Toronto Media Arts Centre

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Exhibitions & Festivals

Constellations

Resonant Bodies

August 11–18

11am-6pm daily

Free

Regent Park FIlm Festival

Home Made Visible

July 8–18

10am-6pm

free

Gregory Gan

Still Life with a Suitcase

July 26–August 9

10am-5pm weekdays

Free

SummerWorks 2019

August 8–11

Various

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Events & Workshops

Constellations

Resonant Bodies Opening Reception

2019-08-11T18:00:00.000-04:00 2019-08-11T21:00:00.000-04:00 Resonant Bodies is an exhibition about the sonic reflections between bodies and their environments. In Orality and Literacy, Walter Ong suggested, “sight isolates, sound incorporates… whereas sight situates the observer outside what \[they view\], at a distance, sound pours into the hearer”. For Resonant Bodies, six artists have created new sound-based works that respond to Ong's provocation – revealing aspects of identity and experience that are obscured by sight’s dominance. Featuring Aliya Pabani, Chandra Melting Tallow, Cheldon Paterson, Jon Tjhia, Kaija Siirala and Phoebe Wang. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1563380276-2019-07-1712-17-38.png CONFIRMED
August 11, 6:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Charles Street Video

Volumetric Video for Film and Media Artists

2019-07-23T18:00:00.000-04:00 2019-07-23T21:00:00.000-04:00 In this workshop we'll experiment with Premiere and After Effects as tools for working with volumetric video. Recording live action with a camera can be a friendlier, more familiar route to creating XR content, vs. the traditional 3D graphics approaches derived from animation. Almost ten years after the Kinect, plenty of inexpensive hardware exists for shooting volumetric video--what’s still lacking are practical editing and compositing workflows for live-action filmmakers, and that's what we'll be exploring here. The only prerequisite is some prior experience shooting and editing video (although After Effects experience will also be helpful). No 3D animation, games, or graphics experience is required. Image: *Bicycle Built for 6DoF* **Instructor: Nick Fox-Gieg** https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1562881097-2019-07-1117-36-12.png CONFIRMED
July 23, 6:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Charles Street Video

Digital Workflow and Data Management Pt. 1

2019-07-23T18:00:00.000-04:00 2019-07-23T21:00:00.000-04:00 This workshop offers insight into file-based production, data management and workflow options for people who use tapeless media on the front line. Working with RED’s R3D and Blackmagic/Adobe’s DNG file types, this workshop will cover transcoding dailies, applying LUTs, creating proxy files, conforming camera RAW footage using XML files, applying basic colour timing and delivering diverse formats. **Instructor: Meeka McLean** https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1562688236-dc6c5xwwaazduo.jpg CONFIRMED
July 23, 6:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
CWA Canada/Canadian Media Guild

Remaking Game Work Public Forum

2019-07-17T19:00:00.000-04:00 2019-07-17T22:00:00.000-04:00 Studio closures, harassment, crunch time, rumblings of unionization - game labour issues currently have unprecedented public profile. Join us at a public forum with game developers, media work researchers, and digital labour activists to discuss working conditions and social inequalities in the video games industry and strategies to improve conditions in digital media. The forum will be moderated by Austin Walker, the Editor of VICE Games. Six speakers - game workers, union organizers, and researchers - will participate in a moderated conversation, followed by Q&A and refreshments. This event launches “Contested Formations of Digital Game Labor,” a special issue of the journal Television & New Media, currently freely available as an open-access publication. ### Guests Dan Joseph, PhD is an organizer with the Game Workers Unite Toronto chapter, a freelance writer, and researcher of game work, apps, and platform capitalism. Katherine Lapointe is an organizer with CWA Canada/Canadian Media Guild, this country’s only all-media union, with members at VICE, BuzzFeed, CBC, Canadian Press and other outlets across the country. Maggie McCaw is a documentary visual researcher and was the first Branch President of the VICE Canada Union from 2016-2019. Austin Walker is the Editor of VICE Games and the host of the podcast Friends at the Table. Before his career as a critic, he studied the intersection of play and labour at the University of Western Ontario, where he was a Research Associate in the Digital Labour Group. Johanna Weststar teaches at Western University. She researches working conditions in the video games industry and partners with the International Game Developers Association to conduct developer satisfaction surveys. Jennifer R. Whitson teaches at the University of Waterloo. Her research centres on game developers, as well as digital media surveillance and social influences on software development. Sagan Yee is an animator, experimental game designer, and Executive Director of the Hand Eye Society, a video game arts not-for-profit organization. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1562639275-8c954bd3-9617-42f3-a332-016f2f33bcf4.JPG CONFIRMED
July 17, 7:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Charles Street Video

