-creation methodologies have emerged and been increasingly recognized within the academic research community. That being said\, Indigenous Knowledge Systems have drawn on research-creation for millennia – and many artists from diverse cultures have long engaged in research as well as creation.\n\nAcademic interest into research-creation has opened the door to deeper and wider forms of knowledge exploration and sharing.  This has meant the institutionalization and expansion of research-creation PhDs and grants in the UK\, Australia\, Canada\, and some other territories. In some instances\, this was not necessarily out of a genuine commitment to these practices but to help institutions achieve their research funding allocation. While such contradictions are in the background\, our discussion will start out by defining what research-creation is for our panelists and will then move on to exploring the ways that they use research-creation to engage with AI.\nThis is a hybrid event. In-person attendance requires RSVP confirmation by email at abint-activities@concordia.ca. \nTo join the conversation online: Zoom link \n September 18\, 2024 | 5:30 p.m\nAgora Coeur des Sciences\, 175 Av. du Président-Kennedy\, Montreal
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/epistemological-foundations-conversation-5/
LOCATION:UQAM | Agora du coeur des sciences\, 175\, Av. du Président-Kennedy\, Montréal\, Quebec\, H2X3P2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Conversation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240916T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240916T170000
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SUMMARY:ROBODADA
DESCRIPTION:A practice-based approach towards human-robot interaction\n \n  \nJoin us on September 16 for an innovative workshop\, ROBODADA: A practice-based Approach Towards Human-Robot Interaction led by Prof. Andreas Muxel from the Hybrid Things Lab. \nPlease confirm your attendance with Zeph Tibodeau as spots are limited! \n  \n \n  \nABOUT THE WORKSHOP: \nThrough hands-on activities using the ROBODADA kit\, this workshop will challenge traditional perspective on technology. \nWe have always been developing tools as extensions of ourselves to become “more efficient” and “better.” But with the rise of autonomous and robotic systems\, technology is also perceived as something “other” and as a proactive counterpart. Instead of controlling\, we start to “co-operate” with technology. In our coexistence\, we ascribe almost human qualities\, emotions\, and liveliness to our technical counterparts\, but the rational machine is something else. How might these things be designed if they evolve from passive tools to proactive and even social beings? How can we shape their “thingness” beyond naïve human imitation to overcome an anthropomorphic design approach? \n  \n \n  \nParticipants will: \n\nEngage in Creative Design: Use everyday materials like cardboard\, fabric\, straws\, sticks\, rubber bands\, and adhesive tape to create unique robotic forms.\nExplore Interactive Dynamics: Utilize a web-based interface to map facial expressions to robotic body language\, enabling a richer understanding of robot-human interaction.\nDiscuss Future Implications: Explore and discuss the future possibilities of human-robot interaction through experimental and playful approaches.\n\n  \nMaterials Needed: \n\nLaptop or Tablet: Each ROBODADA Kit requires a device with a built-in webcam.\nChrome Browser: Ensure that Google Chrome is pre-installed on your device (download it here).\nCraft Materials: Bring basic supplies such as scissors\, cardboard\, fabric\, straws\, sticks\, rubber bands\, and adhesive tape.\nPower Supply: Multiple plugs will be required for powering the ROBODADA Kits.\n\n  \n \n  \nABOUT ANDREAS MUXEL: \n \nAndreas Muxel is Professor for “Physical Human-Machine Interfaces” at the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg\, Faculty of Design where he founded and is directing the Hybrid Things Lab. In his design practice and research he is always looking for a poetical and engaging way of interaction with things\, regardless of whether they are hardware or software. His projects have been internationally published\, exhibited and awarded (p.ex. ACM DIS Eindhoven\, Ars Electronica Festival Linz\, FILE Festival São Paulo\, TodaysArt Festival Brussels\, VIDA Award Madrid\, Share Prize Torino). \n  \n: September 16\, 2024 \n: TBC \n📩 To register contact Zeph Tibodeau at zeph.thibodeau@gmail.com \n More info: Hybrid Things Lab | andreasmuxel.com
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/workshop-robodada/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Re-Imagining Landscapes in Times of Ecological Crisis with Andrea Bordoli
DESCRIPTION:Film Screening: Re-Imagining Landscapes in Time of Ecological Crisis \n  \nJoin the Visual Methods Studio of the Concordia Ethnography Lab for the first screening of the year! This session will explore the intersections between anthropology and filmmaking through the screening of three short audiovisual works by Andrea Bordoli\, each of them proposing a formal and conceptual encounter with a specific territory.  \n By considering human-nonhuman entanglements\, by tracking flows and transformations of matter\, and by imagining speculative scenarios that blur past\, present and future tenses\, each of these films proposes a filmic encounter to “think with” and “think through” some key elements of the contemporary ecological crisis. \n  \nABOUT THE FILMS: \nThe Depth Beneath\, The Height Above (2018) is a 18-minute documentary film exploring the high alpine region of Robiei\, Southern Switzerland. Through a juxtaposition between the aesthetics and activities taking place above – the continuous stream of water\, the movement of animals\, the processes of production of cheese – and respectively below the ground level – the mechanisms and technologies involved in the hydroelectric production\, as well as the humans interacting with them –\, the film conveys a sensory ethnography of this peculiar landscape. \nDiVisi Di Pietra Memorie (2021) is a 9-minute docu-fiction essay that develops a poetic reflection around the issues of water exploitation and rock mining in the Swiss Alps. By juxtaposing contemporary images to archives\, and by proposing a storytelling mix of documentary and fictional elements\, the work is an invitation to engage with the geological and human memories that shape and haunt current extractive environments. \nPer Voi Oggi la Luce del Sol non Splenderà (2021) is a post-apocalyptic\, eco-fiction short film portrying two construction workers wandering in a “zone” where inner and outer territories intertwine. In a constant search for traces\, they are increasingly confronted with a universe that over days and nights becomes overwhelming.  \n  \nABOUT THE DIRECTOR: \nAndrea Bordoli has a background in Visual Anthropology (MA\, University of Manchester)\, Visual Arts – Cinema (HEAD – Genève)\, and Anthropology and Philosophy (BA\, Neuchâtel University). His research and practice lies at the intersection between anthropological theory\, film and visual art. He is currently based between Switzerland and Québec\, and he is pursuing a practice-led PhD in Media Anthropology at the University of Bern as part of the interdisciplinary project “Mediating the Ecological Imperative” (https://ecological-imperative.ch/). Since January 2022 he is a visiting artist-researcher at the anthropology department of McGill University.\nHis works have been presented in academic settings and exhibited in film festivals and art spaces nationally and internationally\, such as Cinéma du Réel Paris\, Festival dei Popoli Florence\, Vancouver International Film Festival\, Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival\, European Media Arts Festival Osnabrück\, the Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival\, and others. \nIn parallel to his personal research he collaborated with various research groups and institutions such as EASA CH\, Université de Neuchâtel\, Université de Berne\, Locarno Film Festival and Cinémathèque Suisse. \n  \n📅: September 13 | 6:30 – 8:30 p.m \n📍: VA-114 Cinema \nNo registration\, no fee\, all are welcome!
