Eastern Bloc

The workshop is full. Thank you ! Description:  This workshop will focus on introducing live coding: a review of the prehistory of live coding as well as a tour of important, diverse musical projects. Participants will create their own SynthDef and...

This panel will explore diverse types of actions, rituals, and mindful practices, which are (re)emerging in the era of the Anthropocene amidst infinite feedback loops of cultural, technological, biological, and geological data flow.   Conference in...

The United Nations estimates one third of the world’s food production is wasted. By the year 2030, the UN aims to reduce this by half. This sustainable development goal is aimed at nations such as Canada who are top offenders, including at the household...

Kirsten Azan, baptized Bambii, is one of Canada’s most compelling new DJs. Whether online or on dancefloors.   Her political and musical vernacular give credence to dance music’s ever expanding reach, The relationships it helps forge...

“Convolution Gate Sequence” is a composition in which MSHR engages with a series of generative systems via sculptural interfaces.   The systems are composed of MSHR’s hand made analog synthesizers, in feedback with light, movement,...

Redbull or: Time is Recognized as Being Not Feasible -- at Least in the Longer Term -- Just as With "Inspiration", Necessarily to be Followed by Expiration.   As shifting replicas become clarified through boundaried and repetitive...

This panel will explore the concept of the alien-becoming of human and non-human entities, in the context of the accelerating global impacts of capitalism.   Conference in French Panelists : Thierry Bardini [CA], Aliens in...

This is a conceptual workshop focusing on critical perspectives in art, activism, #Additivism and recipe-writing, as well as the radical possibilities and critical limitations of 3D printing technology.  3D fabrication is the critical framework of...

"Spiel" is an in situ performance for prepared mouth.   While conversing in a room, someone walks towards you. The stranger comes closer, leans in, and listens. The mysterious device affixed to their face brings a halt to the...

On May 6th 2010 at 2:40 p.m. sharp, a 20-minute crash on the New York Stock Exchange took place. Its losses are estimated at around 1000.000.000.000 USD. This event, known as the "Flashcrash," is one of the most significant events to shed light on...

The "Voyager Golden Record” is a phonograph record that was included aboard both Voyager spacecrafts launched in 1977 - a bottle tossed into the cosmic ocean.   It contains sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and...

“Data_connection,” referring to the film “The French Connection” directed by William Friedkin, is a data stream performance.   With a downloaded set of texts encoded in digital signal on audio cassettes and an apparatus of...

This panel will explore the political dimension of the techno-scientific realm in relation to the giants of the digital revolution, specifically with regards to notions of digital colonialism and emancipatory appropriation.   Conference in English...

The participatory performance of Aliens in Green examines the alienating impact of endocrine disrupters through a DIY extraction ritual of the collective hormones secreted in the urine. By observing the active substances of various origins that cross us, it...

The opening event of the 9th edition of SIGHT + SOUND 2017, will feature interventions by Aliens in Green and Thomas Bégin, the vernissage of the exhibit and the chance to meet the local and international artists! INTERVENTION – ALIENS...