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SUMMARY:The Crit Club with Abbas Akhavan
DESCRIPTION:On September 11\, Post Image cluster will launch the first edition of The Crit Club! \nWHAT IS THE CRIT CLUB? \nThis initiative aims to foster a supportive environment where you can present your work\, receive constructive feedback\, and find motivation to advance your practice beyond the classroom setting. Every Crit Club edition will feature a different guest artist who will lead each session. \nThe Crit Club will take place every two months\, and we will be selecting three participants to present their work each session. This intimate format ensures that each student receives focused and meaningful feedback.  Submissions from participants\, from any Concordia University Studio Arts Master Program (Photo\, Sculpture\, Print Media\, etc.) will be accepted on a first-come\, first-served basis\, so we encourage you to act quickly once the call for submissions is announced. \nThe ethos of the Crit Club is to be experimental\, multidisciplinary\, and supportive. Each session will be paired with a short reading that explores the idea and practice of art critiques critically. What does it mean to speak verbally about the visual? What are the different approaches one can take? \nWhether you are exploring new techniques\, developing a body of work\, or seeking guidance on a project\, the Crit Club is the perfect venue to share your progress and engage with your peers and faculty members. \n  \nABOUT ABBAS AKHAVAN: \nBorn 1977 in Tehran (Iran)\, lives and works in Montreal (Canada). \nThe work of Abbas Akhavan ranges from site-specific ephemeral installations to drawing\, video\, sculpture and performance. The direction of his research has been deeply influenced by the specificity of the sites where he works: the architectures that house them\, the economies that surround them\, and the people that frequent them. \nAbbas Akhavan is represented by the galleries Catriona Jeffries (Vancouver) and The Third Line (Dubai). \n  \n  \n  \n  \n📅: September 11 | 6:30 p.m \n: VA Building – Room 109 \nTo attend The Crit Club fill up this form (max. 12 participants) \n  \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/the-crit-club-with-abbas-akhavan/
LOCATION:VA Building Room 109
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SUMMARY:Re-Imagining Landscapes in Times of Ecological Crisis with Andrea Bordoli
DESCRIPTION:Film Screening: Re-Imagining Landscapes in Time of Ecological Crisis \n  \nJoin the Visual Methods Studio of the Concordia Ethnography Lab for the first screening of the year! This session will explore the intersections between anthropology and filmmaking through the screening of three short audiovisual works by Andrea Bordoli\, each of them proposing a formal and conceptual encounter with a specific territory.  \n By considering human-nonhuman entanglements\, by tracking flows and transformations of matter\, and by imagining speculative scenarios that blur past\, present and future tenses\, each of these films proposes a filmic encounter to “think with” and “think through” some key elements of the contemporary ecological crisis. \n  \nABOUT THE FILMS: \nThe Depth Beneath\, The Height Above (2018) is a 18-minute documentary film exploring the high alpine region of Robiei\, Southern Switzerland. Through a juxtaposition between the aesthetics and activities taking place above – the continuous stream of water\, the movement of animals\, the processes of production of cheese – and respectively below the ground level – the mechanisms and technologies involved in the hydroelectric production\, as well as the humans interacting with them –\, the film conveys a sensory ethnography of this peculiar landscape. \nDiVisi Di Pietra Memorie (2021) is a 9-minute docu-fiction essay that develops a poetic reflection around the issues of water exploitation and rock mining in the Swiss Alps. By juxtaposing contemporary images to archives\, and by proposing a storytelling mix of documentary and fictional elements\, the work is an invitation to engage with the geological and human memories that shape and haunt current extractive environments. \nPer Voi Oggi la Luce del Sol non Splenderà (2021) is a post-apocalyptic\, eco-fiction short film portrying two construction workers wandering in a “zone” where inner and outer territories intertwine. In a constant search for traces\, they are increasingly confronted with a universe that over days and nights becomes overwhelming.  \n  \nABOUT THE DIRECTOR: \nAndrea Bordoli has a background in Visual Anthropology (MA\, University of Manchester)\, Visual Arts – Cinema (HEAD – Genève)\, and Anthropology and Philosophy (BA\, Neuchâtel University). His research and practice lies at the intersection between anthropological theory\, film and visual art. He is currently based between Switzerland and Québec\, and he is pursuing a practice-led PhD in Media Anthropology at the University of Bern as part of the interdisciplinary project “Mediating the Ecological Imperative” (https://ecological-imperative.ch/). Since January 2022 he is a visiting artist-researcher at the anthropology department of McGill University.\nHis works have been presented in academic settings and exhibited in film festivals and art spaces nationally and internationally\, such as Cinéma du Réel Paris\, Festival dei Popoli Florence\, Vancouver International Film Festival\, Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival\, European Media Arts Festival Osnabrück\, the Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival\, and others. \nIn parallel to his personal research he collaborated with various research groups and institutions such as EASA CH\, Université de Neuchâtel\, Université de Berne\, Locarno Film Festival and Cinémathèque Suisse. \n  \n📅: September 13 | 6:30 – 8:30 p.m \n📍: VA-114 Cinema \nNo registration\, no fee\, all are welcome!