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/screening-conversation-re-imagining-landscapes-in-times-of-ecological-crisis-with-andrea-bordoli/
LOCATION:Concordia University – VA-114 Cinema\, 1395 Blvd. René-Lévesque Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 2M5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Conversation,Screening
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SUMMARY:The Crit Club with Abbas Akhavan
DESCRIPTION:On September 11\, Post Image cluster will launch the first edition of The Crit Club! \nWHAT IS THE CRIT CLUB? \nThis initiative aims to foster a supportive environment where you can present your work\, receive constructive feedback\, and find motivation to advance your practice beyond the classroom setting. Every Crit Club edition will feature a different guest artist who will lead each session. \nThe Crit Club will take place every two months\, and we will be selecting three participants to present their work each session. This intimate format ensures that each student receives focused and meaningful feedback.  Submissions from participants\, from any Concordia University Studio Arts Master Program (Photo\, Sculpture\, Print Media\, etc.) will be accepted on a first-come\, first-served basis\, so we encourage you to act quickly once the call for submissions is announced. \nThe ethos of the Crit Club is to be experimental\, multidisciplinary\, and supportive. Each session will be paired with a short reading that explores the idea and practice of art critiques critically. What does it mean to speak verbally about the visual? What are the different approaches one can take? \nWhether you are exploring new techniques\, developing a body of work\, or seeking guidance on a project\, the Crit Club is the perfect venue to share your progress and engage with your peers and faculty members. \n  \nABOUT ABBAS AKHAVAN: \nBorn 1977 in Tehran (Iran)\, lives and works in Montreal (Canada). \nThe work of Abbas Akhavan ranges from site-specific ephemeral installations to drawing\, video\, sculpture and performance. The direction of his research has been deeply influenced by the specificity of the sites where he works: the architectures that house them\, the economies that surround them\, and the people that frequent them. \nAbbas Akhavan is represented by the galleries Catriona Jeffries (Vancouver) and The Third Line (Dubai). \n  \n  \n  \n  \n📅: September 11 | 6:30 p.m \n: VA Building – Room 109 \nTo attend The Crit Club fill up this form (max. 12 participants) \n  \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/the-crit-club-with-abbas-akhavan/
LOCATION:VA Building Room 109
CATEGORIES:Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240822T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240822T160000
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SUMMARY:Pinball Power: How an old coin operated arcade persevered for a century
DESCRIPTION:Join Visiting Scholar Robert Glashüttner and TAG member Dr. Martin French for a discussion around Pinball. \nPinball is an archaic arcade game for some\, a technical marvel for others\, and a favorite pastime for more and more dedicated players. Little is commonly known about pinball except that it’s made up of big sturdy amusement machines where you shoot steel marbles with flippers up a tilted playfield. Both game culture communities as well as scholars tend to underestimate the finesse of playing and the design decisions behind developing physical pinball devices. Most importantly\, it is a game of hybridization in different aspects: Pinball is physical and digital\, retro and contemporary\, mechanical and electronic\, skill-based and chance-induced. Therefore it should be worth more attention. This talk gives an overview on why pinball research could be more than a side note within game studies. \n  \n📅 August 22\, 2024 \n📍TAG Lab\, EV 11.435 \n  \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/pinball-power-how-an-old-coin-operated-arcade-persevered-for-a-decade/
LOCATION:TAG Lab (EV 11.435)
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240710T170000
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SUMMARY:Epistemological Foundations Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for the fourth Epistemological Foundations Conversation\, delving into the fusion of Neuroscience\, AI\, and Indigenous Knowledges. EF04 invites you to join Dr. Karim Jerbi (Université de Montréal)\, Dr. ‘Ōiwi Parker Jones (University of Oxford)\, and Dr. Melanie Cheung (Cheung Consultancy Ltd) as they share their perspectives on knowledge creation within this intersection. \nABOUT THE EVENT: \nThe Epistemological Foundations Conversations\, feature members of the Abundant Intelligences research team to explore the construction\, validation\, and utilization of knowledge frameworks within various fields. The conversations offer an in-depth exploration of the integration of Neuroscience\, AI\, and Indigenous Knowledges. \nThis is a hybrid event. In-person attendance requires RSVP confirmation by email at abint-coordinator@concordia.ca. \nTo join the conversation online: Zoom link  \n🗓️ July 10\, 2024\n📍Speculative Life Research Cluster\, EV 10.625
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/epistemological-foundations-conversation/
LOCATION:Speculative Life Research Cluster
CATEGORIES:Conversation
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240614T160000
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SUMMARY:[Online lecture] Dr. Carlo Handy Charles: Queer Transnational Space
DESCRIPTION:How Dating Apps Shape Romantic Connections and Intimate Cross-border Relationships among Haitian Queer Migrants and Nonmigrants?\nJoin us on June 14th (2-4 pm)\, for a lecture followed by a Q&A featuring Dr. Carlo Handy Charles. Visiting Scholar in the Digital Intimacy Gender and Sexuality Lab (DIGS Lab)\, will discuss the intersection of LGBTQ+ migration and digital intimacy. More specifically\, the talk will aim to show how dating apps like Grindr\, Tinder\, and Facebook Dating influence the romantic connections and intimate relationships of LGBTQ+ migrants and non-migrants across borders. Drawing on his research and book project\, Dr. Charles will explain how these digital platforms play a pivotal role in shaping transnational connections and fostering same-sex relationships among individuals from similar ethnic or national backgrounds. \nABOUT THE SPEAKER: \nDr. Carlo Handy Charles (he/him) is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Windsor and a Visiting Scholar in the Digital Intimacy Gender and Sexuality Lab at Concordia University. He is also a former Vanier Scholar Pierre Elliott Trudeau Scholar and a Fellow at the Institut Convergences Migrations at the CNRS and Collège de France in Paris. His current book project with the University of Chicago Press examines how socio-economic inequalities sexuality and space shape transnational same-sex intimate relationships among Haitian men in Haiti the United States Canada France Brazil Chile and the Dominican Republic. He received a Ph.D. in Sociology at McMaster University and a Ph.D. in Geography at the Université des Antilles in 2023. Prior to joining the University of Windsor he taught Sociology at McMaster University and French at L’Alliance Française de Toronto and L’Alliance Française de Caracas (Venezuela). Beyond academia he is an award-winning essayist and the co-author of the critically acclaimed Kap O Mond a play focusing on Haitian migration in France. He is also a public policy advisor currently working on the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee. His publications have appeared in over two dozen academic journals and news media in Canada and internationally. \nFor more information about him and his research please visit: www.uwindsor.ca/sociology/CarloCharles. \n📅: June 14\, 2024 | 2-4 pm \n📍: Online \n🎟️: Register here! If you decide to attend online you’ll receive an email with a zoom link.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/dr-carlo-handy-charles-queer-transnational-space/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Milieux X CCA : "Propositions: Designing through Land"
DESCRIPTION:To conclude the 2024 edition of Milieux May Madness\, the Milieux Institute will host a conversation titled “Propositions: Designing through Land” on May 31st. Co-organized with the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA)\, the event will convene nine scholars to reflect on how design disciplines and their associated practices can better align with the concept of land. Following the presentations\, Speculative Life members Brennan McCracken\, Priscilla Jolly\, and Sarah Yems will share brief\, questioning responses to the propositions. \n“Propositions: Designing through Land” will bring together nine researchers who are embarking on an eighteen-month collective project: “In the Hurricane\, On the Land.” Funded by the Mellon Foundation and organized by the CCA\, “In the Hurricane\, On the Land.” aims to explore land-dependent design as a collaborative approach to addressing the tangible effects of the climate crisis\, indigenous land revitalization\, and related concerns\, including developing methods to document and engage with land-driven sites\, histories\, and communities. Through their research\, these scholars will examine and redefine the societal and professional boundaries of architecture and landscape architecture\, working towards a collective strategy for navigating the aftermath of natural and human-made disasters. \nAt this upcoming event\, the nine scholars will present brief propositions that address the themes of navigating\, coexisting with\, and experiencing land to enhance design practices. These propositions will provide insight into the scope\, concerns\, lands\, and peoples the project will engage with over the coming months. \nAll are welcome! \n📅 May 31st | 4-6 p.m \n📍Speculative Life Room EV 10.625 \n📸 Lee Friedlander\, Mount Royal\, Montréal\, Québec\, 1993. PH1994:0242\, CCA Collection\, © Lee Friedlander”
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/milieux-x-cca-propositions-designing-through-land/
LOCATION:Speculative Life Research Cluster
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240529T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240529T160000
DTSTAMP:20260613T235818
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SUMMARY:Milieux Summer Coffee & Chat!
