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Goodnight Sweetheart AUDREY SAMSON [CA] 27 September - 1 October 2017
"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...
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Stück für Stöcke YANN LEGUAY [FR] [BE] 27 September - 1 October 2017
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...
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Xenopolitics#1 : petro-bodies and geopolitics of hormones ALIENS IN GREEN [US] [SI] [FR] 27 September - 1 October 2017
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...
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The 3D Additivist Cookbook & Manifesto MOREHSHIN ALLAHYARI [IR] & DANIEL ROURKE [UK] 27 September - 1 October 2017
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"...
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Bestiar.io: a Compendium of Hybrid Creatures Nicolas Nova [CH] 27 September - 1 October 2017
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,...
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Tr(AI)de Thomas Ouellet Fredericks [CA] / Patrick Sébastien Coulombe [CA] / Sylvain Le Beux [FR-CA] 2 October 2016, 19:00 - 20:00
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...
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AHD Flash Exhibit Clara Moreau / Nicholas Shulman / Lucie Rocher / Gregory Perrin / Fletcher Bach / Vincent Charlebois / Conan Lai / Cassie Tarakajian / Seth Kranzler / Joelle Fleurantin / Raphael Demers / Kevin Chen / Amelia Winger-Bearskin / Marianne Ploska / Ismail Negm / Caroline Sinders / Sebastian Schmieg / Philippe Battikha / Nataliya Petkova / Peter Van Haaften / Maude Fafard / Jules Deslandes / Silvio Lorusso / Laurent Viau-Lapointe / Jean Philippe Pierre-Louis / Olivier Duchaîne / Caroline Blais / Beatriz Herrera / Roby Provost / WhiteFeather Hunter / Anne Goldenberg / Emilie Mouchous / Anna Eyler / Stephanie Castonguay / Stephane Espinosa / Alice Niyizurugero / Stefanie Schirmer / Sonali Sridhar / Maxime Damecour / Sonya Stefan / Iqrar Rizvi 2 October 2016, 18:00 - 22:00
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...
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Deceptionista Aaron David Ross (PAN) [US] 1 October 2016, 20:00 - 3:00
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...
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Experimental Hybrids Simon Chioini [CA] 1 October 2016, 20:00 - 3:00
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....
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Live / DJ Set RAMZi - Big Bird [CA] 1 October 2016, 20:00 - 3:00
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...
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The Knowledge Economy Christine Renaud [CA] / Jacqueline Mabey [US] / Siân Evans [US] / Michael Mandiberg [US] / Magdalena Olszanowski [CA] / Amber Berson [CA] 1 October 2016, 16:30 - 18:30
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...
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CoCiclo Intervention Alexandre Castonguay [CA] 1 October 2016, 16:00 - 18:00
"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...
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Accessing the Sharing Economy Dr Renee Sieber [CA] / Kate Arthur [CA] / Oli Sorenson [CA] / Pamela Tudge [CA] 1 October 2016, 13:30 - 15:30
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...
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The Solidarity Economy and Sharing Cameron Stiff [CA] / Danny Perreault [CA] / Francis Fortier [CA] / Aurélie Besson [FR-CA] 1 October 2016, 10:30 - 12:30
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...
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CoCiclo Workshop Alexandre Castonguay [CA] 1 October 2016, 10:00 - 16:00
"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...