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SUMMARY:[Call for Participation] Chainstitch Collaborative Art Project
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to participate in Chainstitch\, a collaborative art project presented by Textiles & Materiality Cluster\, as part of the Milieux Institute’s Expo The Commons\, September 25-29th. This project\, programmed by Morris Fox\, seeks to intertwine craft\, community\, and speculative futures through a fusion of individual expression and collective creation. \nPlease find the project description as well as work session schedule below. Kindly note that the work sessions are to help expand possibilities of experimentation and collaboration and are not mandatory for participation in this project. \nIf you are interested in participating\, please email Morris Fox (T&M Coordinator) at textiles.materiality@concordia.ca \nProject Statement: \nChainstitch is an exploration of collective and individual research-creation within the context of the Textiles & Materiality Cluster. This participatory initiative envisions a multimodal assemblage that weaves together shared research threads through hybrid approaches\, echoing the decorative and utilitarian qualities of a chainstitch. It’s a speculative endeavor rooted in community reciprocity\, drawing tactile and tacit knowledge from the materiality itself. \nCollaborators will receive a base cloth as a canvas for experimentation\, incorporating elements such as natural dyes reminiscent of a pharmacopoeia or physic garden. Through collaborative discussions across multiple labs\, including the Speculative Life BioLab\, and Matter and Sustainable Hybridity Lab\, individual contributions will coalesce\, resulting in an assemblage of visual storytelling\, a chain letter. \nThis soft sculptural project engages multisensory experiences that connect humans and more-than-human entities as co-contributors. As we navigate the complex emotions of eco-grief\, we embrace the act of crafting as a response-ability to interspecies memory. “Chainstitch” envisions alternative futures as acts of community care\, entangling dialogue and emotional connections as living epistemes\, woven from shared imaginings. \n\n\nReference image for 12×12 base cloth with grommets\, which will be “chained” together to create the final assemblage. \nArtist Statement: \nMorris Fox\, a queer interdisciplinary artist and new gothic writer\, drives the narrative of “Chainstitch.” Through explorations of queer heterotopic alliances\, materials\, performance\, and words\, their practice delves into the intersections of craft\, memory\, and exchanges of alternative spaces within shared ecologies. Fox’s research-creation connects queer identity\, memory\, and the hauntings of nature and time.  \nWorkshop Timeline:  \n\nFriday\, August 18\, 2 PM – 5:00 PM\, Milieux Speculative Life BioLab: Sillatia bacteria dyeing demo and work session\, featuring shibori and stencil techniques\, led by Alex Bachmayer\, with Marc Beaulieu\, and Morris Fox.\n\nBase cloths for home experimentation will be available to pick up (12×12 white cotton sergered squares). \n\nMonday\, August 21:\n\nMilieux Speculative Life BioLab (EV 10.835) 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM: This day will mark the final stages of bacteria dyeing\, see your dye grow! (stamp stenciling on cloth\, autoclave treatment). There will be an hour and a half lunch break during the autoclave process. \nMaSH Lab (EV 10.615) 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM: Rust-dyeing session led by Dr. Miranda Smitheram. Explore dyeing techniques with rusted steel \nPlease note that closed toed shoes\, pants\, and something to tie your hair back if you have long hair are necessary safety precautions while in the Labs. \nParticipants can bring home their base cloth by the end of the day or arrange to pick them up with Morris Fox afterwards. \n\nFriday\, September 8th\, 2:30-5:00 PM: TandM Cluster Commons (EV 10.730)\n\nCollaborative work session and skill share with Morris Fox\, tea will be provided. \n\nThursday\, September 14th\, 3:00-6:00 PM: TandM Cluster Commons (EV 10.730)\n\nCollaborative work session and skill share with Morris Fox\, tea will be provided. \n\nFriday September 18th\, 6:00 PM: Submission Deadline. TandM Commons (EV 10.730)\n\nCompleted works are to be dropped off and ready for installation in the 4th Space by the end of the week. \n\nSeptember 25-29th: Milieux Exhibition\, The Commons\, @ 4th Space.\n\nYour participation in “Chainstitch” contributes to a unique and collaborative exploration of shared imaginings\, community care\, and the interplay between the tactile and the speculative. Join us as we intertwine common threads. \nFor inquiries and to express your interest\, please contact Morris Fox at textiles.materiality@concordia.ca  \n\n*If you would like to contribute to the project but have your own materials rather than using the cotton base cloth we are providing\, please message Morris Fox to accommodate your own work processes and contribution. 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/call-for-participation-chainstitch/
LOCATION:Milieux ‘Speculative Life’ BioLab (EV 10.835)
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SUMMARY:Screening + Discussion with the Robot in Residence Team