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday 29th from 2 to 4 p.m on the 11th floor terrace!  \nWe are very happy to invite ALL Milieux members for the last gathering before summer! As we all know\, May is a busy month at the institute and this year is no exception! This event will be a great opportunity to meet and chat with the community about what you are up to! \nJoin us on terrace\, coffee and treats will be offered. \nLooking forward to seeing you! \n📅 Wednesday 29\, 2024 | 2-4 p.m \n📍Milieux Terrace (11th floor)
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/milieux-summer-coffee-chat/
CATEGORIES:Reception
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240517T190000
DTSTAMP:20260613T235818
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SUMMARY:Morphoses: Post Residency Open Studio Visit
DESCRIPTION:Join Sofian Audry and Rosalie D. Gagné on Friday\, May 17 from 5 to 7 p.m for an open studio visit! \nSofian and Rosalie have spent 10 days at Milieux\, working on their project Morphoses initiated in 2017. \n“Morphoses” is a research-creation project involving artificial life forms featuring three autonomous spheroid robots. The installation proposes a poetic experience of machine learning centered on the establishment of an intimate relationship between human and non-human life forms. \n📅 May 17\, 2024 | 5-7 p.m \n📍Video Performance Studio EV 10.760
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/morphoses-post-residency-open-studio-visit/
LOCATION:Video Performance Studio EV 10.760
CATEGORIES:Open Studio
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240504T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240505T170000
DTSTAMP:20260613T235818
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SUMMARY:Embodied Interventions 2024: Performance showcase
DESCRIPTION:On May 4th and 5th\, join us for the 5th edition of the renowned Embodied Interventions! Organized by the LePARC Research Cluster in collaboration with student members and various clusters within the vibrant Milieux community\, this year’s event promises to offer an unparalleled exploration of performative research-creation. Spanning two days\, Embodied Interventions serves as the culmination of intensive collaborative research-creation laboratories conducted over a period of two weeks. If you’re curious about last year’s edition you can read the recap here. \nIn collaboration with the HTMLles festival\, this edition aims to expand the boundaries\, delving deeper into the intersections of technology\, art\, and performance. Through a diverse array of projects\, attendees will be invited to ponder the fundamental question: “What is performative inquiry?” Each performance presents a unique perspective\, challenging conventional notions and fostering dialogue on the nature of artistic expression and knowledge production. \nSave the date and get ready for 2 days of creativity and artistic innovation at the heart of performative research-creation. \nCurators \nSeyed Hamidreza Hosseini \nMargaret Lapp \nMore information about the program to come soon: \nhttps://www.leparcmilieux.com/embodied-interventions
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/embodied-interventions-2024-performance-showcase/
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240502T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240502T170000
DTSTAMP:20260613T235818
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SUMMARY:Milieux experiential learning workshop series | Coded Biophilia
DESCRIPTION:Special Edition Thursday Experiential Working Workshop at Milieux to start off May! \n\nThis special end-of-term session is ‘Coded Biophilia’ taught by special guest gi!\nThursday May 2nd 2024 from 1:00 – 5:00 pm.\nwith gi (Giulia Tomasello) & Alexandra Bachmayer. \nCoded Biophilia is a workshop designed to learn basics of soft wearables and the exploration of biological textiles. A space where participants will explore the potential of bacterial cellulose for textile futures in terms of growing living materials and creating speculative scenarios for second skins\, sensors\, and adaptive responsive structures. Learning new methods of making sensory surfaces for wearables and to envision how biotechnology and new materials will shape our environment. At the end of the workshop\, participants will be able to identify state-of-the-art soft wearable and bio-textiles applications and produce e-textile and bio-textile samples and if there is time a small prototype. \nCan soft technology expands the ways our bodies sense and interact with the environment? \n*Please email to reserve a space as slots are limited. Contact marc.beaulieu@concordia.ca\, and be sure to include ‘Coded Biophilia’ in the subject line.\nConfirmations will be sent out within a couple of days. \n_____ \n\nGiulia Tomasello is an interaction designer and educator committed to female intimate care and its innovation. \nFounder of ALMA Futura\, a research and consulting studio where design\, science and anthropology combine to co-create tools for a cultural and radical change in womxn’s bodies. In 2018 with the project Future Flora\, she won the STARTS Prize\, a European award assigned to projects representing “innovative alliances between technology and artistic practices”. Her multidisciplinary work has also received other awards at European and international levels such as the World Omosiroi Japanese Award in 2020. \nGiulia offers a new deeper understanding in female’s wellbeing and prevention\, developing innovative tools at the intersection of medical and social sciences. She is co-founder of the Bruixes-Lab collective [nomadic lab of bio-hacking\, sx-tech and witchcraft rituals]\, Hogar [cultural association focused on gender health and performance] and Tides project [sexual wellness brand for women in mid-life]. Coded Bodies is her teaching platform designed to learn the basics of wearable technology\, materials innovation and the exploration of biological textiles. Since 2017\, she has been teaching in several Italian and European universities such as Politecnico di Milano\, Royal College of Arts in London and Head in Geneva. She currently lectures at the Domus Academy in Milan\, the Academy of Fine Arts in Perugia and the Kunstuniversität in Linz. \n\n\n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/milieux-experiential-learning-workshop-series-coded-biophilia/
