BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Milieux - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Milieux X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Milieux REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240529T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240529T160000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240521T165413Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240521T170058Z UID:10001122-1716991200-1716998400@milieux.concordia.ca 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Sans-titre.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240517T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240517T190000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240517T054041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240517T054041Z UID:10001121-1715965200-1715972400@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Morphoses: Post Residency Open Studio Visit DESCRIPTION:Join Sofian Audry and Rosalie D. GagnĂ© 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Sans-titre-2-9.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240504T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240505T170000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240415T192930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T192930Z UID:10001118-1714809600-1714928400@milieux.concordia.ca 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Embodied-interventions-01.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240502T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240502T170000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240423T175143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240423T175143Z UID:10001119-1714654800-1714669200@milieux.concordia.ca 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 KunstuniversitĂ€t in Linz. \n\n\n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/milieux-experiential-learning-workshop-series-coded-biophilia/ LOCATION:MilieuxMake Space (EV-10.825) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MX-Workshops-2024B.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240426T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240426T170000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240415T174914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T183311Z UID:10001116-1714140000-1714150800@milieux.concordia.ca 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bookbinding_workshop.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240425T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240425T173000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240411T160243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T183220Z UID:10001115-1714066200-1714066200@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Nazan ÜstĂŒndağ : The mother\, the politician and the guerrilla DESCRIPTION:On April 25\, the Concordia Ethnography Lab will host a discussion with author Dr. Nazan ÜstĂŒndağ at the Speculative Life Research Cluster (EV 10.625).   \nNazan ÜstĂŒndağ 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 ÜstĂŒndağ 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\, ÜstĂŒndağ 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/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/81gQIC8NuqL._SL1500_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240422T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240422T160000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240415T181740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T181740Z UID:10001117-1713790800-1713801600@milieux.concordia.ca 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/12983378_260348167650100_4195922016199778915_o.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240419T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240419T130000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240402T192822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240402T203409Z UID:10001110-1713531600-1713531600@milieux.concordia.ca 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Owen-Hellum-Workshop-Friday-April-19th-1pm.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240418T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240418T170000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240403T135241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240403T135241Z UID:10001109-1713452400-1713459600@milieux.concordia.ca 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/432863858_3349944475306314_1064741917151076835_n.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240417T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240417T210000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240327T174613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240327T174945Z UID:10001108-1713378600-1713387600@milieux.concordia.ca 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 BolĂ­var 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 SimĂłn BolĂ­var’s liberation campaign in Colombia\, Bicentenario retraces BolĂ­var’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. RenĂ©-LĂ©vesque 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ethnolab_Bicentenario.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240416T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240416T180000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240405T185333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240405T185333Z UID:10001113-1713261600-1713290400@milieux.concordia.ca 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1712249035357.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240412T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240412T190000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240408T155336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T155336Z UID:10001114-1712941200-1712948400@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Performance as research - A conversation with AndrĂ© Lepecki and LĂ­lia Mestre DESCRIPTION:Join us on April 12th\, 2024\, from 5-7 PM\, at the Speculative Life Cluster (EV 10.625)\, for conversation between LĂ­lia Mestre and AndrĂ© 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Conversation-Andre-Lilia.