This workshop is open to ALL Milieux research clusters and groups! Always wanted to learn to create game-based artwork?Get introduced to Unity in a 2-part workshop with Jules Deslandes.February 15th and 22nd (you must commit to both workshops) from 10am - 12pm EST on Zoom. What will you learn during the 4-hour intro to Unity […]
“A cyborg is a cybernetic organism, a hybrid of machine and organism, a creature of social reality as well as a creature of fiction.” ----Donna Haraway, "A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century" In her landmark essay, "A Cyborg Manifesto", Donna Haraway speaks of the cyborg as a being that […]
Please join the Milieux Institute in welcoming the undergraduate fellows of 2020-21 at our annual Pecha-Kucha event! This year, we are hosting two separate sessions during which fellows will give short and snappy presentations about their latest research interests and obsessions. Session 1: Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 1 p.m. ET - See Event on Facebook Session […]
Researchers and student members of the Speculative Life Cluster Biolab present Fossilation at the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris The artwork is part of the Hors-Pistes Festival, February 1 to 14, 2021 and the Matières d´image exhibition. Co-developed with l’École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs (Ensad, Paris, with the EnsadLab laboratory) and the University of […]
Fossilation, installation, 2020-2021 (detail).Bioplastic membrane, an apparatus for harvesting residual energy interacting with light, 2021. A project designed collectively by rice Ammar-Khodja, Alexandra Bachmayer, Samuel Bianchini, Marie-Pier Boucher, Didier Bouchon, Maria Chekhanovich, Matthew Halpenny, Alice Jarry, Raphaëlle Kerbrat, Annie Leuridan, Vanessa Mardirossian, Asa Perlman, Philippe Vandal and Lucile Vareilles, as part of a collaboration between […]
REGISTER: Contact Sheena at info.riseopera@gmail.com. Led by Dr. Eldad Tsabary and funded by Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Reflective Iterative Scenario Enactments (RISE) is a LePARC based 5-year (2020-2025) research-creation project designed to enact and investigate cataclysmic scenarios in 10 mini-operas. The premise of the critical-reflection session is to begin with a […]
Members of Milieux are organizing the Resistance AI workshop at NeurIPS 2020. The aim of the workshop is to confront the AI community with how AI currently concentrates power, and we hope to inspire and equip attendees with the many visions, dreams, and tactics of addressing root problems in AI. It has become increasingly clear […]
Register for this event Dr. Nanna Bonde Thylstrup theoretical framework to understand the material, ethical and political implications of data reuse in AI. About this Event Dr. Nanna Bonde Thylstrup presents from the 'AI Reuse’ project, a collaboration with co-PIs Mikkel Flyverbom (MSC) and Louise Amoore (Durham University). The project's purpose is two-fold: firstly, it […]
Making Things Work Across Material | Digital Realms This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required and attendance is capped. After the live presentation, the recording will be available online. Registration: Please e-mail: textiles.materiality@concordia.ca Cannupa Hanska Luger speaks of his practice combining social collaboration and craft in an evolving tradition of […]
Capacity: 10 students Schedule: Tuesday, Nov. 24 and Thursday, Nov. 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Requirements: A computer that can run UNITY and good internet connection. Registration: please e-mail Marco Luna at vr.milieux@concordia.ca. This two-day workshop is designed for artist with no previous experience developing VR projects. The goal is to learn VR […]
Expanded Workshops is a new curated series at the Centre de Création O Vertigo (CCOV), in partnership with LePARC. REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE (FREE) These two experimental workshops will focus on collaboration, co-creation and touch, and on roughening the protocol for bodies coming together in virtual spaces. You can take part in these two workshops in […]
Learn how to make your own circuit board with Eagle through this workshop organized by Education Makers. Register by Nov. 15 by emailing makercultures@gmail.com November 19, 10 - 11 a.m. Introduction to software, interface and base commands November 26, 10 - 11 a.m. Step-by-step guide to designing your PCB December 3, 10 - 11 a.m. […]