LOCATION:MilieuxMake Space (EV-10.825)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240426T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240426T170000
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SUMMARY:Intro to Bookbinding Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Textile and Materiality Research cluster is excited to announce an upcoming event where participants will learn the art of bookbinding. In this engaging workshop\, attendees will have the opportunity to explore fundamental bookbinding techniques applicable to both paper and textile materials.  \nThe session will commence with an overview of various techniques through samples and references\, followed by hands-on creation of personalized books. Depending on group size and interest\, participants will be introduced to 3-4 binding methods including saddle stitch\, pamphlet stitch\, Japanese stab binding\, interlocking\, x-stitch\, and variations of one-page zines. \nWhile materials and tools will be provided\, attendees are encouraged to bring their own supplies from the suggested list below. It’s worth noting that materials offered are primarily repurposed\, sourced from CUCCR. At the end of the workshop\, each participant will take home their crafted samples. \nNo prior experience is necessary to participate! \nMaterial and tools (if you would like to bring your own): \n– Pencil\, ruler\, scissors\, xacto knife \n– Needle and thread (regular sewing needles are suitable) \n– Paper or other sheet material (preferably two different stocks/types) \n– Bonefolder \n– Bookbinding awl (for punching holes) \n– Scrap piece of corrugated cardboard for hole punching (height approx. 6 inches\, width 2 inches or more) \n– Cutting mat \n– Bulldog clips/binder clips (optional) \n  \n: April 26\, 2024 | 2-5 p.m \n: Cluster Commons E.V 10.730 \n✉️: To secure your spot\, kindly register by emailing textiles.materiality@concordia.ca.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/intro-to-bookbinding-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240425T173000
DTSTAMP:20260613T235818
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SUMMARY:Nazan Üstündağ : The mother\, the politician and the guerrilla
DESCRIPTION:On April 25\, the Concordia Ethnography Lab will host a discussion with author Dr. Nazan Üstündağ at the Speculative Life Research Cluster (EV 10.625).   \nNazan Üstündağ will discuss her recent book Mother\, Politician and Guerrilla. The book intervenes in debates on feminist political theory\, political imaginaries\, gendered subjectivities\, and state violence in Kurdistan with a focus on the Kurdish Women’s Freedom Movement. \n  \n \nABOUT THE SPEAKER: \nNazan Üstündağ received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Indiana University Bloomington in 2005. Following this\, she held the position of Assistant Professor at Boğaziçi University’s Department of Sociology from 2005 to 2018. Since 2018\, Üstündağ has been affiliated with various institutions\, including the Transregionale Studien in Berlin\, the Gerda Henkel Foundation\, and Alice Solomon Hochschule. Additionally\, she is a founding member of Women for Peace and Academics for Peace in Turkey. She actively participates in organizations such as the Global Prison Abolitionist Network and Women Weaving the Future\, and contributes to worldwide news broadcasts on women’s issues through Jin TV. \nRefreshments will be provided! \n: April 25\, 2024 | 5:30 p.m \n: EV 10.625
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/nazan-ustundag-the-mother-the-politician-and-the-guerrilla/
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240422T160000
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SUMMARY:Brother embroidery machine training
DESCRIPTION:On April 22th\, Textile and Materiality Research cluster is organizing a 3-hour training session for those intrigued by the art of embroidery. Whether you’re a novice eager to embark on a new creative journey or a seasoned embroiderer seeking to refresh your skills\, mark your calendars. Genevieve Moisan\, our expert in textile craftsmanship\, graciously offers a comprehensive training session tailored specifically for the Brother embroidery machine. \nParticipants will have the opportunity to delve into the intricacies of the Brother embroidery machine\, exploring its capabilities and functionalities. \n\n\n\n: April 22\, 2024 | 1-4 p.m \n: Room EV 10.725 \n: Registration is limited\, kindly register by emailing textiles.materiality@concordia.ca.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/brother-embroidery-machine-training-2/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240419T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240419T130000
DTSTAMP:20260613T235818
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SUMMARY:Unity Dialogue Workshop featuring Owen Hellum
DESCRIPTION:Curious about the world of dialogue systems? On Friday\, April 19\, TAG Research Cluster will host a workshop about Descant featuring Owen Hellum! \n  \nABOUT DESCANT: \nDescant (https://omch.tech/descant) is a Unity Dialogue System plugin designed to be easy to pick up and use\, but with room for growth and customization. It was developed for a CART Independent Study\, with the goal to address the missing niche for dialogue systems between ones that are enormous and expensive\, and those that are tiny and un-featured. It uses a node-based dialogue creation system\, and makes use of the Unity Component system concept for enhancing such nodes. \n  \nABOUT THE WORKSHOP: \nThe workshop will start with a straightforward overview of the system\, accompanied by a detailed explanation of the Component framework. This will be succeeded by several hours dedicated to practical experimentation. The workshop is designed to resemble both a tutorial and a game jam development session. Subsequently\, a segment will be allocated for participants to provide feedback and offer suggestions for improvement. \n  \n: April 19\, 2024 | 1-4 p.m \n: TAG Lab E.V 11.435 \nATTENDEES ARE ASKED TO BRING COMPUTERS WITH THEM\, WITH A RECENT VERSION OF UNITY INSTALLED! \n🔗 Unity can be downloaded here: https://unity.com/download \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/unity-dialogue-workshop-featuring-owen-hellum/
