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[huali]

Gloze and I dressed up for the campaign trail for Studio XX’s Election-themed Cabaret Tollé. Check out the full set here with visuals by Tyler Reekie <3 

[feministperspectives]

CfP: Digital emerging artist project

Studio XX

Labsessions 9 : Call for projects

DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Digital emerging artists’ project presentations Presented by the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT), the Conseil québécois des arts médiatiques (CQAM), Agence TOPO, Eastern Bloc, ELEKTRA - BIAN, Labo NT2, OBORO, PRIM, Studio XX and Vidéographe, Labsessions invite emerging artists working in the field of digital art to submit a new work-in-progress project for the 8th Labsessions event, taking place on Tuesday Januar 21th 2016, from 5-8pm at Studio XX.

Labsessions aim to support emerging artists working in digital arts, and to give them the opportunity to showcase the work they do. Those events are also a networking place for artists, digital art organizations attendees and for various cultural workers. Three projects will be selected and each artist will be invited to do a short presentation (or demo) in front of those attending the event. Following the presentations and question periods, the partner organizations will provide constructive criticism through written commentaries and suggestions which will be sent to the artist later on. In addition to the Labsessions, partner organizations might offer assistance to their sole discretion; which can take different forms depending on their respective mandate and resources (equipment loan, access to media labs, technical support, consultation or mentorship, access to an activity or a festival, etc.).

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA • You must be a Canadian emerging artist working in the field of digital art; • Having an innovative project in progress; • Only one project by edition; • Meeting the deadline with an application form fully completed (PDF); • Selected applicants should be ready to present their project to an audience for 15 minutes in English or French (pictures highly recommended). Word format ASSESSMENT CRITERIA • Artistic quality and originality • Ability to realize the project • Possibility of dissemination and impact • Application quality

Please send your application at [email protected] Application Deadline: November 6, 2015. The jury is composed of media arts organizations’ representatives. Only applicants whose projects are selected will be contacted. Travel expenses will not be covered.

[feministperspectives]

Instinct, Art And Accumulation: Gif Making / Internet Curation

Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal + Centre CLARK + Studio XX

Workshop with Dina Kelberman stemming from the projects presented at Centre CLARK for Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal Thursday, September 17, 6-8 pm at Studio XX

!!!Free admission!!! Required reservation: [email protected] 12 participants max

Stemming from the projects presented at CLARK for Mois de la Photo à Montréal, Dina Kelberman will host a discussion where concepts of curating and working with Internet will be explored through her work. Participants will also be taught the step-by-step process of using Photoshop to create animated GIFs.

Activity offered in English / Bilingual question period

[failedprojects]

The Thematic Section of issue 30 seeks to understand how the “informatization of the body” (van der Ploeg 2003) - once hailed as liberatory - became the life’s blood of ever nuanced forms of cyber-surveillance that target difference and produce new vulnerabilities for women, girls and transgender and genderqueer people online. What are the sexed and gendered elements of digitally mediated surveillance - and how do they manifest as a means of social control? How can a feminist and anti-capitalist critique of the Internet enclosure movement contribute to a freer, more egalitarian society - both online and off? Can explicitly feminist analyses challenge the surveillance state and the surveillance industry? What modes of resistance are available? And can we reclaim the Internet as a space and tool for liberation?

Studio XX - .DPI 30 CALL

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Bienvenue au blogue du festival Les HTMlles 10 // Welcome to the blog of The HTMlles 10 festival

Les HTMlles 10 est un festival féministe d’arts médiatiques et de culture numérique produit à Montréal par le Studio XX, centre d’artistes féministe bilingue engagé dans l’exploration, la création, la diffusion et la réflexion critique en art technologique. Lancé en 1997, le festival est une plateforme internationale dédiée à la présentation publique d’oeuvres d’arts médiatiques innovatrices et indépendantes, créées par des artistes s’auto-identifiant comme femmes, trans ou dissidents et dissidentes du genre et dévoilant la création technologique contemporaine sous toutes ses facettes.

