Eastern Bloc

BREEZY PLAZA The work of Jordan Loeppky-Kolesnik exists in a sculptural sphere carrying with it the influences of a digital means of production. In Breezy Plaza, produced in residency at Eastern Bloc, Loeppky-Kolesnik creates an installation that is cinematic...

WORKSHOP GIVEN BY STEPHANIE CASTONGUAY Using different found materials - such as piezos and RCA cables, this workshop seeks to initiate the participants to electronics through the confection of contact microphones and binaural microphones, as well as a...

WORKSHOP GIVEN BY ALICE JARRY  In the context of the winter exhibit TRAILMIX  During this workshop, participants will first be introduced to the installation V2Récurrences and will be invited to experiment with silkscreen printing...

WORKSHOPS GIVEN BY STEPHAN SCHULZ Stephan Schulz and Eastern Bloc would like to help your kids understand the basic concepts of programming (coding) as it is becoming more and more ubiquitous in our everyday interactions with technology. Your children play...

SWARMING EMOTIONAL PIANOS Swarming Emotional Pianos is a robotic performance originating in human emotions. An actor performs, their body covered in sensors. The actor imagines and thinks; physiological signals, such as respiration, sweat, cardiac and neural...

WORKSHOP GIVEN BY ALICE JARRY In the context of the winter exhibit TRAILMIX  During this two-part workshop, participants will first be introduced to the installation V2Récurrences and will be invited to experiment with...

WORKSHOP GIVEN BY ALEXANDRE CASTONGUAY AND THOMAS OUELLET FREDERICKS Project conceived in collaboration with Mariangela Aponte Nunez Inspired by the practice of tactical media that intervenes in the urban fabric, the Agit P.O.V. (Petit Objet de Vélo...

WORKSHOPS GIVEN BY STEPHANIE CASTONGUAY Using different found materials - such as piezos and RCA cables, this workshop seeks to initiate the participants to electronics through the confection of contact microphones and binaural microphones, as well as a...

In the context of the exhibit *~._.:*jEnNiFeR X JeNniFeR*:.~, the two artists Jennifer Chan and Jennifer Cherniack will be participating in a moderated discussion about their work, gender and performativity, nostalgia in net art, dominant tropes in online...

UNSIGNAL Kubba’s project draws inspiration from the connections between geometry and moral reform in prison institutions, during the 18th and 19th centuries. England, between the years of 1750 and 1840, became the site for numerous experiments dealing...

WORKSHOP GIVEN BY ARTHUR HEIST The workshop will be divided into 2 main parts: 1 - Linux commands survival kit: Recent Development on Raspberry Pi makes installation easier. However, RPi are based on Linux OS, so participants will do it the hard way and...

WORKSHOP SERIES GIVEN BY ANGELA GABEREAU From binary mathematics to object-orienteering programming, this series of workshop will familiarize participants with the fundamental concepts of computer programming. This is for absolute n00bs. No prior experience...

WORKSHOP SERIES GIVEN BY ANGELA GABEREAU From binary mathematics to object-oriented programming, this series of workshops will familiarize participants with the fundamental concepts of computer programming. This is for absolute n00bs. No prior experience is...

WORKSHOP GIVEN BY FIONA ANNIS In this workshop, participants will experiment with hybrid production techniques that cross-pollinate analogue processes with digital technologies. They will also explore the intertwining of historic and contemporary...

In the context of Eastern Bloc's Open Residency program, the centre has invited the Collectif Termostat to occupy the lab over the 2013 summer months. The collective's work will be oriented towards the research and development of several collaborative...