LOCATION:TAG Lab (EV 11.435)
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240418T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240418T170000
DTSTAMP:20260613T235818
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SUMMARY:A SOLARPUNK Lab: Eco-anarchism and micro-power to the people & PicoPower and Energy Transition Residency demo and discussion.
DESCRIPTION:Join us Thursday\, April 18th\, between 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm\, at the Milieux Speculative Life Cluster for TeZ’s artist talk – SOLARPUNK Lab: eco-anarchism and pico-power to the people – and the Pico Power and Energy Transition residency demo and discussion. \n\n\nFrom April 3rd until April 19th\, transdisciplinary artist and independent researcher TeZ will work with Milieux Biolab researchers and students on the next phase of the Pico Power and Energy Transition project (with Alice Jarry\, Bart Simon\, Mike Cassidy\, Audrey Coulombe\, Sarah Al Mamoun\, and Matt Halpenny). They will develop biomaterials\, composites\, and technologies for alternative energy futures\, such as biophotovoltaic cells\, crystal or graphene batteries\, and conductive bioplastics toward wearables and site-specific interventions. \n\nABOUT THE TALK: \nThe talk will first introduce TeZ’s personal perspective on the Solarpunk movement\, particularly examined under the lens of creative DIY practices that he initiated in 2021 with his SOLAR PUNK Lab project. The presentation will conclude with a demo and group discussion around the experiments conducted as part of his residency at the BioLab. SOLARPUNK Lab is a project aimed at promoting the practical side of Solarpunk philosophy\, exploring and experimenting with methods that enable citizens to social and sustainable resistance\, against an ever growing sense of dystopian impotence\, agonizing capitalism and ecological catastrophe. The series of events organised with and by SOLARPUNK Lab\, are aimed at promoting “fluid” DIY strategies and at educating\, informing and enabling the general public to simple\, affordable and practical actions that put together renewable energy sources (solar\, eolic\, geothermal)\, physical computing\, digital fabrication\, eco-passive and morpho-eco-logical architecture\, natural and artificial photosynthesis\, bacterial fermentation\, mycelium culturing and other interdisciplinary practices to re-invent the present and re-design the future. \n  \n\n\nABOUT TeZ:\n\n\nTeZ (aka Maurizio Martinucci) is an interdisciplinary artist\, musician and independent researcher\, living and working in Amsterdam\, The Netherlands. Guest teacher at ArtScience Interfaculty in Den Haag\, Minerva Academy in Groningen\, Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok\, TeZ is regularly showing his work and giving lectures at both academic and artistic contexts. His installations and performances have been featured at major venues and festivals worldwide including Ars Electronica Linz\, BIAN Montreal\, Gropius Bau Berlin\, Chronus Art Center Shanghai among many others. He’s been running the ‘Optofonica’ Lab for Synesthetic ArtScience in Amsterdam since 2006. \nTeZ explores the boundaries between human perception and all physical phenomena associated to vibrations. He crafts custom generative software and instruments for sound and light propagation\, as well as specific architectural structures where subtle oscillations can reach the body and stimulate  \n  \n: April 18\, 2024 | 3-5 p.m \n: Speculative Life Research Cluster E.V 10.625 \n🔗: solarpunklab.org | speculativebiolab.com | materials-materiality.ca
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/a-solarpunk-lab-eco-anarchism-and-micro-power-to-the-people-picopower-and-energy-transition-residency-demo-and-discussion/
LOCATION:Speculative Life Research Cluster
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240417T210000
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Bicentenario (2020) + Master Class with Pablo Álvarez Mesa
DESCRIPTION:Film Screening: Bicentenario (2020) + Master Class with Pablo Álvarez Mesa\n \nJoin Concordia Ethnography Lab for the last film screening of the semester. No registration\, no fees\, all are welcome!\nThe film which runs 45min will be followed by excerpts of the second film of Pablo’s trilogy on Bolívar titled La Laguna del Soldado (2024) as well as a master-class type discussion with the filmmaker!\n\n\nHere’s a great article (in French) in Le Devoir about Alvarez Mesa’s last production:\nhttps://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/809692/cinema-colombie-obscene-pablo-alvarez-mesa?\n\n \nABOUT THE FILM: \nTwo Hundred years after Simón Bolívar’s liberation campaign in Colombia\, Bicentenario retraces Bolívar’s journey across the Country\, searching for his ghost still present in the contested territory. Creatively intersecting the traditions of landscape film\, oral traditions\, and political essay\, Bicentenario cinematically reveals the collision of history and myth inscribed on the territory of what would become an inevitably failed state — the Great Colombia.\n\n\n \n\n\n\nABOUT THE DIRECTOR:\n Pablo Alvarez-Mesa is a Filmmaker and Cinematographer working mainly in non-fiction. His films have played and earned awards at international film festivals including Berlinale\, Rotterdam\, Camden IFF\, Visions du Reel\, and RIDM. Pablo is an affiliate member of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University and a Berlinale Talents\, Banff Centre for the Arts and Canadian Film Centre alumnus.\n\n\n\n\nThis event is supported by the Concordia Ethnography Lab’s Visual Methods Studio (VMS).\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n: April 17\, 2024 | 6:30-9 p.m \n: Teaching Cinema VA-114\, 1395 Blvd. René-Lévesque W. \n  \nNO REGISTRATION\, NO FEES\, ALL ARE WELCOME!
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/film-screening-bicentenario-2020-master-class-with-pablo-alvarez-mesa/
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240416T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240416T180000
