This three-hour workshop introduced participants to the build of a DIY 3D-printer, uses of plant-based plastics (bioplastics) and free 3D-printing software.
Author: WhiteFeather Hunter
A mover & shaker, and magic art-maker.
Perspective
An undergraduate student’s short video made with microscopic stop motion animation
Artist Talk: Kathy High, Waste Matters – You Are My Future
Join Speculative Life research cluster for Waste Matters – You Are My Future artist talk and reception with Kathy High. Wednesday, November 2 at 5pm Milieux Institute, Resource Centre EV 11-715 1515 Sainte-Catherine West, Concordia University, Montreal Kathy High is an interdisciplinary artist working in the areas of technology, science, speculative fiction and art. She produces videos and installations posing…
DNA / The Future Life of Objects by Martin Racine
From: October 31 – December 9, 2016 Location: FOFA Gallery, 1515 St-Catherine st. West Montréal, H3G 2W1 Vernissage: November 3, 2016, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free Originating from a major 3 year Research-Creation team project funded by the FRQSC, this research project presents a reflection on the Future Life of Objects, based on the metaphor…
MilieuxMake: Altered Perceptions – Imaging Microscopy
This three-hour workshop introduced participants to DIY macro lens (de)construction, as well as USB video microscopes and generating imagery with a camera attachment using a compound microscope.
NZTV’s DNA Detectives film shoot with WhiteFeather
NZTV flew a special guest from New Zealand to Montreal to meet with WhiteFeather for an upcoming episode of DNA Detectives. The special guest, NZ Labour Party Leader, Jacinda Ardern, met WhiteFeather for the first time after discovering that WhiteFeather is a distant relative through DNA testing technology. The episode, which will also feature the…
Biomateria: Biotextile Craft
MFA thesis work with biotextile tissue engineering.
Scientist-in-Residence talk: Daniel Modulevsky, Pelling Lab, uOttawa
This talk was supported by:
Visit with Joe Davis, Réseau Hexagram’s Distinguished Speaker 14
As part of Réseau Hexagram’s Distinguished Speaker Series, Joe Davis (MIT/Harvard) visited the Speculative Life Lab to meet with Concordia graduate students and affiliate researchers one-on-one and advise them on their research projects and interests. Joe Davis spent most of his early life in the American Deep South. While earning his Creative Arts degree (1973)…
FRQSC awards Star Student Research Prize to WhiteFeather Hunter
Coinciding with the launch of Milieux on March 31, 2016, the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (FRQSC) awarded the Étudiant-chercheure étoile (Star Student Researcher) award to WhiteFeather for her bioart research project, Crafting Biotextiles that led to the completion of her thesis. This award and trophy were delivered during the Gala event at…
FRQSC features research by Dr Tagny Duff
Dr Tagny Duff’s research project, BioreMEDIAtion was featured on the FRQSC website: “While working in a laboratory at the University of Lisbon, Duff cultivated viral cells containing a deactivated strain of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and mycelium (the vegetative part of a fungus) on sculptures in the form of science equipment composed of agar-agar, a…
Dr Tagny Duff’s Cryobook Archives featured on Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet
On February 23, 2016, Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet show aired a feature on the research entitled Cryobook Archives of Dr Tagny Duff. “This research creation project is an evolving installation featuring roaming sculptures made of human ex-plant tissue and Lentivirus that have been bound into a series of handmade books. Using tissue culture engineering techniques such…
Speculative Life BioLab 