This week, Vanessa facilitated the second instalment of the Cooking and Culturing Colour workshop series. We were able to see the results of the food waste dyeing we did last week and experimented with modifying the colour of the fabric using different acidic, basic, and iron solutions. We used everything from soda ash to lemon…
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Cooking and Culturing Colour Part I
On March 15th, Vanessa Mardirossian facilitated Part I of the Cooking and Culturing Colour workshop series. She introduced participants to dyeing with food waste and showed us how to prepare protein and cellulose fibres (using different mordants and pre-treatments) for the dye baths. We prepared dyes using onion skins, avocado pits and peels, black beans,…
[Workshop] Cooking and Culturing Colour — March 15, 22, 29, & 31
Vanessa Mardirossian to lead a 4-part hybrid workshop on how to create compostable dyes from food waste and bacteria
FAB16 x BioLab Recap
FAB16 may be over, but you can watch the workshop recordings online.
Théo Chauvirey to Speak at Mycelium Congress
Tune in on September 23rd at 1:45pm to hear our resident biodesigner discuss his research-creation approach to working with mycelium.
MUTEK: Fossilation Online
The collective research-creation project to be showcased as part of the electronic music and digital art festival
Biolabers to present their work at the first ever Culture² conference this weekend
Jacqui Beaumont and WhiteFeather Hunter to present on Sunday
Invasive Materials: Rebuilding Relations with Disturbed Landscapes @ FAB16
On August 10th, 3:15-4:45, Thomas Heinrich will demonstrate a method for transforming invasive plants into bio-objects as part of the FAB16 conference
Machine co-productrice de kombucha et de cellulose bactérienne @ FAB16
On August 10th, 5-6:30pm, Théo Chauvirey and Ann-Louise Davidson lead a demonstration of their kombucha machine as part of the FAB16 conference
Biomaterials and Invasive Plants: De Souche Virtual Public Workshop
Part II in the De Souche workshop series — April 25th, 2021 from 11h00-12h00
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
Speculative Life BioLab 