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SUMMARY:17 Stations: An Interactive Exhibition and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by United Nations Member States outlines a collective vision for global peace and prosperity. Its core consists of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)\, urging both developed and developing nations to collaborate in addressing poverty\, enhancing health and education\, reducing inequality\, fostering economic growth\, combating climate change\, and conserving natural resources like oceans and forests. \n1 – No Poverty \n2 – Zero Hunger \n3 – Good Health and Well-Being \n4 – Quality Education \n5 – Gender Equality \n6 – Clean Water and Sanitation \n7 – Affordable and Clean Energy \n8 – Decent work and Economic Growth \n9 – Industry\, Innovation and Infrastructure \n10 – Reduced Inequalities \n11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities \n12 – Responsible Consumption and Production \n13 – Climate Action \n14 – Life Below Water \n15 – Life on Land \n16 – Peace\, Justice and Strong Institutions \n17 – Partnerships for the goals \n  \nWhat if those SDGs were turned into a sensorial experience?\nThat’s what the 17 Stations project is all about! \nThe 17 Stations is an experimental audio-visual experience that presents the SDGs through music\, commentary\, photography\, local stories and cutting-edge science. \n\nInitiated by Professor Baron Tymas\, member of the Next-Generation Cities Institute\, the project brought together more than 30 Concordia University creatives minds across various disciplines\, including the Milieux Institute and\, more specifically\, the Storytelling Studio. \n\nJoin us for the launch of this unique and innovative experience followed by a roundtable discussion with members of the team at 4 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n  \n  \n: April 16\, 2024 | 10 – 6 p.m \n: 4TH Space\, 1400 Maisonneuve Blvd W \n🌐 The discussion will also be available online via Zoom.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/17-stations-an-interactive-exhibition-and-discussion/
LOCATION:4th Space
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240412T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240412T190000
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SUMMARY:Performance as research - A conversation with André Lepecki and Lília Mestre
DESCRIPTION:Join us on April 12th\, 2024\, from 5-7 PM\, at the Speculative Life Cluster (EV 10.625)\, for conversation between Lília Mestre and André Lepecki hosted by LePARC. \nABOUT THE TALK: \nThis conversation will focus on the relationships between performance practice and academic research. Participants will be invited to discuss how performance-based actions shape alternative academic processes and outcomes\, offering insights into envisioning and crafting sustainable futures. \nProposed questions include: What is the range of practices and strategies that challenge prevalent norms of how artists and academics approach research? How do these other strategies relate to issues of collectivity\, embodiment\, and process? What kinds of practices of co-imagination are resisting authorial individuality as privileged figure of knowledge in the humanities and the arts? And how can performance as practice of research generate anticolonial\, inclusive\, multiverse\, and unpredictable material and immaterial manifestations of relationality? \nThe conversation will be based on an example of performance to encourage interactions. Participants are invited to read two texts prior the event to have a common departure point. \n\n📖 Chapman\, Owen and Kim Sawchuk. 2012. “Research-Creation: Intervention\, Analysis and “Family Resemblances”” Canadian Journal of Communication 37: 5-26 \n\n\n\n📖 Desideri\, Valentina\, and Denise Ferreira da Silva. 2022. “Another Image of Existence.” Performance Philosophy 7(1): 132-145 \n  \n\n\n\n \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS: \n\n\n\nAndré Lepecki works and researches at the intersection of critical dance studies\, curatorial practice\, performance theory\, contemporary dance\, and visual arts performance. He is a Professor and the chair of the Department of Performance Studies at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. He has published widely and edited several anthologies. He has also curated numerous festivals and exhibitions including the award-winning re-staging of Allan Kaprow’s 18 Happenings in 6 Parts. In 2010 he co-curated the Archive on Dance and Visual Arts since the 1960s for the exhibition Move: Choreographing You at the Hayward Gallery\, London. He is the author of the books Exhausting Dance (2006) and Singularities: Dance in the Age of Performance (2016) and the editor\nof Dance (2013)\, Planes of Composition (with Jenn Joy\, 2009)\, The Senses in Performance (with Sally Banes\, 2007)\, and Of the Presence of the Body (2004). \nLília Mestre (she\, her) is a performing artist\, dramaturge and researcher working in collaborative formats mainly in the fields of contemporary dance and choreography. She is interested in forms of organisation created by and for artistic practice as alternative study processes for social-political reflection. She has been working on the concept of ‘artificial friendship’ which has been the source for the creation of methodological structures (scores) for exchange and collaboration in artistic research settings\, which have been documented in various publications. She was artistic coordinator of a.pass (Advanced Performance and Scenography Studies) in Brussels and is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Contemporary Dance and Co-director of the Performing Arts Research Cluster (LePARC) within the MILIEUX Institute for Arts Culture and Technology at Concordia University. Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. She was granted the The Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award 2023 for her research on expanded choreography “Through Materialities\, Movement and Description”. \n  \n\n\n\n\n: April 12\, 2024 | 5-7 p.m \n: Speculative Life Research Cluster E.V 10.625
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/performance-as-research-a-conversation-with-andre-lepecki-and-lilia-mestre/