Shooting on a Budget

2019-08-21T18:00:00.000-04:00 2019-08-21T21:00:00.000-04:00 A 3 hour workshop on DIY and low-budget cinematography, camera techniques, and work ethic among minimal crews. Explore how low budget cinematographers can embrace DIY aesthetics and equipment as a stylistic advantage to support their films. **Instructor: Kathleen Tudo** https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1562630477-meeee.jpg CONFIRMED
August 21, 6:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Charles Street Video

Grant Writing Essentials

2019-08-15T18:00:00.000-04:00 2019-08-15T20:00:00.000-04:00 This introductory workshop will demystify the grant writing process for media artists seeking funding to support for their projects in film, video, audio, digital and/or new media. During this two-hour session, the instructor will provide a general overview of the funding programs available for media artists, break down the main components of a grant proposal, and cover tips and best practices for writing a successful grant application. The instructor will also reveal the single most important thing applicants should consider when writing their first or second grant application! **Instructor: Maya Bedward** https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1549329366-my-post-3.jpg CONFIRMED
August 15, 6:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Canadian Filmmakers' Distribution Centre + FADO Performance Art

International Visiting Artists: Liina Kuittinen (Finland)

2019-09-20T19:30:00.000-04:00 2019-09-20T23:00:00.000-04:00 *I am on my four. I am next to the ground. I see the surface from very close distance, the small particles and the space between them. I have to move my whole body closer to the object if I want to see it more clearly. I can not take the object in my hand and bring it closer to my eye. As an artist I am on my four and my hands are not swinging freely.* *I am eating ice-cream while writing this text. I am eating ice-cream for real, not just writing about it. I am eating it and it gives me great pleasure. Ice-cream goes through my digestion and my body knows how to turn the sugar into energy and to use the proteins and to get rid of the leftovers. Digestion is process that involves the body with other processes, one point in the circle of matter. Performance operates on the same plain with digestion. Performance and process of digesting are equally real. They are meeting points for material flows, actual events transforming material into other.* A new performance by Liina Kuittinen will be presented. ### ABOUT VIVA! ART ACTION www.vivamontreal.org _Image credit: Helene. Liina Kuittinen. 2018. Photo by Peter Rosvik._ https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1562628308-liina-kuittinen.jpg CONFIRMED
September 20, 7:30 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Canadian Filmmakers' Distribution Centre + FADO Performance Art

Liina Kuittinen & Marita Bullmann

2019-09-21T13:00:00.000-04:00 2019-09-21T15:00:00.000-04:00 Artists: Marita Bullmann, Liina Kuittinen FADO is pleased to welcome Liina Kuittinen (Finland) and Marita Bullman (Germany) to the International Visiting Artists series. This series seeks to bring exceptional artists from the global performance art scene to Toronto, to present a new work (September 20) and give an artist talk (September 21) about their own practices and the contemporary performance art ecologies of their home cities/countries. Liina Kuittinen and Marita Bullman's appearance in Toronto is in collaboration with VIVA! Art Action, one of FADO's enduring partners. FADO and VIVA! have partnered several times (2013: Tomasz Szrama / Poland, Macarena Perich Rosas / Chile; 2015: Victoria Gray / UK, Dorothea Rust / Switzerland) over the years to share the presentation of international artists to both platforms in order to bring exceptional artists and their work to audiences in both cities; in addition to giving visiting artists the unique opportunity of engaging with performance communities in both Toronto and Montreal. _Image credit: untitled (another small matter). Marita Bullman. 2017. Photo by Rebekah Dahlia._ https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1562627890-marita-bullmantalks-pic.jpg CONFIRMED
September 21, 1:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Canadian Filmmakers' Distribution Centre + FADO Performance Art

International Visiting Artists: Marita Bullmann (Germany)