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240412T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240412T120000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240327T150504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240328T141808Z UID:10001107-1712919600-1712923200@milieux.concordia.ca 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 UniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al 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 UniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al. 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Therrien_and_Wershler_-_April_12th_-_11am_-_English.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240410T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240410T140000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240404T201241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240405T134917Z UID:10001112-1712750400-1712757600@milieux.concordia.ca 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AnnualReport2023-Cover-InProgress2023.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240409T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240409T180000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240322T143615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240326T135038Z UID:10001105-1712671200-1712685600@milieux.concordia.ca 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Hologram.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240409T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240409T140000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240402T203333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240402T203333Z UID:10001111-1712671200-1712671200@milieux.concordia.ca 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Solar-project-talkai.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240327T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240327T133000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240322T185456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240326T135427Z UID:10001106-1711540800-1711546200@milieux.concordia.ca 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screen-Shot-2024-03-22-at-2.25.40-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240325 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240329 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240311T191657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240311T192041Z UID:10001101-1711324800-1711670399@milieux.concordia.ca 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\, modifiĂ© 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 PrĂ©sident-Kennedy  \n                TiohtiĂ :ke | Moonyiyang | MontrĂ©al 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 PrĂ©sident-Kennedy\, MontrĂ©al\, Quebec\, H2X3P2\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-02-28_RI2024-Header-6-Header_WP-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240322T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240322T170000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240312T192558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240312T192558Z UID:10001102-1711119600-1711126800@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Rendering Desired Spaces: Crafting Methods for New Digital Geographies DESCRIPTION:On March 22nd\, The DIGS lab is hosting a research talk to explore the work of Lotte de Jong and Antonia HernĂĄndez. This will be followed by the screening of Fantasy Lane at 5 p.m. \n\n  \nAbout the talk: \nThis research talk will explore the work of Lotte de Jong and Antonia HernĂĄndez addressing the spatial construction of desire on sex webcam platforms and real estate role-playing pornography. \nThrough an overview of different artworks created between 2018-2024\, the authors highlight how these digital spaces serve as unique sites for investigating issues related to housing anxiety and desire\, the governance of visibility\, and the representation and inhabitation of virtual environments. They will also address the benefits and challenges of using arts-based methods and interdisciplinary collaboration to explore rapidly changing phenomena. \nThe talk will be followed by a screening of Jong’s and HernĂĄndez’s Fantasy Lane (work in progress) at the Vizualization Studio (Webster Library\, LB-314.00). See you there! \n  \nAbout the speakers:  \nLotte Louise de Jong is a Rotterdam-based multidisciplinary artist with a film and lens-based media background. Through website-based works\, VR\, and video installations\, she explores identity\, intimacy\, economy\, and sexuality in the digital realm. Lotte’s research-driven approach combines humor with critical reflection to shed light on our hidden online lives and societal impact. \nAntonia HernĂĄndez is an artist and assistant professor in the Communication department at Concordia University\, MontrĂ©al. Her work explores the poetic dimensions of governance and the domestic aspects of platforms. Currently\, she is developing a video opera addressing the financialization of water in Chile. \nThis talk is presented in partnership with Concordia University’s DIGS Lab. \n  \nWHEN: March 22\, 2024 \nWHERE: Speculative Life Research Cluster (EV 10.625) URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/rendering-desired-spaces-crafting-methods-for-new-digital-geographies/ LOCATION:Speculative Life Research Cluster CATEGORIES:Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/thumbnail_Jong-and-Hernandez.