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 […]
In this workshop Biologist & Artist Nathalie Dubois-Calero will be teaching DIY methods she developed for the micro-propagation of plants and vegetables from infertile or ‘protected’ samples. By controlling hormone levels during the propagation, we will also be able to affect the growth patterns of the plants, allowing for the creation of unusual plant morphologies.Her […]
All Milieux members are invited for lunch and a chat on TUESDAY, OCT 22 from 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. We will discuss the upcoming milieuXbauhaus festival, congratulate the new Milieux Undergraduate Fellows, and we will also be showing off the proofs of the latest Milieux Annual Report. Please RSVP on Facebook if possible, so […]
It's a new year at the Speculative Life biolab, and our new lab technician, Alice Jarry, invites all critical materiality and BioLab researchers to join for a series of Pecha-Kucha presentations, and discussion of future research and orientations of the lab. We'll also be chatting with Amelie Brindamour, the current Milieux/CQAM artist/researcher-in-residence. If you're interested […]
LePARC's A Walk in LePARC series showcases cluster member research through performances and talks. This is the first Walk in LePARC of the 2019-2020 academic year! Hana Pajala-Assefa is a Helsinki-based choreographer with an extensive history of interdisciplinary work sourcing from the body both as a practitioner and artistic researcher. In recent years she […]
A talk by Vinzenz Hediger, Professor, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany Across the political spectrum and ranging from professionally produced campaign ads to grass-roots style activist videos, the movie trailer has become a template for political advertising. Based on an historical analysis of movie trailers, this presentation will discuss a number of current examples of […]
A series of talks and works exploring methodologies for encoding storytelling in digital spaces -Vegetarian lunch will be provided-Wheelchair accessible
Use, re-use, engagement, creation, distraction, immersion, seduction, play, critique—media and culture consist of practices that shape experience, meaning, and communities. The basic dynamism of media present and past, though, is not always accommodated in our critical, theoretical, and scholarly approaches. We need critical explorations that recognize and assess media and their full cultural complexities in […]
This 10-hour workshop is designed for artists who want to expand their practice using VR. Students will learn UNITY and develop their first VR project for the HTC VIVE headset. No prior coding experience is required. What we will cover: Introduction to Unity (Hierarchy and game objects, physics, lighting and textures) Animation and timelime controller- 360 degrees video mapping -Introduction […]
A discussion of... What is liveness? How do we do liveness? This event is part of the weeklong planning session for the new SSHRC project “Scaling Liveness in Participatory Experiences” which looks at "liveness" across three different but neighboring practices: participatory theatre, larps (live action role playing games) and digital-physical games. Lynn Hughes and […]
The Machine Agencies group presents a workshop on designing creative voice bots. ** If you're planning to attend, please RSVP at machineagencies.milieux@gmail.com ** Location: TAG, EV 11th floor, Room 11.435 In this workshop, we’ll discuss the history of speech recognition and speech synthesis, learn the basics of conversational design, and then create our own creative […]
The Machine Agencies Research Group presents YELLING AT COMPUTERS with Nicole He. Location: Milieux Resource Room, EV 11th floor room 11.705 Time: Wednesday, October 2 from 3-4 p.m. Computers are able to understand human speech better than ever before, but voice technology is still mostly used for practical (and boring!) purposes, like playing music, smart […]