DESCRIPTION: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). \n\n\n\n\n\nThe animation film series AVA – Artificial V Art puts a special focus on artificial intelligence. Art and artificiality seem to be mutually dependent and open up a new approach to questions of authorship and the definition of art. – more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/2632599980223844 \n\n\n\n\nRight after the screening you are invited to stay for a discussion with artists-in-residence Patil Tchilinguirian\, Zeph Thibodeau and Cayda Yolgormez and converse about topics related to artificial intelligence! The discussion will be moderated by PhD student member Priscilla Jolly! \n\nPresented by Goethe-Institut\, in cooperation with Eastern Bloc\, Milieux Institute for Arts\, Culture and Technology at Concordia and Hexagram
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/screening-discussion-with-the-robot-in-residence-team/
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SUMMARY:[Talk] Danielle Boyer on Indigenous Robotics
DESCRIPTION:Ojibwe\, queer robotics inventor Danielle Boyer will speak about her work\, including the invention of the SkoBot and more! \nOjibwe\, 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 customizable and easily programmable for youth. This virtual event is part of the 5th Season of the Feminist and Accessible Publishing and Communications Technologies Speaker and Workshop Series\, organized by Dr. Alex Ketchum\, and co-hosted by The Indigenous Futures Research Centre (IFRC). \nRESERVE A SPOT\nDanielle Boyer is a 22-year-old Indigenous (Ojibwe) and Queer robotics inventor and advocate for youth who has been teaching kids since she was ten. Driven by her families own inability to afford science and technology education\, she is passionate about making education accessible and representative for her community so that no child is left behind. Danielle creates equitable and innovative learning solutions for Indigenous youths with robots that she designs\, manufactures\, and gives away for free. In 2019 at age eighteen\, she created The STEAM Connection\, a minority and youth-led charity that has reached hundreds of thousands of children worldwide with technical education with an emphasis on language revitalization. The STEAM Connection focuses on the future: ushering in a new age of education via personal and wearable robotics\, artificial intelligence\, and augmented reality. Informed by the past and present\, The STEAM Connection utilizes traditional knowledge to uplift and protect Indigenous communities with an emphasis on language. Her goal is not necessarily to get youth into STEM careers but rather to equip them with the skills to solve the problems that they see in their communities now. \n*There is no fee required to attend this event. Captions in english will be provided.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/danielle-boyer-on-indigenous-robotics/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online,Talk
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SUMMARY:Back to Basics: Make Your First Website Workshop
DESCRIPTION: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. \nBeginners welcome! — no need to know how to code. The workshop is open to Concordia students and the general public (max number of participants: 15). Facilitator: Edith Viau \n*Bring your own laptop and charger. \n**We also encourage the wearing of masks. \nWHERE: Concordia University\, EV building\, Resource Room EV 11.705\nWHEN: Thursday Sep 14\, 2-5pm \nLearn more on the Solar Media Collective website here. \nREGISTER HERE \nOrganized by the Solar Media Collective supported by funding from the Milieux Institute
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/back-to-basics-make-your-first-website-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230920T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230920T123000
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SUMMARY:TAG Watch Party: Emerging Voices in Black Game Studies
DESCRIPTION:The Games Institute ADE Speaker Series Panel: Emerging Voices in Black Game Studies Watch Party\n\n\nJoin 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 and/or ongoing work\, sharing a glimpse of the emerging research questions animating the field. Topics include Black worldbuilding in and across games (Fletcher)\, perceptions of Black male exceptionalism in gaming cultures (Dashiell)\, and the relationship between avatar representation and Black user experience in social VR (DeVeaux). \nAll are welcome\, and there will be snacks! No registration required for the watch party.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/tag-watch-party-emerging-voices-in-black-game-studies/
LOCATION:TAG Lab (EV 11.435)
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230921T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230921T180000
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SUMMARY:Projecthandstitch
DESCRIPTION:An initative between Pramila Choudhary (PhD\, Geography and Environmental Studies\, Textile Designer and Artist) and Sayali Goyal (Textile Artist\, Editor Cocoa & Jasmine) \n\n\nPramila 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 communities\, the operation of a cultural business\, and the valuable perspectives gained from the interplay between craft and design collaborations. Cocoa & Jasmine is an independent print publication and cultural agency. \nAbout Pramila Choudhary \nPramila serves as both the founder and creative leader of the Projecthandstitch Blog initiative\, which was established in 2017. This initiative began with an open project involving creating 12-month hand-stitched garments\, aiming to delve into the concept of slow fashion and foster a global community. Through this journey\, they have explored 28 distinct handmade crafts and brought together 32 