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240318T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240318T200000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240314T155800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240314T155800Z UID:10001104-1710777600-1710792000@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:The Killing Movie + Goodbye (again) Juan DESCRIPTION:Juan Miceli invites you to The Killing Movie which is all at once a screening\, a performance and another farewell. You can either drop-in for a few minutes or stay for the entire time. Juan claims that this is the perfect excuse to consider the scope of research-creation as movement while we share time together. It is also a chance to reflect and speculate on the tecno fossils and the declassification of some embedded control matrices. \n\n📅: March 18\, 2024 | 4-8 p.m \n📍: Performance Lab E.V 10.785 \n📾: Martin Cedres URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/the-killing-movie-goodbye-again-juan/ CATEGORIES:Performance,Screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screen-Shot-2024-03-14-at-11.42.39-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240315T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240315T203000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240227T011214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T011214Z UID:10001099-1710527400-1710534600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Film Screening: Evicted City by Laurence Turcotte-Fraser & Priscillia Piccoli +Q&A (co-presented by the Concordia Ethnography Lab + with the McGill Critical Media Club) DESCRIPTION:The Concordia Ethnography Lab has once again teamed up with McGill’s Critical Media Club\, this time to host Laurence Turcotte-Fraser & Priscillia Piccoli who will present their powerful film Evicted City (2023). The screening and talk is happening March 15th\, 2024 at 6:30 pm at the VA-114 Cinema of Concordia. Free! No registration! All are invited! \nAbout the film: Montreal — one of the few remaining affordable cities in North America — is now in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis. An intimate portrait of socio-political resistance\, this multilayered film explores the human impact of real estate speculation on the cities of tomorrow.\n \nAbout the directors: Laurence Turcotte-Fraser is an emerging filmmaker first known for her short film Domino (Regards 2018)\, as well as her director of photography work (L’étrange province\, Les Jaunes\, Blast Beat). Her first feature-length documentary\, The End of Wonderland (2021)\, was released theatrically in Canada and travelled internationally (IDFA\, RIDM\, OUTFEST LA\, BFI FLARE). This eccentric portrait of erotic artist Tara Emory allowed her to explore her love for direct cinema and to find a human approach both in front of and behind the camera. With her second feature film Evicted City\, co-directed with Priscillia Piccoli\, she continues her documentary artistic approach by scrutinizing the housing crisis in her home city\, Montreal. \nPriscillia Piccoli is an emerging filmmaker known for her short film Mathieu (Bell Fund Prize\, Fantasia International Film Festival) and her short documentary As Hard As Ice (Prix d’Unis TV et RĂ©alisatrices Équitables at the 2020 Regions Race). Committed to direct cinema\, Priscillia uses the 7th art to find the silver lining in social-political dilemmas. During the first year of the pandemic\, while training as a social worker in a homeless day center\, she questioned the storm to come in her hometown\, Montreal. With her first feature film Evicted City\, co-directed with Laurence Turcotte-Fraser\, Priscillia launches a cry from the heart by granting the right to speak to the evicted people of a metropolis in full change. \nThis event is supported by the Concordia Ethnography Lab’s Visual Methods Studio (VMS) and the McGill Critical Media Club. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/film-screening-evicted-city-by-laurence-turcotte-fraser-priscillia-piccoli-qa-co-presented-by-the-concordia-ethnography-lab-with-the-mcgill-critical-media-club/ LOCATION:Concordia University – VA-114 Cinema\, 1395 Blvd. RenĂ©-LĂ©vesque Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 2M5\, Canada CATEGORIES:Screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/MA-CITE-EVINCEE_Photo-film_02_Credit-Fraser-Films-F3M-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Concordia Ethnography Lab":MAILTO:ethnographylab@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240308T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240308T160000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240226T214213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240226T214835Z UID:10001098-1709902800-1709913600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Milieux experiential learning workshop series | Tactile Sound DESCRIPTION:Friday Workshops at Milieux continues after Reading Week! \n\nThe third session will be: ‘Tactile Sound’\nFriday March 8th 2024 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm.\nwith Ryth Kesselring & GeneviĂšve Moisan. \nThis workshop aims to explore the senses\, by transforming the experience of sound from the auditory to the tactile and visual. How can we re-imagine the experience of sound via textiles and other material substrates? We will look at different computational and electronic platforms for integrating sound creation capabilities into textiles and learn different methods of creating soft speakers\, affording opportunities for sound to be worn\, felt & viewed in different ways. \nMulti-disciplinary artist and recent MFA graduate Ryth Kesselring will discuss her research and recent projects\, along with other work in this field. She will then demonstrate the use and capabilities of several components that can facilitate the inclusion of sound into a textile wearable / artwork. We will also look at different textile speaker coils and magnet configurations in relation to the body to experience the sound in different ways. \nPlease email to reserve a space as slots are limited.