LOCATION:Speculative Life Research Cluster
CATEGORIES:Conversation
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SUMMARY:A Montreal Game Studies Conversation with Dr. Carl Therrien and Dr. Darren Wershler
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, April 12th\, TAG Research Cluster is organizing an engaging and candid conversation on game history and immersion within the context of Montreal Game Studies\, featuring Dr. Carl Therrien from Université de Montréal and Dr. Darren Wershler from Concordia University. This open and freeform discussion will delve into unconventional and exploratory approaches to researching and understanding video game history and immersion. Through these discussions\, reflections on the influence of the Montreal game research scene on work and within the broader field of game studies and associated fields will be explored\, examining the challenges and opportunities of past and future collaborations between local research groups in Montreal\, across linguistic\, institutional\, and cultural boundaries. \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS:  \n \nCarl Therrien is a professor in games and film studies at the Université de Montréal. In The Media Snatcher (Platform studies\, MIT Press\, 2019)\, he proposes a critical view of videogame historiography through a comparative study of the PC Engine platform\, confronting American and Japanese perspectives of this technology. He has written numerous papers on immersion and on the history of popular genres (such as adventure games and first-person shooters). His research projects seek to integrate more video games into the canon\, hoping to assist archivists and historians in their efforts to engage with the diversity and complexity of this culture. \n  \n  \n  \nDarren Wershler specializes in media history and media archaeology\, with a particular interest in the material culture of analog and early digital technologies. His current research occurs at the Residual Media Depot (RMD)\, a research and teaching collection associated with the Media History Research Centre (MHRC) in the Milieux Institute at Concordia University. With Jussi Parikka and Lori Emerson\, he is the author of THE LAB BOOK: SITUATED PRACTICES IN MEDIA STUDIES (2021). \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n: April 12\, 2024 | 11 a.m \n: TAG Lab E.V 11.435 \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/a-montreal-game-studies-conversation-with-dr-carl-therrien-and-dr-darren-wershler/
LOCATION:TAG Lab (EV 11.435)
CATEGORIES:Conversation
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SUMMARY:Milieux Annual General Meeting and Pizza Lunch
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to invite all Milieux members for a gathering at the Speculative Life Research Cluster EV 10.625 next Wednesday! Join us for lunch and conversation for our Annual General Meeting! \nWe will be sharing the latest proofs of the Milieux Annual Report (2022-2023). We warmly encourage everyone to join us\, regardless of your interest in the report\, we are simply eager to connect with you\, hear about latest projects\, and simply enjoy each other’s company! \n  \n: April 10\, 2024 | 2 p.m \n: Speculative Life Research Cluster E.V 10.625 \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/milieux-annual-general-meeting-and-pizza-lunch/
LOCATION:Speculative Life Research Cluster
CATEGORIES:Meeting
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SUMMARY:The Hologram: Towards an Anti-capitalist Care Practice
DESCRIPTION:On April 9th\, Machine Agencies of Speculative Life Cluster is hosting a 4-hour hands-on workshop on The Hologram\, a viral distribution system for non-expert healthcare\, led by Cassie Thornton. \n  \nWHAT IS THE HOLOGRAM? \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Hologram serves as a mythoreal viral distribution system for accessible healthcare\, operating across the globe. Its concept is straightforward: 3 individuals\, known as the ‘Triangle\,’ convene regularly\, either online or in person\, to prioritize the physical\, mental\, and social well-being of a fourth person\, referred to as the ‘Hologram.’ In turn\, the Hologram imparts knowledge on both offering and receiving care to these participants. As they become proficient\, the Hologram guides them in establishing their own triads\, thereby perpetuating the system’s growth. \nThis social innovation draws inspiration from the experimental care models pioneered in the Social Solidarity Clinics in Greece during the peak of the financial and migration crises. The outcome of  The Hologram process is the establishment of a resilient multidimensional health network\, community-focused social rituals\, and a sense of trust capable of enduring beyond the era of capitalism. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE WORKSHOP:  \nThis workshop introduces “incomers” to The Hologram practice with an introduction to its history and underlying principles\, along with a chance to actively engage in its methods. Originating from moments of crisis and designed for navigating them\, The Hologram combines personal reflection\, collective action\, and anti-capitalist strategies. The workshop consists of one-third presentation and two-thirds interactive participation led by two facilitators\, supplemented by experienced practitioners as necessary. Participants can expect support\, stimulating challenges\, and an invitation to join the broader global community of Hologram practitioners! \n  \n \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER: \nCassie Thornton (b. 1981 US) is an artist and activist who makes a “safe space” for the unknown\, for disobedience\, and for unanticipated collectivity. She uses social practices including institutional critique\, insurgent architecture\, and “healing modalities” like hypnosis and yoga to find soft spots in the hard surfaces of capitalist life. She is currently the co-director of the Re-Imagining Value Action Lab in Thunder Bay\, an art and social centre at Lakehead University in Ontario\, Canada. \n  \n  \n  \n: April 9\, 2024 | 2-6 p.m \n: Speculative Life Research Cluster E.V 10.625 \n🔗: Make sure to register HERE as there are only 16 spots available!
