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Earthly Survival Orit Halpern [US] / Nicolas Nova [CH] / Peter Moosgaard [AT] 1 October 2017, 17:00 - 19:00
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...
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Encounter 2030 : Food Waste and Speculative Visioning Pamela Tudge [CA] 1 October 2017, 13:00 - 16:00
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...
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Live DJ set Bambii [CA] 30 September 2017, 23:00 - 3:00
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...
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Convolution Gate Sequence MSHR (Birch Cooper & Brenna Murphy) [US] 30 September 2017, 21:00 - 23:00
“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,...
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Redbull JESSE OSBORNE-LANTHIER [CA, DE] 30 September 2017, 21:00 - 23:00
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...
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Post-animal / Post-machine Thierry Bardini [CA] / Aliens in Green [US, FR] / RYBN [FR] 30 September 2017, 17:00 - 19:00
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...
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Additivism Workshop Morehshin Allahyari [IR,US] 30 September 2017, 13:00 - 16:00
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...
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Spiel Michael Montanaro [CA] / Peter van Haaften [CA] / Tatev Yesayan [CA] 29 - 30 September 2017, 21:00 - 23:00
"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...
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Flashcrash RYBN [FR] 29 September 2017, 21:00 - 23:00
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...
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Artificial Voyager DISNOVATION.ORG [FR, PL] 29 September 2017, 21:00 - 23:00
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...
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Data_Connection Jean-François & Jérôme Blanquet [FR] 29 September 2017, 21:00 - 23:00
“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...
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Digital Colonialism DISNOVATION.org [FR] / Morehshin Allahyari [IR, US] / Rasheedah Phillips [US] 28 September 2017, 19:00 - 21:00
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...
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Xenopolitics [Intervention] Aliens in Green [US,SI,FR] 27 September 2017, 18:00 - 23:00
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...
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Sight & Sound Opening Aliens in Green [US, SI, FR] - Audrey Samson [CA] - Dardex [CA] - Demolecularisation [FR] - Emma McCormick-Goodhart [UK] - Ernesto Oroza [US] - Exonemo [JA] [US] - Gwenola Wagon & Stephane Degoutin [FR] - James Bridle [UK] - Kelly Andres [CA] - Liam Young [UK] - Morehshin Allahyari [IR, US] & Daniel Rourke [UK] - Nicolas Nova [CH] - Peter Moosgaard [AT] - RYBN [FR] -Thomas Bégin [CA] - Yann Leguay [BE] 27 September 2017, 18:00 - 23:00
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...
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Robotic Trolley THOMAS BÉGIN [CA] 27 September 2017, 18:00 - 23:00
"Robotic Trolley" is a remote-controlled motorized shopping cart with a robotic arm capable of grabbing products off of store shelves. Equipped with numerous cameras and operated by a neural network from an off-site control station, the robot goes...