BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Milieux - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Milieux X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Milieux REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251111T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251111T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T015846 CREATED:20250925T193051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T163602Z UID:10001235-1762866000-1762880400@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Mycosculpture: An introduction to growing Biomaterials DESCRIPTION:Join us for an introductory workshop exploring the use of mycelium in bioart & design\, facilitated by Amélie Brindamour and Alex Bachmayer. \nMycelium\, the fibrous\, vegetative part of mushrooms\, has been used in recent years to build furniture\, art pieces\, and even small buildings. Come to the Speculative Life Biolab to learn more about mycelium\, how to grow it on burlap in petri dishes\, and get to know techniques to use lab tools in order to avoid contamination. Using a blend of organic matter and mycelium\, participants are invited to design & grow their own mycosculpture! \n  \nThis workshop is part of the Milieux Experiential Learning Workshop Series\, check out the full schedule here. \n \n  \nABOUT AMÉLIE BRINDAMOUR: \nAmélie Brindamour explores different issues related to the natural environment. Her research includes sculpture\, installation\, biomaterials and electronic arts\, in order to reflect on interspecies relationships\, alternative forms of communication and intelligent systems in nature. Her projects blur the boundaries between art and science and is developed mainly by participating in diverse artist residencies\, such as Est-Nord-Est (2023)\, the Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup (Sociochimie program\, 2022)\, the Speculative Life BioLab at Concordia University (residency CQAM/Milieux\, 2019) and the Vermont Studio Centre (2018). Her work has been presented in various events and institutions such as Caravansérail (2025)\, Science Gallery Melbourne (2024)\, Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent (2024)\, Mois Multi (2023)\, and the McCarthy Art Gallery (Vermont\, 2019). Amélie holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts and a Master in Art Education from Concordia University. Originally from Quebec City\, she lives and works in Tiohtià:ke / Mooniyang / Montréal. \n  \n  \n🗓 November  11\, 2025\n🕒 1-5 PM\n📍Milieux BioLab EV 10.835 \n🎟️ To book your spot\, email biolab.milieux@concordia.ca with the subject ‘MYCOART‘ to reserve a spot. \nThis workshop is open to members of all Milieux research clusters and groups. \n  \n  \n\n \n \n \n \n Credits: Ana Isabel Duque\n \n \n \n \n \n Credits: Ana Isabel Duque\n \n \n \n \n \n Credits: Ana Isabel Duque\n \n \n \n \n \n Credits: Ana Isabel Duque\n \n \n \n \n \n Credits: Ana Isabel Duque\n \n \n \n \n \n Credits: Ana Isabel Duque\n \n \n \n \n \n Credits: Ana Isabel Duque\n \n \n \n \n \n Credits: Alex Bachmayer\n \n \n \n \n \n Credits: Alex Bachmayer URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/mycosculpture-an-introduction-to-growing-biomaterials/ LOCATION:Milieux ‘Speculative Life’ BioLab (EV 10.835) CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_2220-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251028T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251028T160000 DTSTAMP:20260607T015846 CREATED:20250926T213823Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T163505Z UID:10001236-1761656400-1761667200@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Altered Perceptions: An introduction to the Biolab through Microscopy DESCRIPTION:After an introduction to the Biolab\, Alex Bachmayer will guide participants through the exploration a variety of tools that can be used for imaging tiny worlds: DIY macro-lenses that can be easily mounted to a cellphone camera\, small-scale magnifiers\, portable lab microscopes\, as well as polarization\, dark-field and fluorescence on the main lab microscope! This workshop covers both technical skills and playful approaches to working with microscopic structures\, patterns\, and scale. \n \n  \n🗓 October 28\, 2025 \n🕒1-4PM\n📍Milieux BioLab EV 10.835 \nThis workshop is open to members of all Milieux research clusters and groups. \nThis workshop is part of the Milieux Experiential Learning Workshop Series\, check out the full schedule here. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/altered-perceptions-an-introduction-to-the-biolab-through-microscopy/ LOCATION:Milieux ‘Speculative Life’ BioLab (EV 10.835) CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_0014-scaled-e1758922681220.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250410T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250410T160000 DTSTAMP:20260607T015846 CREATED:20250317T144913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T213522Z UID:10001192-1744290000-1744300800@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Intro to Mycelium Art-Making with Amélie Brindamour DESCRIPTION:Join us for an introductory workshop exploring the use of mycelium in bioart & design\, facilitated by Amélie Brindamour. \nMycelium\, the fibrous\, vegetative part of mushrooms\, has been used in recent years to build furniture\, art pieces\, and even small buildings. Come to the Speculative Life Biolab to learn more about mycelium\, how to grow it on burlap in petri dishes\, and get to know techniques to use lab tools in order to avoid contamination. Using a blend of organic matter and mycelium\, participants are invited to design & grow their own mycosculpture! \nImage credit: Amélie Brindamour\, details of growing mycelium\, 2023.  \n  \nABOUT AMÉLIE BRINDAMOUR: \nAmélie Brindamour explores different issues related to the natural environment. Her research includes electronic arts\, biomaterials and installation\, in order to reflect on interspecies relationships\, alternative forms of communication and intelligent systems in nature. Her projects blur the boundaries between art and science\, encourage collaboration and is developed mainly by participating in diverse artist residencies\, such as Est-Nord-Est (2023)\, the Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup (Sociochimie\, 2022)\, the Speculative Life BioLab at Concordia University (residency CQAM/Milieux\, 2019) and the Vermont Studio Centre (Johnson\, United States\, 2018). Her work has been presented in various events and institutions such as the Mois Multi (CAN)\, the Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent (CAN)\, the Science Gallery Melbourne (AU) and the McCarthy Art Gallery (US)\, and is currently supported by a Canada Council for the Arts research grant. Amélie holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts and a Master in Art Education from Concordia University. Originally from Quebec City\, she lives and works in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal.\n \n  \n  \n🗓 April 10\, 2025 \n⏱️ 1 – 4 PM \n📍Milieux Biolab EV 10.835 \n🎟️ To book your spot\, email biolab.milieux@concordia.ca with the subject ‘MYCOART‘ to reserve a spot. \n  \nThis workshop is open to members of all Milieux research clusters and groups. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/intro-to-mycelium-art-making-with-amelie-brindamour/ LOCATION:Milieux ‘Speculative Life’ BioLab (EV 10.835) CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/03.AB_Macro-scaled-e1742506475574.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250212T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250212T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T015846 CREATED:20250210T190536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250210T190536Z UID:10001175-1739374200-1739379600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Safflower Dyeing Demo DESCRIPTION:A love letter to safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)\nThis Wednesday\, come to the Speculative Life BioLab for a brief introduction to the chemistry\, history\, and unique process of dyeing with one of safflower’s vibrant pigments: carthamin. \nThere will be hidden reds! There will be dramatic pH shifts! There will be tales of fermented plums and forbidden colours! Come for the flowers ✿ stay for the secrets \n  \n🚨 Spots are limited! \nEmail biolab.milieux@concordia.ca with the subject SAFFLOVER to reserve your spot.\n\n🗓: February 12\, 2025\n🕒: 3:30 – 5:00 PM\n📍: EV 10.835 URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/safflower-dyeing-demo/ LOCATION:Milieux ‘Speculative Life’ BioLab (EV 10.835) CATEGORIES:Demo ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_4884.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240202T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240202T160000 DTSTAMP:20260607T015846 CREATED:20240123T195658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240123T225822Z UID:10001090-1706878800-1706889600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Milieux experiential learning workshop series | Bacterial Portraiture DESCRIPTION:2024 Workshop season is upon us! \nThis winter we will be hosting an experiential learning workshop series\, exploring themes relating to AI & microbial agency\, issues of sustainable practices\, and intimacy and alternate senses\, splicing traditional craft techniques with creative new ways of working. This season’s workshop series in development include: AI Poetry Embroidery\, Exploring Archiving with Bio-Plastics & Resins\, Bacterial Portraiture\, Alternative Pigments (Algae\, Rust & Plant Matter) and Tactile Sound! \nThe first session will be ‘Bacterial Portraiture’ on Friday February 2nd 2024 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm.\nCome explore the microbiome & create small-scale portraits with bacteria! \nPlease email to reserve a space as slots are limited. Contact marc.beaulieu@concordia.ca\, and be sure to include ‘Bacterial Portraiture’ in the subject line.\nConfirmations will be sent out within a couple of days. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/milieux-experiential-learning-workshop-series-bacterial-portraiture/ LOCATION:Milieux ‘Speculative Life’ BioLab (EV 10.835) CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MX-Workshops-2024B.