[spectre] Responsive Architectures Symposium 6/1~4, Toronto

Subtle Technologies publicity at subtletechnologies.com
Wed May 24 23:09:57 CEST 2006


RESPONSIVE ARCHITECTURES:
 9th Annual Subtle Technologies Festival
 June 1-4, 2006, Toronto
 Tickets online at http://subtletechnologies.com
 
 * Symposium
 Leading practitioners of architecture, art, design, engineering and
sciences come together to explore Responsive Architectures. Keynote lecture
by Steven Vogel, author of the pioneering text 'Life in Moving Fluids'.
Topics include interactive performance, psychoacoustics, smart materials,
Œintelligent¹ buildings, biomechanics, and more.
 
 * Film
 Aboriginal Architecture Living Architecture by Paul M. Rickard This
³visually stunning² documentary reveals how seven First Nation communities
are reinterpreting and adapting traditional forms.
 
 * Exhibitions
 - Interaccess presents Œscale¹, an exhibit focusing on nanotechnology with
installations by AELab, John Storrs Hall, Philip Beesley,Will Elsworthy
-Artist Nancy Nisbet inventories all her personal possessions, marks them
with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags and comes to Subtle
Technologies to trade them away. Bring yours to trade.
  
 * Workshop
 ***** SOLD OUT *****
 The Canadian Design Research Network (CDRN) Parametric Design Workshop
concentrates on modeling, form finding, and fabrication.
 
 To register: http://subtletechnologies.com
 Subsidies for students and the underemployed.
 VOLUNTEER for free admission:  Contact volunteering at subtletechnologies.com
 
 Partners: soundaXis, InterAccess Media Arts Centre, Canada Design Research
Network, University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and
Design, University of Waterloo School of Architecture
 
 Supporters: Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage, Ontario Arts
Council Toronto Arts Council, Bentley Systems Inc.




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