Dietmar Lupfer is co-founder and artistic director of the International Art and Culture Center Muffatwerk in Munich. He is responsible for an urban, future-oriented interdisciplinary program that brings together dance, performance, hybrid art and media art as well as work at the interface of art, technology and science. He conceives and curates art actions in public space, designs media art spaces […]
A talk by Kirsty Robertson This talk considers the moment where a once-loved item of clothing is discarded. Part meditation on the shedding of identity that goes along with turning clothing into waste, and part research into what actually happens to clothing once it is discarded, this presentation investigates the afterlife of clothing as it […]
Project wrap-up, discussion and screening Seven intrepid Milieux faculty and students set out to modernize aMinecraft village in just 30 days. Along the way they discover theprinciples of Bauhaus architecture and the international style,discuss the relationship between logistics, rationalism and modernism, build a new conception of functionalist aesthetics, and develop a deep fear of the “creepers” […]
Led by Darian Stahl, Participatory Media Cluster In this artist’s book workshop, participants will learn about the intersecting histories of medicine and bookmaking, contemporary artists working in thisSelect an area to comment on medium, and then receive hands-on guidance in the creation of their very own artist’s book. This combination of fine art and book […]
The Power of the Spill is an audio-visual performance that works at the intersection of digital and imaginary technologies. Using live video feedback, creative coding and movement-choreography, it agitates the visible borders of objects and bodies and questions habitual divisions between life and matter. The piece starts with a video recording and movement-choreography done on site. This footage (and its constantly changing perspectives) is live-processed using pixelation-effects similar to white […]
In Tkarón:to/Toronto, Bauhaus is a corporate libertarian slogan––appropriated by the city's most infamous condo developer (bauhaustoronto.com). Meanwhile, the local music community is in a venue crisis as a consequence of this and other gentrification techniques. So what might the latent radicality of the Bauhaus, and subsequent 20th century collectivist movements, tell us about art […]
Through their experimental and collaborative approach to art-making, the weavers of the Bauhaus transformed both the future of textiles and of abstract art. In this two-hour workshop, participants will have the opportunity to design and embroider their own 5" x 5" continuous line drawings and simple shapes using the digital thread placement machine in the […]
In June of 2018, following a campaign initiated by activist employees within the company, Google announced its intention not to renew a US Defense Department contract for Project Maven, an initiative to automate the identification of military targets based on drone video footage. Defendants of the program argued that that it would increase the efficiency […]
Led by Sam Bourgault and Emma Forgues During this workshop, we will introduce the concepts of soft robotics and learn to cast silicone pieces to create a collaborative art piece! Every participant will build a small soft robot that we will then put together to create a larger soft robotics “quilt”! Soft Robotics is a […]
Led by Sam Bourgault and Emma Forgues During this workshop, we will introduce the concepts of soft robotics and learn to cast silicone pieces to create a collaborative art piece! Every participant will build a small soft robot that we will then put together to create a larger soft robotics “quilt”! Soft Robotics is a […]
A Keynote for the ECOTONES Conference by Dr. Lisa Paravisini-Gebert, Vassar College, USA Of all Caribbean port cities, Santo Domingo is perhaps the most vulnerable to climate change impacts. Its port, the site of the New World’s first European capital, is formed by the broad mouth of the Ozama, a tidal river subject to frequent […]
ECOTONES Conference Keynote Address by Dr. Patricia Noxolo, University of Birmingham, UK In this Keynote, Dr. Patricia Noxolo takes concepts from two aspects of geographical work – tourism and transport geographies – and applies them to a range of Caribbean literature. The goal is not simply to appreciate whether and how concepts such as capacity […]