participants\, fostering the exchange of knowledge\, promoting slow fashion\, and advocating textile practices in everyday life. The project’s progress has been documented on Instagram and within a private Facebook group. \nContinuing into the subsequent year\, #projecthandstitch has continued to spotlight diverse global and local handmade practices\, individuals\, and conversations within the community. You can connect with them on Instagram @projecthandstitch \nPramila’s background includes studying textile design at NID (National Institute of Design\, India) and HSLU (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts\, Switzerland). Since then\, she has collaborated with various craft communities in India\, engaged in international craft-based initiatives\, and partnered with brands in the US and UK. Additionally\, she practices as a textile artist\, utilizing pre-consumer waste and natural materials. Her expertise extends to teaching design students at NID and NIFT (National Institute of Fashion Technology)\, where she imparts knowledge on sustainability\, craft studies\, design thinking\, surface development\, fabric construction\, hybrid textile structures\, and material explorations. \nAbout Sayali Goyal \nSayali is the Founder and creative director of Cocoa and Jasmine (www.cocoaandjasmine.com) an independent print publication and cultural agency that focuses on global creative communities and facilitates cross cultural connections. The magazine has researched\, documented and published stories on various craft communities from India and around the world. Apart from the print magazine\, her practice also extends to curating exhibitions\, penels\, residencies\, journalism\,  ethnographic visual research as well as strategy for some of the leading companies in India and Internationally. She studied surface textiles at the University of arts London and since then has created a series of textile art and exhibited her works in Delhi\, Mumbai\, London and San Francisco. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/projecthandstitch/
LOCATION:Textiles and Materiality Cluster (EV 10.730)
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:DIGS + MHRC: Talk and Seminar with Sarah Sharma
DESCRIPTION: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 theory to account for Big Tech and the gendered politics of utility\, exit and repair.  \nFollowing the talk\, a small graduate seminar with Sarah Sharma is scheduled for September 22nd at 10 a.m.\, in which they will discuss the preface and introduction to “Re-Understanding Media: Feminist Extensions of Marshall McLuhan.” Please register for this seminar here. Those registered will receive a PDF of the reading by email. \nRegister here for the talk\nRegister here for the seminar\nSarah Sharma is Associate Professor of Media Theory and Director of the Institute of Communication\, Culture\, Information and Technology (ICCIT) at the University of Toronto. She is the author of In the Meantime: Temporality and Cultural Politics (Duke UP\, 2014). This book challenges the popular sentiment that the world is “speeding up” and locates instead how temporality operates as a key relation of power structured at the intersection of a range of social differences and technologies. Her edited volume (with Rianka Singh) Re-Understanding Media: Feminist Extensions of Marshall McLuhan (Duke UP 2022) highlights her time as director of the McLuhan Centre between 2017-2022 and retrieves a feminist version of “the medium is the message.” Sarah is currently working on a new book (tentatively titled Broken Machine: Towards a Techno-feminist Refusal) which advances a techno-feminist media theory to account for Big Tech and the gendered politics of utility\, exit and repair.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/digs-mhrc-talk-and-seminar-with-sarah-sharma/
LOCATION:Milieux Institute\, EV 11. 705\, 1515 Saint-Catherine St W
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:"The Commons" Exhibition
DESCRIPTION: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 of “The Commons”. \nThe theme “The Commons” encourages exploration of shared resources and spaces that are accessible to all members of a community or society. This concept has been interpreted through a range of creative and research practices by our contributors. The exhibition hopes to delve into the many facets of The Commons\, illustrating its potential as a catalyst for creativity\, collaboration and social change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey themes woven throughout the exhibition’s works include our relationship with machines\, the intersections of technology\, ecology\, and human existence\, recent developments in artificial intelligence and collective creation\, a critical examination of the internet as a digital commons\, and the dynamics of access to public spaces. Additional themes encompass the use of craft as a tool for commoning\, sustainable crafts\, embodied virtual experiences\, exploration of urban narratives and systemic issues\, and inquiries regarding inclusion and accessibility. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe mediums used in these projects are diverse\, encompassing digital and analog games\, interactive installations\, multimedia and multi-channel video installations\, sound installations\, textile art\, VR experiences\, photography\, and documentary film. \nMark your calendars and join us to celebrate the year-end exhibition “The Commons” at the 4th Concordia Space from September 25-29\, 2023. Stay tuned for upcoming details on featured artists and researchers!
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/the-commons-exhibition/
LOCATION:4th Space
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:The Commons\, Opening
DESCRIPTION:⟵  Back to programming \nYou 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\, Cecilia Mckinnon\, and Puneet Jain. \nCoffee and treats will be offered. Come celebrate with us as we inaugurate this week-long exhibition! \n\nOpening Date: Monday\, September 25th\, 2023\nTime: 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM\nLocation: Concordia University 4TH Space and online via Zoom.\n\nAbout The Commons\n \nThe Milieux Institute for Arts\, Culture and Technology is proud to announce its end-of-year exhibition\, The Commons\, to take place from September 25th to the 29th at Concordia University 4TH Space and Concordia’s Video Production Studio (EV 10.760). \nThough named an exhibition\, The Commons will embody the essence of a forum. A week of dynamic programming invites visitors to discover the projects of Milieux artists and researchers and to engage in communal activities and interdisciplinary experiments\, reflecting the shared ethos of the theme. This exhibition will run concurrently with a residency of scientists and artists from Concordia and McGill university working on research-creation at the interface of Design and Material Science. \nThe exhibition/forum/residency represents the latest in a series of major shows organized by the Institute\, following the 2022’s show In the Middle\, a Chimera. By partnering with Concordia University 4TH Space\, The Commons aspires to create a public platform\, engaging audiences with the richness of the Institute while sparking critical dialogues and collaborations at the juncture of arts and technology. Curated by a team of graduate students from various disciplines\, The Commons’ curatorial approach mirrors the Institute’s spirit of interdisciplinarity and horizontal collaboration\, cultivating a space where both emerging and established voices can converse meaningfully around the concept of the commons. \nThe Commons centers on an exploration of shared resources and spaces\, accessible to all members of a community or society. The exhibition aims to explore the many aspects of The Commons\, demonstrating its potential as a source of creativity\, collaboration\, and social change. Through various lenses\, including the natural commons (land\, water\, air) and the ways they are conserved; the cultural commons (knowledge\, art\, literature) and how they are fostered; as well as innovative shared spaces for research and art-making (open-source software\, emerging technologies\,  and collaborative practices)\, the exhibition will explore challenges and opportunities in constructing and sustaining a commons\, with an emphasis on governance\, inclusivity\, and collective action. \n\nCheck out the Programming to get an overview of the engaging events and experiences that The Commons exhibition will offer and discover the featured artists and researchers.  \nWe hope you can join us in celebrating the inauguration of The Commons and discover the remarkable work of our student and faculty members!
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/the-commons-opening/
LOCATION:4th Space
CATEGORIES:Vernissage
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SUMMARY:[Talk] Geese\, Sheep and GP-AI: Notes on the Coming Commons
DESCRIPTION:⟵  Back to programming \nGeese\, Sheep and GP-AI: Notes on the Coming Commons talk by Bart Simon and Fenwick Mckelvey. \nAbout the talk \nToo 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 for the good of the sheep to the benefit of the humans (the players of these games). Our talk rethinks the commons\, what was and what should be a critical concern for digital cultural studies. The Commons\, we argue\, must be understood as both a specific mode of existence and time (in Ireland for one) lost somewhat to history and with a emphasis on property. Recent investment in an AI commons\, problematic as that may be\, allows us to describe a Commons that must come — a commons built around the shared relations between humans and machines compelled to participate by late capitalism but holding hopes of different ways of being. \nDate: Monday\, September 25th\, 2023\nTime: 1:00 – 2:00 PM\nLocation: Concordia University 4TH Space and online via Zoom.\n  \nThis event is open to all. Join us in-person or online by registering for the Zoom meeting or watching live on 4th Space’s YouTube channel!\n  \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/talk-geese-sheep-and-gp-ai-notes-on-the-coming-commons/
LOCATION:4th Space
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:[Gaming Session] Activating Games
DESCRIPTION: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. \nDate: Monday\, September 25th\, 2023\nTime: 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM\nLocation: Concordia University 4TH Space.