La 10e édition du festival Les HTMlles se fera sous le signe du risque. Risquer: gagner ou perdre, s’exposer à une possibilité…Le risque est un potentiel. Qu’elle soit connotée positivement ou négativement, l’idée de risque implique celles de l’évaluation, de l’action et de la répartition, et donc du pouvoir. Le mot « risque » a évolué au cours de l’histoire du capitalisme : le concept de « société du risque » pour sa part n’apparaît qu’il y a une vingtaine d’années. Il a été utilisé par des sociologues pour rendre compte de la manière dont la société moderne s’organise autour de l’idée de risque, dans le sens de se préparer au futur (ce qu’une société devrait être en mesure de gérer). Cependant, du moment où on envisage ou imagine le futur, nous adoptons des comportements risqués.

Dans une période comme celle que nous vivons, à ce point critique, il est peut-être crucial de (se) questionner un tant soit peu. De quelle manière s’articule aujourd’hui le langage utilisé pour conceptualiser le risque? De quelle manière prend-on des risques aujourd’hui? Quels sont les différents niveaux de risque dans nos diverses (trans)actions? Quelle est la relation entre risque, technologie et pouvoir? Par quelles voies le risque est à la fois géré et créé? Comment est-il réparti? Depuis quand une personne « investi » -elle dans son avenir et qu’est-ce que ça signifie réellement? Aussi, qu’ont les artistes à en dire, de ce qu’on nomme « crises » et « risques »? En quoi faire de l’art est-il risqué aujourd’hui?

Ce blogue est un espace dédié à la réflexion critique autour de la notion du risque et de ses implications sur l'art médiatique féministe. Les bloggueuses et bloggueurs intéressés sur le thème sont invités à contribuer au blogue avec de nouveaux textes, des commentaires, des images ou du contenu audiovisuel. Vous pouvez nous rejoindre à : [email protected]. De plus, visitez-nous pour connaître encore plus le festival Les HTMlles 10 et les artistes qui feront partie de cet événement.

 Bienvenu-e-s à bord!

The HTMlles is a feminist festival of media arts and digital culture produced in Montreal by Studio XX, a bilingual feminist artist-run centre for technological exploration, creation and critique. Initiated in 1997, the HTMlles is an international platform dedicated to the presentation of women’s, trans and gender non-conforming artists’ independent media artworks from all facets of contemporary technological creation.

The 10th edition of The HTMlles will take up the notion of risk. To risk: to gain or to lose, to expose oneself to a possibility…Risk is a potential. Whether used positively or negatively, the idea of risk implies that of evaluation, action and distribution, and thus, power. While the term “risk” evolved with the development of capitalism, the concept of “risk society” is about twenty years old and has been used by scholars to describe how modern society organizes around the idea of risk, that is, in response to a future (which society should be able to manage). By simply invoking or imagining the future, one immediately engages in risky behaviours.

In such a critical moment, it is perhaps crucial to ask (ourselves) some questions. How does the language of risk articulate itself today? What is at risk today? How can one take risks today? What are the different levels of risk in our various (trans)actions? What is the relationship between risk, technology and power? How is risk managed, created and distributed? Since when does one “invest” in one’s future and what does it actually mean? What do artists have to say about these so-called risks and crises? How is making art risky today?

This blog is a space for critical reflection about the notion of risk, and its implications for feminist media arts. We invite all bloggers interested in the theme to contribute with posts, comments or audio/video material. You can connect with us at : [email protected]. Also, follow us to get to know more about The HTMlles festival and the artists who will take part in the event.

Welcome aboard!

[primedmtl]

Don't Forget Mom.  Especially not this Sunday, designated Mother's Day by the powers that be.  Remember back in elementary school, when we would shower Mom with poorly-made crafts?  In Montreal, 18 established/emerging artists from a range of disciplines were asked to “make a macaroni necklace.” The resulting multidisciplinary show is at Studio XX, until May 12 . 

Colier de macaronis pour maman: May 5 – 12, Studio XX (4001 rue Berri, #201)

Presented by La Chemise Magazine.

Image: François Lalumière “Au téléphone avec maman / On the Phone with Mum” (Duct Tape, 2012)