Your First GMO: DIY CRISPR with Kevin Chen

Have you ever wondered what genetic engineering is? What is CRISPR and all the hype about that? How close are we to the future in which genetic engineering is used to bring back extinct species, extend human life or eradicating genetic diseases? In this workshop, we’ll cover the basics of the science, art and impact…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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)…

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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…

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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…

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