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231204T140000 DTSTAMP:20260607T015846 CREATED:20231128T163723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231128T164701Z UID:10001087-1701691200-1701698400@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:[Open Lab Presentation] Pico Power and Energy Transition — TeZ in residency at the BioLab DESCRIPTION:Join us Monday December 4th\, between 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm\, at the Speculative Life Biolab for the Pico Power and Energy Transition Residency Open Lab. Since November 20th\, interdisciplinary Amsterdam-based artist Maurizio Martinucci (aka TeZ) works in collaboration with Alice Jarry\, Bart Simon\, and students to develop biomaterials\, composites\, and technologies for alternative energy futures. Come say hello\, and attend demos of photobiovoltaic cells (algae and berries)\, crystal or graphene batteries\, and conductive bioplastic in action. \nAbout TeZ \nTeZ (aka Maurizio Martinucci) is an interdisciplinary artist\, musician and independent researcher\, living and working in Amsterdam\, The Netherlands. Guest teacher at ArtScience Interfaculty in Den Haag\, Minerva Academy in Groningen\, Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok\, TeZ is regularly showing his work and giving lectures at both academic and artistic contexts. His installations and performances have been featured at major venues and festivals worldwide including Ars Electronica Linz\, BIAN Montreal\, Gropius Bau Berlin\, Chronus Art Center Shanghai among many others. He’s been running the ‘Optofonica’ Lab for Synesthetic ArtScience in Amsterdam since 2006. \n\nTeZ explores the boundaries between human perception and all physical phenomena associated to vibrations. He crafts custom generative software and instruments for sound and light propagation\, as well as specific architectural structures where subtle oscillations can reach the body and stimulate meditative and immersive experiences. TeZ is also active member of HACKTERIA International Society involved in BioArt\, Open Hardware and DIY Lab Equipment. His latest work in collaboration with Sofian Audry from Hexagram/Concordia (Montreal) explores the relationship between living microorganisms and Artificial Intelligence systems. With his SOLARPUNK LAB project/platform TeZ is promoting the practical philosophy of Solarpunk to explore and experiment methods that enable citizens to autonomy\, resistance and resilience. TeZ’s holistic paradigm aims at encompassing many of the disciplines related to art and science\, together with technology\, ecology and mindfulness. \nFurther info \nhttps://speculativelifebiolab.com/\nhttp://solarpunklab.org\nhttps://www.tez.it\n  \n\nQuestions: alice.jarry@concordia.ca URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/open-lab-presentation-pico-power-and-energy-transition-tez-in-residency-at-the-biolab/ LOCATION:Milieux ‘Speculative Life’ BioLab (EV 10.835) CATEGORIES:Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/thumbnail_371487030_1495380297963996_6992501500850634919_n-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231110T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231110T150000 DTSTAMP:20260607T015846 CREATED:20231019T182813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231019T182813Z UID:10001070-1699621200-1699628400@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Launch of our brand new Visual Methods Studio (VMS) at Speculative Life DESCRIPTION:Join us on November 10th from 1-3pm at the Speculative Life Research Cluster (EV. 10.625) for the launch of our brand new Visual Methods Studio (VMS)!\n \nA festive event to inaugurate the Ethnography Lab’s new working group! We will provide food for body and mind and we can’t wait to introduce the new studio to you. The VMS is a space to bring all questions/concerns about researching through the visual\, visual analysis\, visually representing research and everything in between. We will be planning speakers/workshops/think-tanks throughout the year about collecting data visually and how to organize it and all the aspects of research that involve visuality. We welcome all students\, staff\, faculty and community members wishing to work on visually oriented or visually informed research.\n \nThe studio will be run by Carolina Cambre and Mitchell McLarnon (profs in the Department of Education). Cambre (one of the founder’s of the ethnolab)’s work academically and artistically explores vernacular visualities asking: How do people produce and direct the visual space. How is the image a doing? What are the social and cultural work/ings of images? McLarnon’s interests include institutional ethnography\, community-based and participatory research\, visual methodologies\, land-based/environmental education\, adult education\, community gardening\, gentrification\, food insecurity and urban political ecology.  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/launch-of-our-brand-new-visual-methods-studio-vms-at-speculative-life/ LOCATION:Milieux ‘Speculative Life’ BioLab (EV 10.835) CATEGORIES:Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/VMS_ethnolab-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230818T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230925T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T015846 CREATED:20230814T144033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230828T141807Z UID:10001035-1692367200-1695661200@milieux.concordia.ca 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) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_9338-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR