Julian will be in residence at the BioLab this week and will be a guest speaker at the Speculative Life Cluster Symposium, October 21st 4-5pm and lead a day-long workshop, October 29th 10am-5pm
Category: visiting researchers
Hexagram x ELEKTRA – MATERIA : Labo Public de création de savoirs numériques — Sept 8 – 10
This event will bring together, over three consecutive days, local and international artists, creators, scientists, researchers and professionals from the artistic and cultural sectors. Invited guests and visitors, along with a team of mediators, will also participate in this arena of creation and knowledge sharing, at the intersections of art, design, science, and multiple forms of knowledge and forms of knowing
Artist Talk: From operation to cooperational aesthetics *CANCELLED*
The BioLab is hosting Samuel Bianchini on Thursday, March 19th, 2020 from 4:30-6:00pm.
Amélie Brindamour | Résidence CQAM-Milieux 2019
In early December, CQAM came to the Biolab to film artist-in-residence Amélie Brindamour in action and to talk about her mycelium research that took place over the course of her residency. This video is the product of that discussion! In the video, lab director Dr. Alice Jarry gives a short introduction to the Biolab and…
Amélie and Brice give first BioLab artist talk of the season
Last night, we hosted the first Milieux Speculative Life BioLab artist talk of 2020! Amélie Brindamour (Montréal) and Brice Ammar-Khodja (Paris) spoke about their artistic, research, and collaborative practices. Amélie recently completed a residency at Milieux that she was co-awarded by the Conseil québécois des arts médiatiques (CQAM) and Milieux. During her talk, she focused…
MilieuxMake: MycoSculpture workshop January 24th and 31st
Théo Chauvirey and Amélie Brindamour co-facilitate a two-part introductory workshop on mycelium as a biomaterial for art and design—starting this Friday.
Artist Talk: Amélie Brindamour and Brice Ammar-Khodja
Our first Artist Talk of the year is taking place this Thursday from 4:30-6:00pm!
Bearer of Light / Feux follets
Artist-in-Residence Amélie Brindamour reflects on her time in the BioLab
Speculative Life BioLab researchers featured in Material Futures issue
Several research projects completed by student, affiliate, visiting and faculty researchers is featured in the most recent issue (21) of Center for Sustainable Practices in the Arts Quarterly, guest edited by WhiteFeather Hunter. The issue features thesis research by Courtney Books (Queens University) that was carried out in the Speculative Life BioLab, as well as…
Mother
A collaborative project exploring the sculptural and metaphorical potential of SCOBY
Plump and pliant: experimental fluid retention for keeping formerly living biofilms life-like
MA Conservation thesis research by a visiting student researcher from Queens University.
Maker Week with Matt Ratto
As part of Maker Week at Milieux with Matt Ratto (University of Toronto), workshop participants visited the Speculative Life BioLab to engage with the theme of Quantifiable Self through microbiology. Each participant cultured their own microbiome, which was then allowed to grow over the duration of the week. Results were variable, with some participants culturing…
Speculative Life BioLab 