Online Presentation/Discussion with LePARC member Oonagh Fitzgerald This LePARC presentation and discussion via Zoom will address the challenges in crafting research-creation that critiques existing international law and governance through art and performance while generating new insights about how we decode meaning and recode identity, solidarity, resistance, and resilience in the face of global crises. Oonagh […]
Pigments are brightly colored, insoluble powders that can be used in a variety of art forms. They can be extracted from minerals, coal, or most often than not, they are synthesized out of petroleum compounds. In the spirit of promulgating sustainable practices in the lab, this workshop aims at teaching you how to make your […]
This is a limited opportunity to have a little hands-on experience with the elusive Azure Kinect volumetric camera! In this 2 hour workshop we will create a 30-second volumetric video dance using the Azure Kinect camera with After Effects and DepthKit software. Students will go through each step of setting the capturing space with green-screen, […]
October 15th, at 4:00 PM—Presented as part of MTLConnectThe Global Urban Wilds App launch In person at the Champ des Possibles; meet in the Champ by the benches on the pedestrian walkway between de Gaspé and Henri-Julienhttps://goo.gl/maps/HVHzYGSkhcGLGvAJ8 The Global Urban Wilds (GUW) locative platform curates ruderal landscapes that survive in city spaces and invites the […]
With discussants Drs. Nalini Mohabir & Jesse ArseneaultThe second in a series of talks planned collaboratively by SPAM, CARG, and CRIE: Critical Anthropocene Speaker Series: Global, Decolonial, Critical Race Approaches for a Multispecies World In Nature’s Wild, the Trinidad-born scholar-artist contends with his own animality. The story begins in his classroom at an all-boys Catholic high school in Trinidad, […]
The Research Persona WorkshopDr. Ganaele LangloisFriday, Sept. 17, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM, EST Dr. Ganaele Langlois teaches the research persona method to study social media platforms The research persona method addresses a key challenge of social media platforms: how can we understand the dynamics of platform personalization as they intersect with informational dynamics (e.g. mis and […]
Beck Pearse and Dinesh Wadiwel The first in a series of talks planned collaboratively by SPAM, CARG, and CRIE: Critical Anthropocene Speaker Series: Global, Decolonial, Critical Race Approaches for a Multispecies World As we move further into the Anthropocene, questions about how to intervene in the environment have progressed with new purpose and ambition. It’s […]
This workshop is designed for artists from different fields looking to explore VR without the burden of learning how to code. I will focus on how to translate their own personal artistic workflow into Unity using Timelines, Animation clips, Audio and Video players in order to build an interactive space. This workshop is presented by […]
This workshop is designed for low specs computers and the goal is to learn VR making without using a headset. I will focus on scene scripting, quick prototyping and iterations using Steam VR 360 emulator. At the end of the workshop students will have a basic knowledge of Unity environment and a playable draft of […]
In this 2-hour online workshop participants will learn how to use various tools in Unity, to efficiently light their 3D scenes for VR. We will learn how to bake lights, optimize textures and play with the perspective of 3D objects in the scene. This workshop is presented by Marco Luna, Milieux VR Specialist at the […]
The immersive reality lab invites you to join artists and graduate students Olivia McGilchrist and Alison Moore as they present their research and discuss their artistic practices in Virtual Reality and Volumetric Videography. This research was facilitated in part by The Research Chair in Interactive Documentary film-making along with the Post-Image Research Cluster at the […]
Exploring immersive narratives in VR: A Case study of collaboration and co-creation at the Research Chair in Interactive Documentary film-making, with presenters: Daniel Cross and Marco Luna This Zoom presentation reflects on the experimentation in immersion and storytelling applied to the VR documentary project LAST OF THE BLUES DEVILS. Developed at the Concordia University Research […]