\nThe Rabbit Hole – Scott de Jong (2:30 – 3:30 pm) Online disinformation has been likened to a game\, and this project did so by turning research on Canadian disinformation into a playable fantasy game. Paying homage to the narrative adventure genre\, this project uses its design structures and play to portray the research networks studied and provides an analogy and metaphor to the academic work conducted. Titled\, The Rabbit Hole this project uses play to study and discuss how disinformation creates networks online. With a “mystical” codebook to break down the narrative\, this exhibit shows the use of play-based practices in studying and relaying disinformation research. It raises questions around the power of narrative and analogy in creating online movements\, as well as ways to visualize the deeply networked and convoluted dynamics of online misleading content. \nIn Our Garden – Hanine El Mir (3:30 – 4:30 pm) In Our Garden is a collaborative and cooperative board game in which players plant crops and maintain their gardens in order to feed their communities over the span of one year. Once a year has passed\, the players may decide to expand on their individual soil plots\, start a community garden\, get a fridge\, or participate in a farmers’ market. In Our Garden‘s playtime is based on growing times in seasonal farming calendars but scaled down for game optimisation. Players get an individual soil bed in which they plant seed cards\, water them\, and give them energy to help them grow. The main goal of the game is for players to achieve food security in their community. There are goal/quest cards to achieve that\, such as “plant seasonally-available fruits\,” “plant 3 heads of garlic” and “plant only root vegetables for the next 3 turns.” \nUNDERSCORE – Owen Hellum (4:30 – 5:30 pm) UNDERSCORE is an experimental narrative game project that utilises environmental exploration\, advanced non-linear dialogue\, and multimedia to reflect on ideas of both alienation and kinship. Through engagement with many entities across three different acts\, the player has the chance to explore concepts of shared suffering\, understanding\, and joy. UNDERSCORE is an emotional work\, pulling on personal experiences and thoughts in regards to shared feelings and shared hopes. The work was created in an attempt to explore concepts of choice and narrative through various academic definitions and classifications of game design. Through these novel approaches to classic narrative and game design scenarios (e.g. false choice\, dilemma\, delayed effect\, etc.)\, a new approach is taken to the concepts of collective emotion and individual catharsis. This dense intertwining of both puzzle and story allow the game to effectively communicate its concepts of collectiveness. The game was developed over the course of 3 weeks\, and has undergone playtesting refinement. This event is open to all. Join us in-person at 4th Space!
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/gaming-session-activating-games-with-scott-de-jong-hanine-el-mir-and-owen-hellum/
LOCATION:4th Space
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230926T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230926T110000
DTSTAMP:20260503T115113
CREATED:20230908T200937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T143053Z
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SUMMARY:Dwell Time: Virtual/Augmented Reality activation with Puneet Jain
DESCRIPTION:Come join PhD student Puneet Jain to experience his virtual reality piece Dwell Time.  \nDrawing 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.\n\n\n\nDate: Tuesday\, September 25th\, 2023\nTime: 10:00 – 11:00 AM\nLocation: Concordia University 4TH Space\n \nThe experience lasts between 10 and 12 minutes. To reserve your place\, send us an email to ariana.seferiadesprece@concordia.ca\n\n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/dwell-time-virtual-augmented-reality-activation/
LOCATION:4th Space
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230926T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230926T133000
DTSTAMP:20260503T115113
CREATED:20230908T193334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230908T193619Z
UID:6742-1695729600-1695735000@milieux.concordia.ca
SUMMARY:[Talk] An Island is more than a Park: Stories on the eve of an eviction
DESCRIPTION: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 history concerning National or Provincial Parks as a form of conservation\, Île-Sainte-Thérèse offers its own story\, albeit a fragmented one involving multiple actors\, each with a claim to the island’s landscape and heritage. \nFor this presentation\, graduate students affiliated with Montreal waterways and the Concordia Ethnography Lab Maya Lamothe Katrapani\, Melina Campos Ortiz\, and Amrita Gurung\, will share and engage with ethnographic methods and imagery\, along with the collective process of bringing these fragmented pieces together\, not in a way that is definitive\, fixed\, or complete\, but rather to demonstrate how these fragments move\, and move us\, when telling the story of an island. \nDate: Tuesday\, September 26th\, 2023\nTime: 12:00 – 13:00 PM\nLocation: Concordia University 4TH Space and online via Zoom.\n\nThis event is open to all. Join us in-person or online by registering for the Zoom meeting or watching live on 4th Space’s YouTube channel.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/talk-an-island-is-more-than-a-park-stories-on-the-eve-of-an-eviction/
LOCATION:4th Space
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230926T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230926T143000
DTSTAMP:20260503T115113
CREATED:20230915T210957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T211016Z
UID:6999-1695735000-1695738600@milieux.concordia.ca
SUMMARY:Pizza Lunch and Website Launch at Speculative Life Research Cluster
