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SUMMARY:Materialist Ecomodding and Picopower Logics: The Case of SunBlock One\, a solar Minecraft server
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging presentation of the SunBlock One solar Minecraft server project\, part of the Pico Power residency with TeZ. \nBart Simon\, Director of Milieux Institute will share with us the research-creation journey of the SunBlock project. This innovative project tackles two crucial challenges in energy transition research: \n\nThe significant contribution of personal computing and especially gaming to the global carbon footprint.\nThe role of popular and moddable sandbox games in fostering shared alternative energy imaginaries.\n\nWHAT IS SUNBLOCK ONE? \nSunBlock One operates on a special setup with solar panels and batteries. It’s a Forge-modded Minecraft 1.20.2 Server running on an Intel NUC computer powered by a 12v LiON battery connected to a 100W solar panel. Players can monitor their energy consumption in real-time while playing! \nThe talk will present various stages of the project\, showcasing the work that has been accomplished and discussing how the project might progress over the summer. \nBart will also introduce the idea of picopower logic\, a simple yet powerful approach to utilize energy on small\, local scale to combat climate change. \n  \n: April 9\, 2024 | 2 p.m \n: TAG Lab E.V 11.435 \nALL ARE WELCOME!
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/materialist-ecomodding-and-picopower-logics-the-case-of-sunblock-one-a-solar-minecraft-server/
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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/
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SUMMARY:TALK: Daniel Vella - The Promise of Being Otherwise: 'Being Someone Else' in Games
DESCRIPTION:TAG is happy to invite everyone to a talk with Dr. Daniel Vella (University of Malta) on video game subjectivity and The Promise of Being Otherwise: ‘Being Someone Else’ . \nPopular discourses around digital games have long made the claim that games can grant the experience of ‘being someone else\,’ letting us step into the shoes of heroes\, adventurers\, rogues and champions. This presentation shall take this apparent promise as its starting point: what does it mean for a game to grant us the possibility of being someone else? How can a game construct us as a different subject? To address this question\, this presentation shall touch upon the link between play and freedom in the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre and Eugen Fink\, before drawing on work in game studies on avatars\, identity\, subjectivity\, agency and game aesthetics to discuss\, in more concrete terms\, how games structure particular ways of being for players to inhabit during their play. Finally\, the presentation will end with an interrogation of the promise itself\, asking: what are the ideological assumptions behind the idea that a game can let us ‘be someone else\,’ and what potentially problematic implications are contained in this promise? \nDr. Daniel Vella is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Digital Games (University of Malta). He is the co-author (with Stefano Gualeni) of Virtual Existentialism (Palgrave Pivot\, 2020) and has published a number of papers and book chapters on subjectivity\, aesthetics and space and place in games. He is also a narrative designer for board games with Mighty Boards\, and his writing credits include Posthuman Saga (2019) and Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan (forthcoming\, 2023).
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/talk-daniel-vella-the-promise-of-being-otherwise-being-someone-else-in-games/
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SUMMARY:[Performance] Make-Up Artist and Shaman
DESCRIPTION:TAG is happy to invite everyone to this live interactive performance by the award-winning theatre and digital arts company ZU-UK!  \nThe talent is about to go on air for a live televised interview. But a change encounter with a Make-up artist is about to change the course of their lives forever. This is a 20min live experience for 2 people. An audio-led instruction based experience exploring chance encounters through a light-hearted (slightly-surreal) role-play scenario\, and bone conduction headphones. \nWhen? Friday\, April 21st\, 2-3:15PM \nWhere? TAG Lab (EV 11.435) \nDuration: 20-25 minutes \nReserve your spot at TAG.COORDINATOR@CONCORDIA.CA  \nAbout the organizer \nZU-UK is an award-winning theatre and digital arts company based in Liverpool and East London. Founded by immigrant working-class artists Persis Jadé Maravala and Jorge Lopes Ramos\, ZU are recognised as pioneers of immersive and interactive theatre creating experiences using performance\, games and technology. Jadé is ethnically Persian\, born in Yemen\, raised in East London. Jorge was born within one of Rio de Janeiro’s largest favelas to a Polish-Romanian family. In a world where mainstream narratives normalise hate and fear\, Jadé and Jorge believe in the need for shared rituals\, new narratives and experiences that empower the most vulnerable to experience culture and to make excellent art.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/performance-make-up-artist-and-shaman/
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