Post Image Lab

It was a great turnout at the Post Image Open Lab yesterday. We enjoyed the opportunity to show to the visitors all the possibilities the lab offers.

We are holding an Open Lab Day on Wednesday October 14th, from 11 am to 3 pm.

If you are planning a project or just curious about the facilities or the research cluster, stop by at the Open Lab Day and meet our staff. We will be happy to show you our equipment, and answer questions you might have.

At 12:30 there will be an Lab Tour, which will give you an overview of the facilities and some information on the cluster (duration about 30 minutes).

Some things have changed since we said goodbye to the Digital Imaging Lab on June 30th 2015, others stayed the same when we opened again as the Post Image Lab in August. Most important, we still have the same equipment, and we are still open to all Faculty and Graduate Students.

Here the important changes:

– Portable Equipment: It is no longer possible to book portable equipment via PIR. Instead, you are asked to send a booking request to postimage@concordia.ca. For details see the section Make a Booking

– New staff: Velibor Božović and Jacques Bellavance have joint the team of technical staff. Everyone is under a small part-time contract, and our office hours are from Monday to Thursday 1-6 pm, or by appointment.

– Invoices for material usages: You will pay at the same location as before, at EV 11-455, which is now the office of the Institute. For the moment, it is not possible to pay with a card, only cash and cheques are accepted.

– Email: The general e-mail address is now postimage@concordia.ca

– Post Image Cluster: As previously announced, we are now part the new cross-faculty research centre, the Institute for Digital Arts, Culture and Technology – this is the biggest change. The Post Image Cluster will organize research activities, and some of them will take place in the lab. It has its own corner, with bookshelves, tables and a computer station.

– Kitchen: On the 11th floor, the kitchen and lounge is now open daily from 9 – 6. It can be accessed by all institute members, and it a great place to meet researchers from other clusters.

– Hexagram: We used to be part of Hexagram-Concordia, which evolved into the new Institute for Digital Arts, Culture and Technology. What is still very much alive is the Hexagram network for research-creation in media arts, and some cluster members are part of it.

Space of the Post Image Cluster at EV 10-715

Starting Monday August 17th, the lab will be again open, accessible  to all Graduate Students and Faculty from Fine Arts. A couple of things have changed since we closed for restructuring over the summer. Most important, we are now part the new cross-faculty research centre, the Institute for Digital Arts, