WhiteFeather will co-lead the workshop, The Monstrous Witch – A Manifesto, with Grace Brooks and Rachel King, as part of the upcoming Monsters conference hosted by The University of Western Australia’s Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies Limina, in partnership with ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions and Department of […]

Industrial Waste/ Microbial Bioremediation workshop Dates/ Times: December 5 from 1-4pm & December 7 from 1-2:30pm Instructor: WhiteFeather Hunter with Alex Bachmayer, technical assistant Day 1 will introduce participants to techniques used to culture soil microbes found in ambient soil samples, as well as to soil inoculation techniques using a special species of bacteria known […]

Bacterial BioPigments Master Class This two-day Master Class, taught by WhiteFeather, a multiple-award winner and grant recipient, holding an Master of Fine Arts in Fibres and Material Practices from Concordia University will introduce non-scientists (artists) to the bioart practice of culturing bacteria to work creatively with them as biomedia. This workshop is co-hosted by […]

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WhiteFeather will lead a two-part workshop on Bacterial Biopigments as part of Studio XX’s 2018-2019 programming on Invisible Labour. Thursday, June 14th from 6pm to 9pm & Saturday, June 16th, from 1pm to 4pm 10 participants maximum $20 | To register email ateliers@studioxx.org Location: Speculative Life BioLab, Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology at […]

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WhiteFeather recently led a three-part zine-making workshop series for the Textiles and Materiality Research Cluster at the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology. These workshops, offered to members of the cluster, were towards publishing a cluster-sponsored zine on Critical Materiality, an in-house publication that will be printed on a Risograph by Jessica Bebenek at […]

This workshop, held exclusively for the Speculative Life Research Cluster’s Ethnography Lab research group, Montreal Waterways, will look to bacteriological analysis of soil samples. These samples, collected from the (now destroyed) historical Village des Tanneries, will complement the ethnographic study conducted by the group. Workshop date and time: Thursday, December 14, 3:30-5pm Led by: WhiteFeather […]

As part of Maker Week with Matt Ratto (University of Toronto), which took place at the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology at Concordia University from October 23-27, workshop participants visited the Speculative Life BioLab to engage with the theme of Quantifiable Self through microbiology. Each participant cultured their own microbiome, which was then […]

Vibrio fischeri bioluminescent bacteria grown by WhiteFeather in the lab.

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This workshop series, led by WhiteFeather and assisted by Marc Beaulieu, introduced participants to laboratory work in genetic modification and bacterial culture, for use in artistic production. Workshop Day 1: Prepping competent cells Workshop Day 2: Plasmid Transformation Workshop Day 3: Amplifying Cells Workshop Day 4: Bacterial dyeing and printing Due to the popularity […]

June 19, 1-4pm WhiteFeather will co-teach Introduction to E-textiles with Joanna Berzowska, Associate Dean of Research, at Concordia University. This specialized workshop is offered to a District 3 (D3) cohort of undergraduate and graduate students working under Joanna Berzowska in the development of a new research project.

VERNISSAGE AND EXHIBITION OF MEDIA ARTS FOR FAMILIES Saturday June 10, 2017 | From 2 PM to 4 PM @ STUDIO XX – 4001, Berri (corner of Duluth) space 201 Studio XX invites you to discover all the projects produced in the workshops of Media art for families, activities that took place from […]

Bioart Fun with Physarum – co-taught by Sarah Choukah, Tristan Matheson and WhiteFeather The workshop will feature an introduction to bioart using the unicellular organism, Physarum polycephalum (slime mold). Participants will build basic electronic circuits using live and colourful Physarum. They will also be invited to build a maze and document the Physarum‘s feeding habits […]

Do-it-together Incubator Workshop is a chance to learn how to hack electronic components from disused PCs and muck them together with other new components to build functional incubators for bacterial culture! In the 3 hour session we will work in teams to design and build 3 separate incubators for use in the lab. All materials […]

Cellulose forms the base structure of all plant forms, and can be generated independently as a biomaterial for many different applications for 3D construction. Workshop participants will be introduced to the formula and process of growing their own cellulose from kombucha SCOBY, and discuss current and potential future uses of this durable material in art […]

WhiteFeather recently participated in a workshop on Gendered Experiences of Technology with German artist, Cornelia Sollfrank. The workshop, hosted by Studio XX, included an introduction to the feminist methodology of Consciousness Raising, including experiential knowledge sharing via lived/ acquired expertise amongst the women present. UNLOCK: GENDERED EXPERIENCES OF TECHNOLOGY Tuesday, April 4th 2017, from 6PM […]

WhiteFeather recently participated in an intensive field research/ workshop/ creation project with Jamie Allen of Shift Register. “SHIFT REGISTER is a research project investigating how human media, technological and infrastructural activities have marked the earth… The earth has been transformed into a ‘planetary laboratory’ subject to further study, control and comprehension. Knowledge of these interactions […]