Part II in the De Souche workshop series — April 25th, 2021 from 11h00-12h00
Category: student research
Miri Chekhanovich in Residence at Maison de la Culture Verdun
Chekhanovich explores bioplastics, spring revelations, human failure, urban malfunction, and the cyclicality of water during a 3-week residency
The Bactinctorium at the Natural Dyes in Northeast America Conference
The collective is presenting their bacteria dye research as a recorded intervention and live Q&A on March 4th, 5-6pm
Upcoming Exhibition: Vanessa Mardirossian presents Culture de la Couleur
On display at the École Supérieure de Mode (ESM) de l’UQAM from February 26th until May 7th
De Souche Workshop Series – March-May 2021
Can designing with an invasive species build new ecological sensibilities?
Fossilation at the Centre Pompidou
The Speculative Life Cluster BioLab presents the installation Fossilation at the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris (February 1 to 14, 2021).
MT180 Competition Final—Nov 19th
Vanessa Mardirossian represents Concordia at the final this Thursday at 3:30 pm EST
Ecologies of Experience: Systems & Art—Oct 30th
Matthew Halpenny gives a Convergence SCI-ART ART-SCI Conferences talk this Friday
Cyclical Matters—Live Cooking Show, a recap
The Cyclical Matters Collective spent last Tuesday morning talking bioplastic vessels, algae-based polymers, and creative research methodologies for pandemic collaboration. In conversation with lab director Alice Jarry, chemist Yves Gélinas, and the entire Critical Materiality class, this research-creation team walked—and cooked!—us through their method for making agar bioplastic tableware. They explored how to modify the…
Cyclical Matters *Live* on October 20th
As a part of Sympoïétiques, BioLab research collective Cyclical Matters are going live Tuesday morning for a bioplastic cooking show and public discussion with Lab Director Alice Jarry and Chemist Yves Gélinas. Tune in from 10am to 11:30am on Tuesday, October 20th. This event will be streamed for free on Youtube and in the LIVE…
Vanessa Mardirossian participates in Three Minute Thesis competition
Yesterday, as part of the international 3MT/MT180 competition, Biolaber Vanessa Mardirossian presented her doctoral research—La face cachée de la matière: une écolittératie du vêtement par une approche moléculaire de la couleur dans une practique écoresponsable du design textile—in a concise and accessible format: one PowerPoint slide and a three minute time limit! In the lab,…
Nodes—A Milieux Film
Speculative Life Biolab project featured in experimental documentary Film.