DESCRIPTION:The Speculative Life Research Cluster of the Milieux Institute is thrilled to invite you for a slice of pizza to celebrate the launch of their brand new website with content focused on their latest projects and diverse breadth of research interests! After launching the site\, the directors and coordinators of the various research groups will be available to discuss their work in a fair-like style to curious students and faculty visiting the space. Spread the word! \nAbout Speculative Life: Based out of the Milieux Institute for Arts\, Culture and Technology\, we place emphasis on science and technology studies\, ecology and environment\, scale and networks\, and have a commitment to futurity and imagination as being critical to design\, art\, and scholarship. This cluster of artists\, designers and scholars engages with multiple technical ecologies\, from bio-media to urban planning\, in order to foster creative ways to think about the future of the planetary scale transformations currently occurring as a result of human action and technical developments. \n*No registration is required
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/pizza-lunch-and-website-launch-at-speculative-life-research-cluster/
LOCATION:Speculative Life Research Cluster
CATEGORIES:Info Session
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230926T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230926T160000
DTSTAMP:20260503T115113
CREATED:20230908T193750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230908T193906Z
UID:6747-1695736800-1695744000@milieux.concordia.ca
SUMMARY:Promoting and Protecting Indigenous Arts Website Launch + Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The Indigenous Futures Research Centre (IFRC) is launching an exciting new website on the promotion and protection of Indigenous arts (PPIA-PPAA.CA). This website will consist of articles\, resources\, and other information from a wide range of scholars\, Indigenous artists\, and community members on issues regarding the cultural expressions of Indigenous peoples and the cultural appropriation of Indigenous practices and arts. \nThe launch will be followed by a panel on Indigenous fashion with NWT born/Toronto-based fashion designer Sage Paul (Denesuline)\, visual artist Nico Williams (Aamjiwnaang First Nation)\, and Kuujjuaq born/Montréal-based fashion designer\, Julie Grenier. This panel will be moderated by Dr. Heather Igloliorte. \nThis event is open to all. Join us in-person or online by registering for the Zoom meeting or watching live on 4th Space’s YouTube channel.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/promoting-and-protecting-indigenous-arts-website-launch-panel-discussion/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230927T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230927T133000
DTSTAMP:20260503T115113
CREATED:20230908T202430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T155416Z
UID:6757-1695816000-1695821400@milieux.concordia.ca
SUMMARY:IFRC x daphne beads: perler/parler
DESCRIPTION:⟵  Back to programming \nAs part of the Promoting and Protecting Arts web project (PPIA)\, the Indigenous Futures Research Centre (IFRC) and the Indigenous artist-run centre daphne will host a conversation and open beading session in the style of daphne beads: perler/parler on Indigenous beading and cultural appropriation and appreciation of Indigenous arts. Moderated by PPIA Project Manager Linda Grussani\, this conversation with members of daphne aims at bringing together Indigenous scholars and art practitioners to discuss pressing issues around questions surrounding the promotion and protection of Indigenous arts. \ndaphne beads: perler/parler is a weekly virtual beading night held in the great tradition of gathering around a kitchen table to bead and talk with other daphne members. \nIn-person guests are invited to bring their beading projects and join the table for discussion. \nThis event is open to all. Join us in-person or online by registering for the Zoom meeting or watching live on 4th Space’s YouTube channel.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/ifrc-x-daphne-beads-perler-parler/
LOCATION:4th Space
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230927T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230927T160000
DTSTAMP:20260503T115113
CREATED:20230908T202859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T155256Z
UID:6763-1695826800-1695830400@milieux.concordia.ca
SUMMARY:[Panel] Textiles and Materiality Collaborative Project ChainStitch
DESCRIPTION:⟵  Back to programming \nJoin students from the Textiles and Materiality Research Cluster for a discussion of their collective project ChainStitch. The project\, programmed by Morris Fox\, combines collective action with individual research-creation to form a multimodal assemblage\, delving into shared and hybrid research threads. This collaboration is an act of speculative community reciprocity\, where tactile and tacit knowledge is braided from the materiality itself\, like how a chain-stitch is decorative and utilitarian. Chainstitch entangles community dialogue and tactile emotional connections as living epistemes\, not only as common cloth\, but fragments of shared imaginations. \nDate: Wednesday\, September 27th\, 2023 Time: 3:00 – 4:00 PM Location: Concordia 4TH Space and Online! This event is open to all. Join us in-person or online by registering for the Zoom meeting or watching live on 4th Space’s YouTube channel.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/panel-textiles-and-materiality-collaborative-project-chainstitch/
LOCATION:4th Space
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230928T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230928T120000
DTSTAMP:20260503T115113
CREATED:20230908T204511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T155401Z
UID:6768-1695895200-1695902400@milieux.concordia.ca