\nContact marc.beaulieu@concordia.ca\, and be sure to include ‘Tactile Sound’ in the subject line.\nConfirmations will be sent out within a couple of days. \n  \n\nPart of Milieux’s Winter experiential learning workshop series\, exploring themes relating to AI & microbial agency\, issues of sustainable practices\, and intimacy and alternate senses\, splicing traditional craft techniques with creative new ways of working. This season’s workshop series in development include: AI Poetry Embroidery\, Exploring Archiving with Bio-Plastics & Resins\, Bacterial Portraiture\, Alternative Pigments (Algae\, Rust & Plant Matter) and Tactile Sound! \n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/milieux-experiential-learning-workshop-series-tactile-sound/ LOCATION:MilieuxMake Space (EV-10.825) CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MX-Workshops-2024B.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240307T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240307T140000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240304T155023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240304T155023Z UID:10001100-1709816400-1709820000@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Enhancing Immersive Art Through Auditory Perception: a workshop with Austin Tecks-Bleuer DESCRIPTION:Come join Immersive Storytelling Studio member Austin Tecks-Bleuer for an introductory workshop on immersive audio on March 7th from 1-2pm in EV 10.705! \nThis workshop sets out to demystify the science behind auditory perception to create more captivating immersive experiences. Open to all experience levels\, Austin will cover basic concepts primarily relating to spatialization. Learn how physiological and perceptual mechanisms shape our response to sound\, and gain practical techniques for leveraging auditory stimuli to elevate your artistic creations. \nPart 1: A light overview of the different mechanisms that allow humans to localize a sound (primarily head related transfer function and inter-aural time difference). \nPart 2: How reverb and high frequency attenuation determine our perception of a physical space. \nPart 3: Some practical examples in a game engine. \nAustin Tecks-Bleuer is a composer\, pop music producer/songwriter\, and immersive installation artist currently pursuing Electroacoustic Studies at Concordia University. Transitioning from a background in music production\, Austin’s focus has shifted to creating immersive installations using tools like the Unreal Engine and TouchDesigner. His work blurs the line between physical and digital spaces\, inviting viewers into captivating experiences that merge art and technology. \nWhen? March 7th\, from 1-2pm \nWhere? EV 10.705 \nNo previous knowledge or registration is required to participate in this event! \n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/enhancing-immersive-art-through-auditory-perception-a-workshop-with-austin-tecks-bleuer/ LOCATION:EV 10.705 CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AdobeStock_413402494-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240227T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240227T133000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240221T151225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T151225Z UID:10001097-1709035200-1709040600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Mime as Non-Verbal Communication DESCRIPTION:Join us for a workshop on Tuesday\, February 27th\, with LePARC’s Sue Proctor to explore mime as non-verbal communication. \nFrom basic physical techniques to emotional expression\, we will play with concepts of body awareness\, self-expression and clown communication. Through fun and laughter\, movement and use of sound\, we will explore a vocabulary for non-verbal relationships and performance. \nPeople of all levels of movement or performance experience are welcome. Please wear clothes that are comfortable to move in. \nSue Proctor has been clowning\, performing and teaching in the arts for over thirty years. Creator of six original Fringe theatre shows\, Sue was a founding member of the Canadian Association of Therapeutic Clowns and uses clowning to inform her work as a dramaturg\, and in teaching drama to all ages and abilities. Sue is Co-Director of the ‘Arts Inclusion Network’ in Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada. \nHer Master’s thesis\, “The Archetypal Role of the Clown as a Catalyst for Individual and Societal Transformation\,” can be found online. \nTo register for the workshop\, click here. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/mime-as-non-verbal-communication/ LOCATION:LePARC Residency Room (EV 10.785) CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-21-at-10.07.59-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240223T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240223T160000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240212T175546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240215T150758Z UID:10001095-1708693200-1708704000@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Milieux experiential learning workshop series | Embroiderverse: Interfacing AI Text and Textile DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Workshop season continues! \nThis winter we are hosting an experiential learning workshop series\, exploring themes relating to AI & microbial agency\, issues of sustainable practices\, and intimacy and alternate senses\, splicing traditional craft techniques with creative new ways of working. This season’s workshop series in development include: AI Poetry Embroidery\, Exploring Archiving with Bio-Plastics & Resins\, Bacterial Portraiture\, Alternative Pigments (Algae\, Rust & Plant Matter) and Tactile Sound! \n  \nThe second session will be: ‘Embroiderverse: Interfacing AI Text and Textile’\nFriday February 23rd 2024 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm.\nwith Morris Fox & GeneviĂšve Moisan and guest Zeph Thibodeau.\nCome create with bots (& other people)!\n \n‘Fusing traditional and machine embroidery methods to stitch decorative poem slogans\, we explore language as code through textile and text’s shared Latin root texere (to weave). Noting the long entwinement of computational and textile histories and techno-cultures\, we will engage chat-bot models to play with material and experiential text and decorative threads. Using the Tajima industrial embroidery machine’s design software database of typefaces as data inputs\, we generate textured poem words. How is AI both a threat and a thread of narrative language? How can poetry hack language-based chat AI’s\, and produce playful failure? This peer-guided experiential learning workshop shares these questions and through tactile processes\, we speculate on what it means to collaborate with AI?’ \nPlease email to reserve a space as slots are limited. Contact marc.beaulieu@concordia.ca\, and be sure to include ‘Embroiderverse’ in the subject line.\nConfirmations will be sent out within a couple of days. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/milieux-experiential-learning-workshop-series-embroiderverse-interfacing-ai-text-and-textile/ LOCATION:MilieuxMake Space (EV-10.825) CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MX-Workshops-2024B.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240222T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240222T190000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240212T192419Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240214T145803Z UID:10001096-1708621200-1708628400@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Juan Miceli DESCRIPTION:Join us on February 22\, 2024\, from 5-7 PM\, at the Performance Lab (EV 10.785)\, for an exciting talk with artist Juan Miceli\, hosted by LePARC.\nCome learn about Juan’s experience following six months as a research intern at Milieux in this performance lecture. He will share artworks and creative concepts – such as Inverse Interface\, Artecnic\, Apology of the Remaining\, and Black Milk – that came out of his research-creation process.\nJuan Miceli is an audiovisual artist based out of Buenos Aires and Montreal\, who has studied both Fashion Design and Electronic Art. In 2022\, Juan received an ELAP Scholarship which has supported his Research Internship at Concordia’s Faculty of Fine Arts\, where he has conducted a research project titled Inverse Interface under the tutelage of Ricardo Dal Farra. This internship research fed into Juan’s Master’s thesis in the Aesthetics and Technology of Electronic Arts\, which he is pursuing at the National University Tres de Febrero (UNTreF) under the direction of Mariela Yeregui (PhD) and Andres Rodriguez (PhD). \nThe materiality of the Inverse Interface research creation project consists of the development of collaborative video installations\, a genealogical work in relation to technological practices like vision machines\, and experimentation with immersive environments\, bodies and interfaces. Juan’s work stems from a Latin American perspective that is in a permanent stage of construction. Working with a fusion of media including sculpture\, video\, installation\, generative video\, digital modelling and performance\, Juan develops exhibitions and research projects that investigate the relationship between art\, the body and technology. \nJuan’s work has been supported by such institutions as Milieux Institute\, Concordia Fine Arts\, National Fund for the Arts (Arg)\, San Martin University (UNSAM)\, CCGSM\, and the National Contemporary Dance Company and Expressions Cultural Center (US)\, among others. His video installations have been exhibited at the Concordia Black Box\, Fourth Space\, C3 Science Center\, the National Center of Music and Dance\, B. Rivadavia Museum of Natural Sciences\, ThisIsNotAGallery\, the MACA JunĂ­n Museum\, Expressions Cultural Center\, the University of Cordoba\, the Spanish Cooperation Center in Buenos Aires\, and the Recoleta Cultural Center\, to name a few. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/artist-talk-juan-miceli/ LOCATION:LePARC Residency Room (EV 10.785) CATEGORIES:Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-12-at-2.20.25-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240216T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240216T170000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240129T203145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240129T204146Z UID:10001093-1708092000-1708102800@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Playing with AI Ethics: Networking\, Directions\, Ideas\, and Approaches DESCRIPTION:How do we ethically engage with AI? \nJoin Scott DeJong and Dr. Ann-Louise Davidson in 4th Space on February 6 (12pm – 3pm) and February 16 (2pm – 5pm) for a networking event series that explores this question. \nFrom policies to personal preferences\, we have seen AI take hold in the lives of educators and their students\, with varying support systems to deal with it. We’re inviting you to a networking event focused on sharing and discussing how people are ethically using AI in our own practice and the practice of learners. Drop in over the course of three hours and listen to live interviews with stakeholders\, play a game teaching about it\, and share your thoughts and approaches. Together\, through play and conversation\, we can see the practices of others and consider what steps need to be taken. \nSupported with funds from OBVIA and led by Scott DeJong and Dr. Ann-Louise Davidson. \nRegister for one of the two events by following the links below: \nFebruary 6\, 2024 12pm – 3pm (Register here) \nFebruary 16\, 2024 2pm to 5pm (Register here) URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/playing-with-ai-ethics-networking-directions-ideas-and-approaches/2024-02-16/ LOCATION:4th Space CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-3.08.01-PM-e1706559114895.