with Geneviève Moisan & Marc Beaulieu This workshop is a introductory crash-course in wearable interactive-textile creation. We will build basic circuits and learn basic coding strategies to program the Adafruit Gemma microcontroller. We will explore possible behaviours that we might integrate into a wearable fabric (such as playfulness, irrationality, vengefulness...), using one input sensor and […]
TAG is hosting Global Game Jam (GGJ) again in 2020. GGJ is the world’s largest game jam event taking place around the world at physical locations. Think of it as a 48 hour long game making marathon. It is the growth of an idea that in today’s heavily connected world, we could come together, be […]
with Alexandra Bachmayer & Marc Beaulieu DAY 1 - Monday, January 27th, 1:00pm - 5:00pmIntroduction to bacterial culture activities & stencil creation from portraits:Pre-prepared liquid bacterial cultures will be used to streak petri-dish plates that have stencils applied to them, and to create petri dish shibori samples on fabric.DAY 2 - Wednesday, January 29th, 1:00pm […]
with Théo Chauvirey & Amélie Brindamour DAY 1 – Friday, January 24th, 1:00pm – 4:00pmIntroduction to Mycelium; natural properties, current research & methods for working with the material. Using natural fibers and structural elements make a small sculpture scaffold.DAY 2 – Friday, January 31st, 1:00pm – 4:00pmDecontamination & inoculating the sculpture scaffold with Mycelium.DAY 3 – Mid […]
Amélie Brindamour (Montréal) is an artist and educator exploring issues pertaining to the natural and urban environment. Her research includes electronic art, biomaterials, installation, and participatory performances. Awarded by the Conseil Quebecois des Arts Médiatiques (CQAM), she recently completed a residency at Milieux’ Speculative Life Biolab, and developed a new body of work exploring bioluminescence […]
The Immersive Realities VR group invites all Milieux members to join a public meeting, their final of the term, where they will present their in-progress work, Liquid Perceptions, for a round of feedback and discussion. Liquid Perceptions is an interactive VR experience about the interconnections between the goals we set and the balance of […]
Hosted at Machine Agencies, Milieux Institute, Concordia University How can artificial intelligence be oriented toward the common good? The belief in AI for good has widespread acceptance in the industry and among governments. Declarations from around the globe—Canada, China, South Korea, France, and more—call for the development of AI to have a social purpose. But […]
Each year, Milieux's Undergraduate Fellows take part in a pecha-kucha presentation that is open to the public. Fellows are invited to present on any topic that is of current interest to them. Join us for an hour of snappy, fascinating presentations from a group of standout emerging researchers. Read more about the 2019-2020 Undergraduate Fellows […]
This 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 […]
Presented by Jess Marcotte of TAG This workshop will make the case for how hybrid games and alt controllers can serve as an entry-point for moving beyond the status quo of standard gaming interfaces (keyboard, mouse, controller, touchpad) and into new ways of thinking about video games and who plays them. Starting from examples […]
Throughout history, humans have used tools and technology to express creativity, not as a goal in itself, but as a means of production. With the advent of creative AI, it is time to rethink our relationship with technology and embrace the computer as a creative partner. In this talk we'll explore the possibilities of creative […]
Presented by Manon De Pauw and Pierre-Marc Ouellette 1-4 p.m. - OPEN STUDIO4-5 p.m. - PERFORMANCE Kaleidoscopic Dances is an installation-performance project that puts forward a hybrid artistic form linking dance, performance, visual and media arts. The project is based on a historical research on Oskar Schlemmer's Triadic Ballet (1922), from which we examine the […]