SUMMARY:[Student-led Session] Reactive Graphene Oxide Residency
DESCRIPTION:⟵  Back to programming \nJoin us for a panel discussion with Concordia and Mcgill students from the residency Reactive Graphene Oxide: New Materials and Collaborative Methods at the Interface of Design and Materials Engineering led by Alice Jarry and Marta Cerruti (Mcgill)\, who will discuss their collaborative project with us. \nParticipants: \nJacqueline Beaumont (Design & Computation Arts\, Concordia) Yiwen Chen (Materials Engineering\, McGill) Jacob Landry (Design & Computation Arts\, Concordia) Philippe Vandal (Design & Computation Arts\, Concordia) Nima Zakeri (Materials Engineering\, McGill) \n\n\n\nSummary of the residency: \n\n\n\nAt the crossroads of Design and Material Science\, this research-creation project brings together scientists and artists to develop reactive membranes and objects using Graphene Oxide. Graphene Oxide is a layered carbon-based nanomaterial derived from the oxidation and exfoliation of graphite\, which can also be synthesized from thermal treatment of organic waste. Spanning multiple spatial\, technical\, artistic\, and philosophical dimensions\, the project addresses crucial questions at the core of current research in materials science and design: up to which point can materials mimic nature and become ‘alive’\, changing themselves based on external stimuli? What happens when materials and humans interact? Can the interaction between materials and the environment help improve our own environment? Envisioned as a new generation of active materials for technological applications\, the built environment and the arts\, the structures developed in this project also aim to develop novel methods for arts and science collaboration and engage publics in a broader reflection on material futures and human’s shifting relationship with its environment in a context of ecological crisis. \nThe co-creation process of this residency involves the presentation of a documentary film\, in-situ prototyping\, and ongoing video documentation of the work. \n\n\n\n\n\nDate: Thursday\, September 28th\, 2023 Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Location: Concordia University 4TH Space and online To learn more about the residency go here.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/student-led-session-residency/
LOCATION:4th Space
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230928T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230928T150000
DTSTAMP:20260503T115113
CREATED:20230908T215159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T155221Z
UID:6792-1695909600-1695913200@milieux.concordia.ca
SUMMARY:[Video Game Activity] Gentrification: The Story
DESCRIPTION:⟵  Back to programming \nJoin us in-person for a workshop/video game activity with PhD student Christian Scott! \nPaying homage to the narrative adventure genre this project uses its design structures and play to portray the networks online disinformation in Canada. It provides two interrelated narrative research structures. The first\, through still images\, shows how the game making tool Twine was used to observe and trace the networks of online misleading content. The second\, takes this data and offers an interactive narrative adventure game that is seeped in analogy and metaphor around disinformation networks. \nThrough images\, a “mystical” codebook breaking down the narrative\, and a playable adventure\, this exhibit shows the use of play-based practices in studying and relaying disinformation research. It raises questions around the power of narrative and analogy in creating online movements\, as well as visualizes the deeply networked and convoluted dynamics of online misleading content. \n\n\n\nDate: Thursday\, September 28th\, 2023 Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM Location: Concordia University 4TH Space
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/video-game-activity-gentrification-the-story/
LOCATION:4th Space
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230928T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230928T153000
DTSTAMP:20260503T115113
CREATED:20230914T162949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T155159Z
UID:6963-1695913200-1695915000@milieux.concordia.ca
SUMMARY:[Talk] Archiving the Internet Commons: How activists are fighting the privatization of the Internet
DESCRIPTION:⟵  Back to programming \nJoin us for a talk with graduate student Elena Rowan about her project “Archiving the Internet Commons: How activists are fighting the privatization of the Internet”. \nThe Internet as a Commons is under threat. As the internet becomes increasingly privatised\, the rights of individual users and communities to their data and creations is disappearing. A group of activist archivists are changing this. Archive Team are collecting and tending to massive amounts of cultural and digital history created over the past 40 years. Controversially\, they largely disregard individual ownership and corporate property rights in favour of moving materials into open\, freely accessible internet archives. Their priority is to create a record of the internet\, and in the process\, they provide some of the keys to fighting privatisation of the internet commons. By looking at how Archive Team works\, through both interviews and participant observation\, we can ensure that the Internet as a commons continues to provide information and knowledge to everyone. \nDate: Thursday\, September 28th\, 2023\nTime: 3:00 – 3:30 PM\nLocation: Concordia University 4TH Space and online!