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/the-hologram-towards-an-anti-capitalist-care-practice/
LOCATION:Speculative Life Research Cluster
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Materialist Ecomodding and Picopower Logics: The Case of SunBlock One\, a solar Minecraft server
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging presentation of the SunBlock One solar Minecraft server project\, part of the Pico Power residency with TeZ. \nBart Simon\, Director of Milieux Institute will share with us the research-creation journey of the SunBlock project. This innovative project tackles two crucial challenges in energy transition research: \n\nThe significant contribution of personal computing and especially gaming to the global carbon footprint.\nThe role of popular and moddable sandbox games in fostering shared alternative energy imaginaries.\n\nWHAT IS SUNBLOCK ONE? \nSunBlock One operates on a special setup with solar panels and batteries. It’s a Forge-modded Minecraft 1.20.2 Server running on an Intel NUC computer powered by a 12v LiON battery connected to a 100W solar panel. Players can monitor their energy consumption in real-time while playing! \nThe talk will present various stages of the project\, showcasing the work that has been accomplished and discussing how the project might progress over the summer. \nBart will also introduce the idea of picopower logic\, a simple yet powerful approach to utilize energy on small\, local scale to combat climate change. \n  \n: April 9\, 2024 | 2 p.m \n: TAG Lab E.V 11.435 \nALL ARE WELCOME!
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/materialist-ecomodding-and-picopower-logics-the-case-of-sunblock-one-a-solar-minecraft-server/
LOCATION:TAG Lab (EV 11.435)
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:Writing urban life: stories of waste and cities
DESCRIPTION:Join the Concordia Ethnography Lab for a thought-provoking exploration of urban life with Durham University professor Colin Mcfarlane\, as he challenges conventional narratives and invites us to reimagine the cityscape! \nIn this presentation\, Colin Mcfarlane will delve into his recent research on urban fragments and waste\, asking: “how do we write differently about urban life?”. Mcfarlane will explore various conceptual frameworks\, writing techniques\, and ideological stances that could influence our perception and portrayal of urban existence. The discussion will highlight both the opportunities and obstacles\, as well as the unresolved inquiries and overlooked aspects\, within this discourse. \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER:  \nColin Mc Farlane is a professor at Durham University. His work focusses on the experience and politics of the city. He explores how cities are known\, lived and politicised. This includes research on urban living\, densities\, fragments\, and learning across different cities\, focussing in particular on the economic margins. \n  \n  \n: March 27\, 2024 | 12-1:30 p.m \n: Speculative Life Research Cluster E.V 10.625 \n: Make sure to register HERE ! \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/writing-urban-life-stories-of-waste-and-cities/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:Milieux at Rencontres Interdisciplinaires 2024!
DESCRIPTION:The Milieux Institute is proud to announce the participation of several of its members in Rencontres Interdisciplinaires. Organized by Hexagram\, Rencontres Interdisciplinaires tackles current research-creation discussions through the prism of a specific theme. For this 3rd edition\, discussions will focus on the theme of agency·ies.   \nAfter the recent discoveries in the fields of biotechnology\, AI\, robotics and environmental sciences\, among others\, new questions about interactions between human and more-than-humans have emerged.   \nThose new interactions highlight new forms of agency that raise questions not only about our relationship with the world\, but also challenge artists and researchers’ anthropocentric posture. In this context\, participants will reflect on how research-creation offers new modes of engagement with agents\, materials and objects that oscillate between art and science?  \nDuring those 4 days\, Milieux’s members will take part in round tables\, conferences\, demonstrations and workshops to put forward singular research-creation approaches that highlight the capacities of objects\, whether human or non-human.  \n  \nLearn more about the event here.  \nImage credit: Jean-Ambroise Vesac\, modifié avec autorisation de l’artiste. \n  \nWHEN: March 25-28\, 2024  \nWHERE: UQÀM | Agora du Coeur des Sciences (behind the President-Kennedy Pavilion)  \n                175\, Av. Du Président-Kennedy  \n                Tiohtià:ke | Moonyiyang | Montréal H2X 3P2  \n                Metro Place-des-arts\, Bus 55\, 80 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/milieux-at-rencontres-interdisciplinaires-2024/
LOCATION:UQAM | Agora du coeur des sciences\, 175\, Av. du Président-Kennedy\, Montréal\, Quebec\, H2X3P2\, Canada
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