Workshops

Mar 30 2024

Build the VGA Loom Video Synthesizer

Build the VGA Loom, a video synthesizer that produces real time animated glitchy patterns reminiscent of woven textiles.

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Apr 20 2024 to Apr 27 2024

World Building in ResoniteVR

This workshop takes participants by the avatar and teleports them into ResoniteVR. Collaborate and build an environment as a team!

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Dec 7 - 14, 2019

Let's Build a Robot!

SOLD OUT -- Join us to build a robot friend who can follow you around and navigate your home without bumping into things!  Tess Sutherland will introduce you to soldering, circuitry, Arduino programming, and basic robotics ideas – including anthropomorphism and behaviour creation. 

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Nov 24, 2019

DIY Eurorack ADSR

Build your own Eurorack Envelope Generator at the Toronto Sound Festival. Join us to practice your soldering and circuit building skills, and add a new unit into your rack!

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Nov 23 - 30, 2019

Drawing Out Urban Interfaces — Experimental Reading Group

Technology transforms how people live, as well as their attitudes, instincts, personas, and psyches, all of which comprise human subjectivity. This experimental workshop lead by Simon Rabyniuk will bring together artists, designers, and technologists to read, discuss and explore present-day issues related to technology and the city. 

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Nov 16, 2019

Making Things With Light

SOLD OUT -- Let’s take a look at how light behaves, and explore different sources of light that can be used in artworks. Rob Cruickshank will contemplate the physics of light. Is it a wave? A particle? Or both? What is the difference between reflection and refraction? What is colour, and how do we see it? 

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Nov 2, 2019

Basic Electronics, the Body and Squishy Futures

Lee Wilkins will teach you how to build basic circuits and switches. This exploratory workshop serves as a departure point for considering how cybernetics, materials, and the future of electronics will unfold.

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Oct 26, 2019

Virtual Brush Strokes

Dive into virtual and augmented reality and learn to draw in 3D space using Tilt Brush with multimedia artist Casey Koyczan. Presented as part of imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.

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Oct 19, 2019

Drawing with Code using p5.js

Join us for an introduction to generative art and the fundamentals of p5.js, a programming language developed for artists to simplify drawing with code, with instructor Adam Herst.

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Oct 12, 2019

Staining for Microscopy

Join us for an in-depth workshop with visual artist and scientist Raddah Chaddah on how to mount stains and natural dyes made from saffron, beets, and blue-green algae, and prepare them for photography using the InterAccess microscopes.

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Oct 1 - 3, 2019

Live Vjing with Resolume

Discover infinite possibilities of Resolume Arena with Ilze Briede [Kavi] and learn how to run your own live visual show using the software, projectors, sound, and midi devices. The workshop will finish with an opportunity to showcase your work at a live music venue. 

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