Eastern Bloc

"Goodnight Sweetheart" is a data and device embalming service. Devices are cast in liquid plastic and data is transferred to ne.me.quitte(s).pas USB keys that are poured in epoxy. The service is a digital data funeral, a ritual to symbolically escape...

With “Stück für Stöcke,” Yann Leguay has replaced, with a piece of wood, the tablets and phones held by gamers in youtube videos. All that remains is the player’s finger gestures. The removal of the usual visual references...

Exposure to synthetic chemicals interferes with human and nonhuman hormonal systems. Despite all warnings of the toxic impacts of these endocrine disruptors, the lobbying of the petro-chemical, agricultural, and pharmaceutical industries continue to influence...

The "3D Additivist Cookbook," devised and edited by Morehshin Allahyari and Daniel Rourke, is a free compendium of imaginative, provocative works from over 100 world-leading artists, activists, and theorists. The "3D Additivist Cookbook"...

What does it mean to live in an hybrid environment made of organic and synthetic matter? What happens when technologies become so ubiquitous that it becomes difficult to know what is “natural” or not? By observing how artists, designers,...

The sharing economy is great, but still relies on the exchange of money. Bartering and trading are timeless alternatives, but sometimes people just don’t get along or don’t have compatible tastes. "Tr(AI)de" is an alternative economy...

The Art Hack Day flash exhibit is the culmination of a 48-hour art marathon. Taking place in Eastern Bloc's gallery spaces and bringing the eight edition of Sight & Sound to a fabulous close, the 40 artists and hackers who had participed in the Art...

Realized as an album, a videogame, and a series of live performances, "Deceptionista" harnesses the relentless unknowability of the real-time internet as raw materials, refracted through ADR's distinct compositional approach. In an immersive...

Chioini performs a new proposal for hybrid electronic music. His many musical influences, styles, genres and practices will course through the performance. The work is a fluid passageway that the music echoes through....

The mutant-polymorphic-spirit-child known only as RAMZi left their home of the deep forests and chose Phoebé Guillemot as their human host many moons past, tasking themselves with the protection of wildlife, the decimation of their enemies and the...

When we think about the sharing economy we tend to conjure Uber, AirBnb and other mega corporations capitalizing on and exploiting needy people under the guise of sharing and caring. Before the rise of this "alternative" economy, however, people...

"Cociclo" offers a participatory experience that unfolds on the streets of the city. Participants in a full-day workshop will build an electronic circuit that detects the concentration of carbon monoxide (CO) in the air. By manifesting data in...

How does technology influence the ways people participate in the sharing economy? Who really benefits in the sharing economy? How do technologically facilitated environments contribute to the rise of corporate driven sharing platforms versus digital sharing...

Today we hear mostly about the sharing economy as a new phenomenon, but cooperative economic models have existed for many years, especially in Montreal. What can we learn from these already-existing models? How do these self-run organisations operate? What...

"Cociclo" offers a participatory experience that unfolds on the streets of the city. Participants in a full-day workshop will build an electronic circuit that detects the concentration of carbon monoxide (CO) in the air. By manifesting data in...