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240214T140000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240207T161802Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T155733Z UID:10001094-1707912000-1707919200@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:2023-2024 UG Fellows Introductory Presentations with Pizza DESCRIPTION:As many of you already know\, we have recently announced this years’ Undergraduate Fellows cohort! Now it’s time for the fellows to introduce themselves and their research\, or any other topic they care about. Join us for two hours of snappy\, fascinating presentations from a group of standout emerging researchers while indulging in some pizza!  \nThe presentations will be taking place in-person at the Milieux Resource Room (EV 11.705) on February 14th\, 2024\, from 12:00-2:00 PM. \nCome have lunch with us and meet the fellows! In the meantime\, click here to read more about the 2024 cohort. \nWe look forward to seeing you there! URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/2024-ug-fellows-introductory-presentations-with-pizza/ LOCATION:Milieux Institute\, EV 11. 705\, 1515 Saint-Catherine St W CATEGORIES:Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/MILIEUX_-_UG_Fellows_Instagram-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240209T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240209T203000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240119T190835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T041101Z UID:10001089-1707503400-1707510600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Film Screening: Meezan (Scale) by Shahab Mihandoust + Q&A (presented by the Concordia Ethnography Lab) DESCRIPTION:The first Concordia Ethnography Lab film night of the semester is coming up on February 9th\, 2024\, at 6:30 pm\, this time at the VA-114 Cinema. We will be screening Meezan (2023) by Shahab Mihandoust followed by a Q&A with the director. Free! No registration! All are invited! \n \nSet in south-western Iran\, in the province of Khuzestan and bordering with Iraq\, Meezan (Scale) is an observational and immersive experience\, a journey from the sea to the land\, about labor at the margins of petro-capitalism in three chapters. \nDeparting from the shore of Abadan\, the first oil company-town in the Middle East\, it follows a group of Arab fisherman who exemplify the realities of maintaining intergenerational ways of living and working on the sea. The men lead us to Bahrakan harbor where they barter for their share of the catch. What is contemporaneously a meeting place for fishmongering was a site of arduous migration for refugees fleeing Abadan after the mass destruction of the Iran-Iraq war in 1980’s. Meezan concludes in a secluded shrimp processing plant on the outskirts of Abadan where women who are shuttled in from surrounding villages furiously peel and devein shrimps in their own race for wages. \nDespite the massive industrialization of the region\, waterways of Khuzestan remain a significant source of income for the native communities who are most intimately connected to these embattled landscapes\, and Meezan is a reflection on the relation between bodies and scales to acknowledge the weight of the past and its consequences in the present.  \nShahab was born and raised in Tehran before he moved to Tio’tia:ke/Montreal in 2004. Inspired by ethnographic approaches to research and creation\, his documentary practice stands at the intersection between cinema and anthropology\, and his work often approaches the entanglement of identity and labor in everyday life practices; and as they relate to natural and built environments to understand the impacts of social\, cultural and political processes on people and places. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/film-screening-meezan-scale/ LOCATION:Concordia University – VA-114 Cinema\, 1395 Blvd. RenĂ©-LĂ©vesque Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 2M5\, Canada CATEGORIES:Screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MEEZANSTILL5.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Concordia Ethnography Lab":MAILTO:ethnographylab@concordia.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240206T150000 DTSTAMP:20260614T035231 CREATED:20240129T203145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240129T204146Z UID:10001091-1707220800-1707231600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Playing with AI Ethics: Networking\, Directions\, Ideas\, and Approaches DESCRIPTION:How do we ethically engage with AI? \nJoin Scott DeJong and Dr. Ann-Louise Davidson in 4th Space on February 6 (12pm – 3pm) and February 16 (2pm – 5pm) for a networking event series that explores this question. \nFrom policies to personal preferences\, we have seen AI take hold in the lives of educators and their students\, with varying support systems to deal with it. We’re inviting you to a networking event focused on sharing and discussing how people are ethically using AI in our own practice and the practice of learners. Drop in over the course of three hours and listen to live interviews with stakeholders\, play a game teaching about it\, and share your thoughts and approaches. Together\, through play and conversation\, we can see the practices of others and consider what steps need to be taken. \nSupported with funds from OBVIA and led by Scott DeJong and Dr. Ann-Louise Davidson. \nRegister for one of the two events by following the links below: \nFebruary 6\, 2024 12pm – 3pm (Register here) \nFebruary 16\, 2024 2pm to 5pm (Register here) URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/playing-with-ai-ethics-networking-directions-ideas-and-approaches/2024-02-06/ LOCATION:4th Space CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-3.08.01-PM-e1706559114895.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR