In the fall of 2021 mayors from the Greater Montreal area officially announced a plan to develop île-Sainte-Thérèse (Sainte-Thérèse Island) into an Eco-Park. But the new park project comes at a cost of 50 family cottages that will be evicted from the island. While the proposed eco-park and impending eviction is reminiscent of a troubling […]
Come join PhD student Puneet Jain to experience his virtual reality piece Dwell Time. Drawing on my close interventions with people with disabilities as a non-disabled Human-Computer Interaction researcher, building assistive technologies with (and for) disabled people, this work is a VR experience of a self-reflection (a scrapbook) on my morphing artistic and scientific practice. […]
Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG) students Scott De Jong, Hanine El Mir, and Owen Hellum will be presenting their games and hosting a participatory gaming session at The Commons exhibition. Date: Monday, September 25th, 2023 Time: 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM Location: Concordia University 4TH Space. The Rabbit Hole – Scott de Jong (2:30 – 3:30 pm) Online […]
⟵ Back to programming Geese, Sheep and GP-AI: Notes on the Coming Commons talk by Bart Simon and Fenwick Mckelvey. About the talk Too often discussions of the Commons seen like a game of Settlers of Catan. All the talk centers on an idealization of the land as a resource to own or not own seemingly […]
⟵ Back to programming You are cordially invited to join us for The Commons opening ceremony, featuring a welcome by Indigenous Edler (TBC), and remarks by Concordia's President and Vice-Chancellor, Graham Carr, VP Research and Graduate Studies, Dominique Bérubé, Director of Milieux, Bart Simon, and the graduate student curators behind this remarkable exhibition Hanss Lujan Torres, […]
The Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture, and Technology in Montreal/Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang is delighted to invite you to our annual members’ exhibition. This event will unfold from September 25 - 29, 2023, at Concordia’s 4th Space. This year, our diverse community of students and faculty members will present their research and research-creation works through the thematic lens […]
The Digital Intimacy, Gender, & Sexuality Lab (DIGS) and the Media History Research Centre (MHRC) invite everyone to a talk and seminar featuring Sarah Sharma! The talk, titled "Broken Machines: Towards a Techno-Feminist Refusal" will be held on September 21st at the Milieux Resource Room (EV 11.705). During the talk, Sarah will delve into the subject of her upcoming book, which advances a techno-feminist media […]
An initative between Pramila Choudhary (PhD, Geography and Environmental Studies, Textile Designer and Artist) and Sayali Goyal (Textile Artist, Editor Cocoa & Jasmine) Pramila Choudhary has arranged a presentation for the Textile and Materiality Research Cluster of Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture, and Technology at Concordia University. Inviting Sayali Goyal from Cocoa & Jasmine the purpose of this talk is to foster discussions about worldwide artisan […]
The Games Institute ADE Speaker Series Panel: Emerging Voices in Black Game Studies Watch Party Join us at TAG to watch the first of the Games Intitute ADE Speaker Series featuring Dr. Akil Fletcher, Cyan DeVeaux and Dr. Steven Dashiell, in a panel that highlights emerging scholars in Black game studies. Panelists will present recent […]
Starting from nothing but a text editor and a web browser, we will code our way to HTML/CSS basics and make a first website! This workshop will help you get started with creating websites from scratch, without using any framework. Beginners welcome! — no need to know how to code. The workshop is open to […]
Ojibwe, queer robotics inventor Danielle Boyer will speak about her work, including the invention of the SkoBot and more! Ojibwe, queer robotics inventor Danielle Boyer will speak about her work, including the invention of the SkoBot, a robot that teaches the Indigenous languages Navajo, Ojibwemowin, and Taino. The robot, aimed at middle school children, is […]
Join us for an outdoor video art and short film projection presented by the Goethe-Institut and Eastern Bloc August 29, 2023, starting at 8:15 p.m. (sunset) at Esplanade Louvain, the ephemeral District Central venue initiated by SDC District Central (DCMTL Blog). The animation film series AVA - Artificial V Art puts a special focus on […]