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/screening-conversation-re-imagining-landscapes-in-times-of-ecological-crisis-with-andrea-bordoli/
LOCATION:Concordia University – VA-114 Cinema\, 1395 Blvd. René-Lévesque Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 2M5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Conversation,Screening
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SUMMARY:ROBODADA
DESCRIPTION:A practice-based approach towards human-robot interaction\n \n  \nJoin us on September 16 for an innovative workshop\, ROBODADA: A practice-based Approach Towards Human-Robot Interaction led by Prof. Andreas Muxel from the Hybrid Things Lab. \nPlease confirm your attendance with Zeph Tibodeau as spots are limited! \n  \n \n  \nABOUT THE WORKSHOP: \nThrough hands-on activities using the ROBODADA kit\, this workshop will challenge traditional perspective on technology. \nWe have always been developing tools as extensions of ourselves to become “more efficient” and “better.” But with the rise of autonomous and robotic systems\, technology is also perceived as something “other” and as a proactive counterpart. Instead of controlling\, we start to “co-operate” with technology. In our coexistence\, we ascribe almost human qualities\, emotions\, and liveliness to our technical counterparts\, but the rational machine is something else. How might these things be designed if they evolve from passive tools to proactive and even social beings? How can we shape their “thingness” beyond naïve human imitation to overcome an anthropomorphic design approach? \n  \n \n  \nParticipants will: \n\nEngage in Creative Design: Use everyday materials like cardboard\, fabric\, straws\, sticks\, rubber bands\, and adhesive tape to create unique robotic forms.\nExplore Interactive Dynamics: Utilize a web-based interface to map facial expressions to robotic body language\, enabling a richer understanding of robot-human interaction.\nDiscuss Future Implications: Explore and discuss the future possibilities of human-robot interaction through experimental and playful approaches.\n\n  \nMaterials Needed: \n\nLaptop or Tablet: Each ROBODADA Kit requires a device with a built-in webcam.\nChrome Browser: Ensure that Google Chrome is pre-installed on your device (download it here).\nCraft Materials: Bring basic supplies such as scissors\, cardboard\, fabric\, straws\, sticks\, rubber bands\, and adhesive tape.\nPower Supply: Multiple plugs will be required for powering the ROBODADA Kits.\n\n  \n \n  \nABOUT ANDREAS MUXEL: \n \nAndreas Muxel is Professor for “Physical Human-Machine Interfaces” at the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg\, Faculty of Design where he founded and is directing the Hybrid Things Lab. In his design practice and research he is always looking for a poetical and engaging way of interaction with things\, regardless of whether they are hardware or software. His projects have been internationally published\, exhibited and awarded (p.ex. ACM DIS Eindhoven\, Ars Electronica Festival Linz\, FILE Festival São Paulo\, TodaysArt Festival Brussels\, VIDA Award Madrid\, Share Prize Torino). \n  \n: September 16\, 2024 \n: TBC \n📩 To register contact Zeph Tibodeau at zeph.thibodeau@gmail.com \n More info: Hybrid Things Lab | andreasmuxel.com
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/workshop-robodada/
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SUMMARY:Epistemological Foundations Conversation #5
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for the fifth Epistemological Foundations Conversation\, focusing on the theme of Research-Creation and AI. EF05 will bring together Archer Pechawis\, Scott Benesiinaabandan\, and Bryan Kuwada to reflect on their approaches to knowledge-making through research and creation. This Conversation will be moderated by Dr. Sara Diamond. \nABOUT THE EVENT: \nThe Epistemological Foundations Conversations feature members of the Abundant Intelligences research team sharing how the knowledge frameworks in their field are constructed\, validated\, and employed. This session will provide an opportunity to dive deeper into the intersection of Research-Creation and AI. \nIn the last 20 years\, research-creation methodologies have emerged and been increasingly recognized within the academic research community. That being said\, Indigenous Knowledge Systems have drawn on research-creation for millennia – and many artists from diverse cultures have long engaged in research as well as creation.\n\nAcademic interest into research-creation has opened the door to deeper and wider forms of knowledge exploration and sharing.  This has meant the institutionalization and expansion of research-creation PhDs and grants in the UK\, Australia\, Canada\, and some other territories. In some instances\, this was not necessarily out of a genuine commitment to these practices but to help institutions achieve their research funding allocation. While such contradictions are in the background\, our discussion will start out by defining what research-creation is for our panelists and will then move on to exploring the ways that they use research-creation to engage with AI.\nThis is a hybrid event. In-person attendance requires RSVP confirmation by email at abint-activities@concordia.ca. \nTo join the conversation online: Zoom link \n September 18\, 2024 | 5:30 p.m\nAgora Coeur des Sciences\, 175 Av. du Président-Kennedy\, Montreal