2019-09-20T19:30:00.000-04:00 2019-09-20T23:00:00.000-04:00 Marita Bullmann's works are engagements with everyday objects: familiar materials, actions, spaces and places. In her performances, she seeks a direct encounter between body and space. Her working method can be understood as a temporally ephemeral, site- and situation-specific process. With her actions she creates her own realities and scenarios, which strengthen the awareness for object, material, body and space. Visual, temporal, haptic or acoustic elements determine the effect and perception of her performance. The way she creates abstract interpretations allows us to perceive and observe the things around us in a new way. The interpretation takes place through experience. The objects and materials she uses are by no means neutral, but connect with our sensual and emotional world of experience. Bullmann's intention is to influence the usual mechanisms of seeing and perceiving far away from cultural imprints and to create a new 'space' that lets us become aware of the act of seeing. She combines the constructed experiences with a search for images and actions that make the phenomena of curiosity and peculiarity visible. ### ABOUT VIVA! ART ACTION www.vivamontreal.org _Image Credit: untitled. Marita Bullmann. Photo by Svetlana Lopato._ https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1562627403-marita-bullmann.jpg CONFIRMED
September 20, 7:30 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Charles Street Video

Post Production Toolkit for Emerging Producers

2019-08-14T18:00:00.000-04:00 2019-08-14T21:00:00.000-04:00 This workshop will serve as an introduction to post production for emerging film producers, with a focus on post supervision. Covering post-production workflow, working with offline and online editors, finishing and delivery. Participants are encouraged to come with questions. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1562624968-6115cd8c.jpg CONFIRMED
August 14, 6:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Charles Street Video

Post Production Toolkit for Emerging Directors

2019-08-13T18:00:00.000-04:00 2019-08-13T21:00:00.000-04:00 This workshop will serve as an introduction to post production for emerging film directors, from development to delivery and covering storyboarding, the director-editor relationship, and post workflow. Participants are encouraged to come with questions. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1562624968-6115cd8c.jpg CONFIRMED
August 13, 6:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Charles Street Video

Content Creation with Video Synthesis Pt. 2

2019-08-07T18:00:00.000-04:00 2019-08-07T21:00:00.000-04:00 In this workshop we will experiment with Lumen and the Syphon protocol as tools for creating and recording synthesized video content. You will create engaging visuals in real time using the same process with Lumen as you would with a hardware video synthesizer. With modern software features and a semi-modular design that is both playable and deep, Lumen is the perfect way to get introduced to the world of video synthesis. This workshop will demystify what a video synthesizer is and what it can do in helping you add abstract video to your artistic craft. Perfect for those looking to explore video art. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1562624745-f07c1940257613-57782c1bab7ad.png CONFIRMED
August 7, 6:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Charles Street Video

Content Creation with Video Synthesis

2019-07-31T18:00:00.000-04:00 2019-07-31T21:00:00.000-04:00 In this workshop we will experiment with Lumen and the Syphon protocol as tools for creating and recording synthesized video content. You will create engaging visuals in real time using the same process with Lumen as you would with a hardware video synthesizer. With modern software features and a semi-modular design that is both playable and deep, Lumen is the perfect way to get introduced to the world of video synthesis. This workshop will demystify what a video synthesizer is and what it can do in helping you add abstract video to your artistic craft. Perfect for those looking to explore video art. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1562624745-f07c1940257613-57782c1bab7ad.png CONFIRMED
July 31, 6:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Charles Street Video

Colour Theory for Film and Video

2019-08-01T18:00:00.000-04:00 2019-08-01T21:00:00.000-04:00 Using examples from film and video, this workshop will explore the effects of colour on the viewer, and how treatments and manipulation are used in the industry. Beginning with an analysis of additive colour (light emitting sources), participants will be exposed to the psychological effects of individual colours, saturation, colour “casts” and colour grading, as well as some popular techniques used in the industry. The latter including triadic, complementary and analogous colour schemes, as well as colour/luminance manipulations such as bleach bypass. **Instructor: Meeka McLean** https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1562623954-matrix-3.png CONFIRMED
August 1, 6:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Charles Street Video

Digital Workflow and Data Management Pt. 2

2019-07-30T18:00:00.000-04:00 2019-07-30T21:00:00.000-04:00 This workshop offers insight into file-based production, data management and workflow options for people who use tapeless media on the front line. Working with RED’s R3D and Blackmagic/Adobe’s DNG file types, this workshop will cover transcoding dailies, applying LUTs, creating proxy files, conforming camera RAW footage using XML files, applying basic colour timing and delivering diverse formats. **Instructor: Meeka McLean** https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1562621689-michael-rubenstein-editing-work-station.jpg CONFIRMED
July 30, 6:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Pin + Patch Show

