SUBTLE TECHNOLOGIES
FESTIVAL 2018


Subtle Technologies is pleased to announce our 2018 Festival program, We ++. We++ makes inquiries into cultural heritage, ancestry, hybrid identities and virtual environments with four interrelated events – two keynote presentations, an architectural scale new media installation and a digitally oriented workshop series. The program playfully examines virtual place-making in game interfaces and genetic databases as a means for decolonization and reconciliation through disparate modes of (re)presentation.


WorkshopVR Programming for Youths



As part of Subtle Technologies’ 2018 festival program, We++,  we are pleased to announce a day-long workshop series exploring virtual landscapes and self-representation in diverse cyberspaces presented in partnership with
Gamma Space and Hand Eye Society. This five-hour session will mentor participants in dialogue systems for interactive digital spaces with three established technology and art professionals: Cale Bradbury (Net Grind Games), Phil Schleihauf (Ones and Zeros), and Jonathan Carrol (Tough Guy Mountain).

Date:
 Saturday, December 8, 2018
Time: 12:00 – 5:00 pm
Location: Gamma Space, Toronto Media Arts Centre, 32 Lisgar St
Price: $10 registration fee

Requirements: Your own laptop with Unity preinstalled (download link)

For registration and for further information (including press inquiries), please contact:

Keiko Hart
Artistic Director, Subtle Technologies
programming@subtletechnologies.com
www.subtletechnologies.com


Keynote Lecture #1



DECOLONIZING (≠ RECONCILING): Science, Technology, and Indigenous Relations

Presenter: Dr Kim TallBear
Respondant: Dr Ashok Mathur

Presented in partnership with OCAD University

Date: Friday, October 19, 2018
Time: 6pm – 9pm (with concluding reception)
Location: OCAD University, 100 McCaul St, Toronto, Room 190 (Auditorium)


Keynote Lecture #2



Gene Drift: White Nationalism, Hybrid Identities
and Panic Ancestry

Presenter: Dr Arthur Kroker
Respondant: Pamela Edmonds

Presented in partnership with Ryerson University School of Performance: Faculty of Communication & Design

Date: Saturday, October 20, 2018
Time: 6pm – 9pm (with concluding reception)
Location: Ryerson University, Rogers Communication Center, 80 Gould St, Toronto, Room 204


Installation: No Choice About the Terminology



No Choice about the Terminology

By Jason Edward Lewis

Presented in partnership with Ryerson University School of Performance: Faculty of Communication & Design

Date: Saturday, October 20, 2018
Time: 6pm – 11pm
Location: Ryerson University, Rogers Communication Center, Northern Entrance (Across from Pitmann Hall)


For additional information, please contact programming@subtletechnologies.com