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/epistemological-foundations-conversation-5/
LOCATION:UQAM | Agora du coeur des sciences\, 175\, Av. du Président-Kennedy\, Montréal\, Quebec\, H2X3P2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Conversation
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SUMMARY:Disrupting Computing History with Dr. Mar Hicks
DESCRIPTION:Join the DIGS Lab (Digital Intimacy\, Gender\, and Sexuality Lab) on September 18 for an online lecture by Dr. Mar Hicks. The DIGS Lab is co-hosting the talk as part of the 7th Season of Disrupting Disruptions: the Feminist and Accessible Publishing and Communications Technologies Speaker and Workshop Series (https://www.feministandaccessiblepublishingandtechnology.com)\, organized by Dr. Alex Ketchum. \nDr. Hicks will discuss about Disrupting Computing History to Align Technology’s Past and Present.  \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER: \nMar Hicks is an author\, historian\, and professor doing research on hidden histories of computing\, as well as the history of labor and technology. Hicks is currently an Associate Professor at The University of Virginia’s School of Data Science\, in Charlottesville\, teaching courses on the history of technology\, computing and society\, and the larger implications of powerful and widespread digital infrastructures. Their research focuses on how gender and sexuality bring hidden technological dynamics to light\, and how the experiences of women and LGBTQIA people change the core narratives of the history of computing in unexpected ways. Hicks’s multiple award-winning book\, Programmed Inequality\, looks at how the British lost their early lead in computing by discarding women computer workers\, and what this cautionary tale tells us about current issues in high tech. Their new work looks at resistance and queerness in the history of technology. Hicks is also co-editor of the book Your Computer Is On Fire (MIT Press\, 2021)\, a volume of essays about how we can begin to fix our broken high tech infrastructures. \n  \nOther writing and more information can be found at: marhicks.com. \n  \n: September 18\, 2024 | 6-7:30 pm \n: Online \n🌐: Sign up for the event here to receive the zoom link.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/disrupting-computing-history-with-dr-mar-hicks/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:An introduction to "Voter_Machine_World" with Fenwick McKelvey
DESCRIPTION:Join the Media History Cluster for the first talk of a series of public talks and discussion on recent media history. On September 26\, Fenwick McKelvey will discuss his forthcoming book “Voter_Machine_World” (under contract with MIT Press). \n  \nABOUT THE EVENT: \nVoter_Machine_World explores America’s long history to solve political problems with computers. Focusing on the early intersection of domestic and world politics\, the book offers a genealogy of political machines\, ways to imagine technologies to model\, simulate and effect political systems as if they were computer systems. The rich history draws from archival research and interviews to follow efforts to build voter and world machines for the early 1960s to the early 1990s – a period that helps us ask the critical questions to understand the new political machines being built today with AI and big data. In this informal presentation\, McKelvey will introduce the project in its final stages. \nABOUT THE SPEAKER: \nFenwick McKelvey is an Associate Professor in Information and Communication Technology Policy in the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University. He is co-director of the Applied AI Institute and leads Machine Agencies at the Milieux Institute. He studies digital politics and policy. He is the author of Internet Daemons: Digital Communications Possessed (University of Minnesota Press\, 2018) winner of the 2019 Gertrude J. Robinson Book Award. He is co-author of The Permanent Campaign: New Media\, New Politics (Peter Lang\, 2012) with Greg Elmer and Ganaele Langlois. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n📅 September 25\, 2024 \n📍EV 2.776 \n🔗 Register here for the event
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/an-introduction-to-voter_machine_world-with-fenwick-mckelvey/
LOCATION:EV 2.776
CATEGORIES:Talk
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