Pin + Patch Show

2019-07-27T12:00:00.000-04:00 2019-07-27T18:00:00.000-04:00 The Pin + Patch Show is back for another show featuring dozens of pin and patch vendors from Toronto, across Canada, and around the world! As always, general admission is free! https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1562344148-6570655528952266471611934047571763796639744n.jpg CONFIRMED
July 27, 12:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Charles Street Video + Gregory Gan

Still Life with a Suitcase Opening Reception

2019-07-25T19:00:00.000-04:00 2019-07-25T22:00:00.000-04:00 Join us for the opening reception for Still Life with a Suitcase, an interactive cinematic installation about transnational Russian migration as told through objects, where the audience determines how the story unfolds. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1562291403-61c6a7dd.png CONFIRMED
July 25, 7:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Charles Street Video

Projection Mapping - Light, Form & The Stage

2019-07-21T12:00:00.000-04:00 2019-07-21T17:00:00.000-04:00 This hands-on course teaches students to customize graphical content (video, image) and then map this content on to physical 3D objects using Isadora*. Students will have the opportunity to put these techniques to use by workshopping with assigned actors, playwrights, and other key players in the professional arts and theatre industry. * Working knowledge of Isadora is a requirement to take this course. Successful completion of the "Projection Mapping for Artists 101" course will suffice. See the work of past students that have taken this course here: http://projectionmappingworkshops.com/student-work ### Learning Objectives * Theory: best practices for digital augmentation in a physical world, projection art, principles of light, colour theory and interaction design. * Learn the basics of GPU codecs ideal for multiple simultaneous playback in a real-time environment. * Image/Video Production: make digital content your own through filters, compositing, special effects, editing, masking, keying. * Projection Mapping & Interaction: map your own customized images and videos onto 3D surfaces, and develop manual & live input as actuators. * Conceptual Development: learn to articulate and execute a raw idea from inception to a real-world exhibition. * Industry Engagement: deliver an innovative and sustainable production in collaboration with industry partner. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1559955576-projectionmapping7-1.jpg CONFIRMED
July 21, 12:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Dames Making Games

Storytelling Game Night: “Night Forest”

2019-07-24T18:30:00.000-04:00 2019-07-24T22:30:00.000-04:00 *ft. Heart of the Deernicorn’s “Night Forest”* A very special evening awaits you! Join Shel Kahn for an evening spent playing Night Forest, a ritual game of candles and gentle storytelling prompts. We’ll be exploring a space together, with candles and gold-printed prompt cards – indoors or out in Lisgar Park, depending on weather. As with all RPG nights, safety tools will be in use throughout play. [Learn more about the game](https://heartofthedeernicorn.com/product/night-forest/) Please RSVP to reserve your spot, as we have limited cards and candles! https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1562094894-exchange.jpg CONFIRMED
July 24, 6:30 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
BoardAgain Games

Queers & More Queers Game Night

2019-09-03T18:00:00.000-04:00 2019-09-03T21:00:00.000-04:00 A bi-monthly game night that welcomes trans, non-binary, femmes, women and any queer-identified folk. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1552340487-5319236422273006641767504856804350380474368o.jpg CONFIRMED
September 3, 6:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Voices of Today

National Youth Slam Festival

2019-08-20T11:00:00.000-04:00 2019-08-24T23:00:00.000-04:00 A multidisciplinary festival, with arts workshops and events that people can pop in and out of throughout the day, including things outside of the field of spoken word and poetry. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1557543721-logo.png CONFIRMED
August 20–24
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Gamma Space Collaborative Studio + Our Networks

RE: Infrastructures

2019-09-20T10:00:00.000-04:00 2019-09-22T18:00:00.000-04:00 Our Networks 2019 explores the collective care and maintenance of alternative networking practices—new protocols, peer-to-peer connections, offline-first computing, or community-based governance and ownership. Building on last year, where we asked how to move beyond solitary practices of do it yourself (DIY), in 2019 we explore what critical and creative practices offer RE: Infrastructures of alternatives. How can these emerging Infrastructures of Reproduction provide spaces to imagine radically different futures, resist easy co-option by the forces of late-stage capitalism, and work in solidarity as plural networks seeking emancipatory change? To answer this we draw on insights from organizers, technologists, artists, and scholars to ensure the focus is not only on the technical aspects of infrastructure, but also the social and cultural. Their diverse perspectives suggest ways we can make space for livelihoods, solidarity, and survival; draw on history and place to bring our fullest imaginations to this moment; and open ways to think these questions together as we build transitional forms. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1531104908-2018-07-0822-54-43.png CONFIRMED
September 20–22
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON

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