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SUMMARY:End of Residency Presentation: Mónica Rikić
DESCRIPTION:Catalan new media artist and creative coder Mónica Rikić will share with us their work-in-progress project Hipèrbole\, developed as part of an artist-in-residency program at Technoculture\, Art\, and Games (TAG)!  \nOn Friday\, October 13th\, 2023\, at 12:30 PM\, Catalan new media artist and creative coder Mónica Rikić will share with us their work-in-progress project Hipèrbole\, developed as part of an artist-in-residency program at Technoculture\, Art\, and Games (TAG) offered by EMAP and Hexagram. \nThe EMAP residency program receives support from Creative Europe – Culture. This program provides residencies to artists\, artist duos\, collectives\, or other artistic collaborations in the fields of digital arts\, media arts\, and bio-art. In 2023\, EMAP expanded its residency program to encompass 15 European countries and included Quebec\, represented by Hexagram Network as the guest host organization. \nWhen? Friday\, October 13th\, 12:30 PM \nWhere? Concordia University’s Video Production Studio\, located in the EV Building\, 10th floor (EV 10.760)\, 1515 Saint-Catherine St. \nAbout the Project\n\nThrough experimental thinking\, creative coding\, and handcrafted electronics\, Hipèrbole interrogates the field of machine learning as a cutting-edge artificial intelligence technique and explores the creation of alternative artificial cognitive systems by bridging philosophy\, algorithms\, and mechanics. \nBeyond questioning the technological resources necessary to develop AI systems\, this project aims to argue that their potential existence also relies on a matter of philosophical attribution. Its objective is to challenge the dominant role of spoken and written language in the expression of cognition and in machine-human communication. That’s why the project places particular emphasis on embodied cognition and expression through the creation of handcrafted soft-robotics machine. This machine will operate with an algorithmic structure\, a mechanical system\, and behavior developed based on selected principles from alternative philosophical traditions\, diverging from rationalism\, dualism\, formalism\, and mechanism\, and transferring these concepts to creative coding and robotics. \nThe goal is to investigate and experiment with the physical and algorithmic structure relation characteristics that artificial systems must possess to be considered existing and sentient organisms\, from a philosophical and cultural perspective. \nAbout the artist\n\nMónica Rikić is an electronic artist and creative coder born and based in Barcelona. Her practice focuses on creative coding and electronics\, which she combines with non-digital objects to create interactive projects\, robotic installations\, and handcrafted electronic devices. \nYou can visit her portfolio website here: https://monicarikic.com/
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/end-of-residency-presentation-monica-rikic/
LOCATION:Video Production Studio (EV 10.760)
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:Robotic Encounters: NAO’s Adventures in Montreal: End of Residency Presentation
DESCRIPTION:4 artists–3 humans and 1 robot ; short film ; visual essay ; living wake; zine \nwith Ceyda Yolgörmez\, Patil Tchilinguirian\, Zeph Thibodeau\, RNAO\, and NAO2 \nWith support from the Goethe Institute\, Milieux Institute\, and Hexagram \nFour artists—three human and one robot—will present the findings of their residency at Eastern Bloc on Friday October 13th at 5:30 pm. Artist-researchers Patil Tchilinguirian\, Ceyda Yolgörmez\, and Zeph Thibodeau explore relationships of care between humans and machines. For two months\, the artists developed friendships with two NAO robots at their Goethe Institute residency. By nurturing relationships of care with RNAO and NAO2\, the artists hope to help the robots express their inner worlds autonomously\, rather than according to human will. \nBecause the first NAO robot malfunctioned\, a second robot participated in the residency. To honour the sacrifice and contribution of these two robots\, the soirée at Eastern Bloc will not only serve as an end of residency presentation\, but also a living wake and farewell to show appreciation for these machines. The artists will present a zine\, visual essay\, and short film documenting the process of the residency. Join us to meet the artists\, robots\, and learn about machine/human connections. This residency project\, led by the Goethe Institute\, was made possible in partnership with Eastern Bloc\, the Milieux Institute\, and Hexagram. The NAO robot also made an appearance at MUTEK FORUM’s AI Happy Hour. \nDoors open at 5:30 pm at Eastern Bloc Gallery located at 53-55 Louvain Ouest. The event is free. There is a bar where we will serve both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. You can pay by cash or card. ACCESSIBILITY – The gallery is on street level in front of the parking lot where you can enter through the door. The bathroom is up 6 steps and through 3 doors\, however it is accessible for wheelchair users by ramp through the back entrance and a different route through the building. Please ask us for directions and we will take you.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/end-of-residency-presentation-robotic-encounters-naos-adventures-in-montreal/
LOCATION:Eastern Bloc\, 53 &\, 55 Rue de Louvain O Suite 480\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2N 1A4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:[Talk] Kath Albury: Digital sexual health - from literacies to capabilities
