Technoculture, Art and Games – Biennale de Montréal Event(s)

TAG will be a part of this year’s Biennale Montréal – Culture Libre/Open Culture . Check out the events below!

By Lynn Hughes et Bart Simon.
Between May 1st and 17th, the public is invited to look in on, or join in with, the TAG group’s activities. The Technoculture Art and Games group is made of people from all kinds of disciplines involving digital games that are used as a way to think, talk and create together. Come and see research and creation in action, ask questions, attend stimulating presentations and demonstrations about games and digital culture — or just come to play unusual games.

Coordinated by Lynn Hughes and Bart Simon, with the collaboration of Concordia University.

Technoculture, Art and Games Initiave (TAG) Open House Tomorrow

From the group at TAG (bits and pieces of gameCODE + fresh new members and initiatives):

Come to Hexagram – Concordia this Friday for the AbTeC – TAG – Interstices Labs Open House!

Who: The Technoculture, Art and Games initiative, along with the Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace (AbTeC) and Interstices Research Groups

What: an open house held jointly by three Hexagram labs conducting gaming research at Concordia University

When: 11AM – 2PM, Friday, February 13th

Where: EV-11.425 Hexagram – Concordia 1515 St. Catherine St. West, EV 11-455. Montréal, Québec. H3G 2W1

Why: to play cooperative multiplayer games (Left 4 Dead and Rock Band and more) on the two 42″ TVs, meet other nice people interested in games, and eat free food during your lunch hour!

Everyone is cordially invited to come play games, chat, and eat good food during their lunch hour as we break in the new Technoculture, Art and Games space at Hexagram – Concordia. We will have a number of cooperative multiplayer games available, including Left 4 Dead and Rock Band, as well as independent games such as Facade. In the Hexagram Projection Room the Interstices group will be displaying their most recent work to the public. Finally, we will also be accepting donation of gaming-related swag, so please bring your game-inspired art, posters, toys, retail standees, etc. for future decoration of the space!

Gamma 3D Event

Book Launch Article

A quick update to say that the book launch on Oct 7th for Growing Up Online: Young People and Digital Technologies went really well. Set up as a workshop/presentation of the contents of the book (then wine and cheese afterwards), there was a good showing of interested people. The Concordia Journal also did an interview with Shanly Dixon and a write up of the event/book.

IGDA Montreal Chapter Meeting

When: Wednesday, November 5th @ 7:00pm
Where: The SAT, 1195 St.Laurent

Presentation:

“Design Postmortem: Social Mechanics of Spore”
by Alex Hutchinson – Creative Director, EA

Complete event information and description available online:
http://www.igda.org/montreal/archives/2008/10/november_5th_sp.html

Print out our snazzy promo poster and pin it up
at work to help promote the event:
http://www.igda.org/montreal/poster/IGDA-Montreal_Nov05-08_Spore.jpg

Upcoming GameCODE Meeting

The next gamecode meeting will be this Friday Oct 24th from 11-1 pm. 
A/V room next to H-1120 in the Hall Building.

From 11-12 or thereabouts we will have a special brainstorming session
on games studies and the Wii.

Following this free-for-all brainstorming session will be a short
administration meeting

Quick Reminder

Today is the book launch for Shanly Dixon & Sandra Weber’s “Growing Up Online: Young People and Digital Technologies.”

Hope to see you there!