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/talk-archiving-the-internet-commons-how-activists-are-fighting-the-privatization-of-the-internet/
LOCATION:4th Space
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230928T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230928T180000
DTSTAMP:20260503T115113
CREATED:20230908T213041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T171725Z
UID:6779-1695916800-1695924000@milieux.concordia.ca
SUMMARY:“Knives”: A conversation
DESCRIPTION:⟵  Back to programming \n “Knives”: A conversation about cohabitation in Chinatown as a part of the work in progress of an untitled documentary \nThis discussion is led by artist and director Wawa Li and Producer Yvonne. It is premised on the work in progress of their documentary “Knives” (tentative title) which takes place in Montreal’s Chinatown. The discussion opens up with community organizers of the borough as the concept of “cohabitation” in the neighborhood is addressed. – how does the neighborhood experience the intersectional issues amongst the larger socio-economic crisis and field updates on current initiatives? \nDate: Thursday\, September 28th\, 2023\nTime: 4:00 – 6:00 PM\nLocation: Concordia University 4TH Space and online. \n \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/knives/
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230928T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230928T200000
DTSTAMP:20260503T115113
CREATED:20230914T161333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T155053Z
UID:6958-1695922200-1695931200@milieux.concordia.ca
SUMMARY:The Commons\, Finissage
DESCRIPTION:⟵  Back to programming \nWe cordially invite you to join us at the Milieux Terrace (EV. 11.725) for a special celebration marking the closing of our members’ exhibition\, “The Commons.” \nWe’ll be offering refreshing drinks and delicious empanadas for all to enjoy. This event presents a wonderful opportunity to reunite and reconnect with fellow members (faculty and students alike!) as we kick off the new semester. We look forward to seeing you there!
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/the-commons-finissage/
LOCATION:Milieux Institute\, EV 11.725
CATEGORIES:Finissage
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230929T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230929T120000
DTSTAMP:20260503T115113
CREATED:20230908T214447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230929T130212Z
UID:6785-1695981600-1695988800@milieux.concordia.ca
SUMMARY:Panel on Interdisciplinary Research
DESCRIPTION:⟵  Back to programming \nJoin us for a discussion on the potentials and challenges of interdisciplinary research and practice! Panel participants will share and discuss a diversity of interdisciplinary case studies with the audience. The discussion will be moderated by Milieux’s Head of Operations Harry Smoak. \n\nAlice Jarry (Concordia Milieux Biolab) and Marta Cerruti (McGill Biointerface lab) will present their collaborative project Reactive Graphene Oxide: New Materials and Collaborative Methods at the Interface of Design and Materials Engineering\, a research-creation project at the interface of Design and Material Science. To learn more about the project: https://milieux.concordia.ca/reactive-graphene-oxide-residency-at-the-commons-exhibition/   \nStefanie Duguay (Concordia Milieux DIGS Lab) and Christopher Dietzel (incoming postdoctoral fellow at DIGS lab) will present a research project they conducted on dating apps’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic\, bringing together perspectives across health\, education\, and science and technology studies.\nJoDee Allen (PhD student and Coordinator of the Milieux Immersive Storytelling Studio) and Bart Simon (Director of Milieux Institute) will discuss interdisciplinarity at the university. \n\nJoin us at 4TH Space and Online: If you are unable to attend in person\, you can join us online through this Zoom link (it’s always the same link!) or tune in to the 4TH Space YouTube channel. \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/panel-on-interdisciplinary-research/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230929T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230929T180000
DTSTAMP:20260503T115113
CREATED:20230908T210217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T155000Z
UID:6772-1696003200-1696010400@milieux.concordia.ca
SUMMARY:If You Don’t Like The Game\, Change The Rules: Alternative Modes of Videogame Production: Montreal Launch
DESCRIPTION:⟵  Back to programming \nJoin us for the Montreal launch of If You Don’t Like The Game\, Change The Rules: Alternative Modes of Videogame Production\, co-authored by Michael Iantorno and Marie LeBlanc Flanagan. They will present the white paper and the comic\, followed by a panel discussion research participants Saleem Dabbous (KO_OP)\, Jess Marcotte (Soft Chaos)\, and Carolyn Jong (Game Workers Unite Montréal and Vodeo Games). \nPrinted versions of the white paper and the comin will be available to distribute at the event to coincide with the white paper’s digital launch! \nIf You Don’t Like The Game\, Change The Rules: Alternative Modes of Videogame Production explores and documents the possibility space for Canadian game creators who are interested in structuring their labour in new ways. The heightened presence of game developer unions and union-centric organisations\, the recent emergence of worker co-operatives\, and a push toward new labour initiatives\, such as 4-day work weeks\, all suggest that curiosity is slowly transitioning to action for those interested in reconfiguring the game industry. Through long-form interviews with worker co-operative and union members\, conversations with labour experts\, and surveys completed by game developers of all walks\, we have identified numerous structural and attitudinal factors that encourage\, or discourage\, game creators to consider alternative working arrangements. \n  \n \nFull Programming\n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/if-you-dont-like-the-game-change-the-rules-alternative-modes-of-videogame-production-white-paper-launch/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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