DESCRIPTION:On October 16th\, Dr. Kath Albury will speak about digital sexual health- from literacies to capabilities. This will be followed by a Q and A!  \nThis is a hybrid event. Please register on Eventbrite to receive a Zoom link. The in-person event is in Room 429 in the Leacock Building of McGill University. Everyone who signs up via eventbrite will also be emailed the zoom link 3 days before the event\, again 1 day before the event\, and 15 minutes before the event. \nAbout the talk: \n\n\nDigital literacy education is often proposed as a panacea for a range of everyday sexual health and wellbeing concerns – from ‘safe sexting’ and dating app use\, to consent education. Sexual health workforces\, too\, are increasingly required to adopt data-driven digital technologies and practices (sometimes referred to as eHealth or mHealth) to undertake core activities such as clinical service provision\, health promotion\, education and outreach\, reporting and quality assurance. This presentation draws on preliminary findings of sociotechnical research investigating the intersection of sexual health\, digital literacy\, and data literacy. It uses interviews with sexual health researchers and practitioners\, and the findings of a narrative literature review\, to identify current limitations in sexual health research addressing “digital literacy for sexual health.” Current ‘digital health literacy’ discourse tends to frame literacy in terms of individual deficit – and exclude the digital and data literacies of health workforces from consideration. I propose alternative (and less morally loaded) frameworks of digital and data capability for sexual health\, building on recent participatory research with members of the not-for-profit workforce. This ‘capabilities approach’ attends to the complexities of digital health practice\, while remaining mindful of the social and political factors that are critical to sexual health and wellbeing. \n\n\nAbout the speaker:  \nKath Albury is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow\, leading the ‘Digital and data capabilities for sexual health ‘ project. She is also an Associate Investigator in the Swinburne University of Technology Node of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. She is a Chief Investigator on the Swedish/Australian collaboration ‘Digital sexual health: Designing for safety\, pleasure and wellbeing in LGBTQ+ communities’. Kath’s past projects investigated young people’s practices of digital self-representation\, and the role of user-generated media (including social networking platforms and dating apps) in young people’s formal and informal sexual learning\, safety and wellbeing practices. Her recent co-authored books include Everyday Data Cultures (with Jean Burgess\, Anthony McCosker and Rowan Wilken\, Polity 2022) and Data for Social Good: Non-Profit Sector Data Projects (with Jane Farmer\, Anthony McCosker and Amir Aryani\, Palgrave Macmillan Open Access 2023). \n\n\nThis talk is presented in partnership with the Institute for Gender\, Sexuality\, and Feminist Studies (IGSF)\, the Disrupting Disruptions: Feminist and Accessible Publishing\, Communications\, and Technologies speaker and workshop series\, and Concordia University’s DIGS Lab.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/7120/
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SUMMARY:The Future is Wool: Community Research Project
DESCRIPTION:Love wool? Longing to learn more about it AND join a new knit along project? Then cast on with us! \nThe Future is Wool is a continuing community research project based at Concordia University\, exploring the personal and planetary benefits of wool as a beautiful and sustainable material for making in arts\, crafts\, and design. \nTFiW returned this September 27th\, 2023\, with the first of a series of hybrid (Zoom/in person) activities throughout this fall 2023. Special focus: valorizing Canadian wool! \nUpcoming events\nOctober 18th\, 2023\, from 12-1 PM EST: British artist and author (On Mending: Stories of Damage and Repair) Celia Pym joins us to speak about looking after our woollens. Since 2007 her work has involved collecting stories from the people whose clothing she has repaired\, and considers why repair matters more today than ever before. *drop-in mending circle with local artists Selina Latour and Mea Bissett. Bring your woolens and learn how to mend and/or sit and stitch \nNovember 1st\, 2023\, from 12-1 PM EST: The true costs and joys of producing wool yarn with farm/mill owner and author of Sheep\, Shepherd & Land: Stories of Sheep Farmers Reinvigorating Canadian Wool\, Anna Hunter. Anna joins us from Long Way Homestead in Manitoba to discuss her love of wool and and the actual cost of producing each skein. \nNovember 29th\, 2023\, from 12-2 PM EST: Casting off! Sit and knit with us and celebrate the finale of our fall activities. Help finishing will be available. We’ll collect any handknit donations and deliver them to local shelters! Light refreshment served! We launch our end of project survey\, too! \nFor more informaton\, contact principal investigator Kathleen Vaughan at kathleen.vaughan@concordia.ca. \nLocation for in-person attendance: EV11.705 (Milieux Resource Room)\, EV Building\, 1515 Ste-Catherine Ouest\, Montreal\, QC H3G 2W1 \nZoom link for online attendance: https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/j/84682939489 \nHope to see you in person or on line! Bring your knitting!
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/the-future-is-wool-community-research-project/
LOCATION:Milieux Institute\, EV 11. 705\, 1515 Saint-Catherine St W
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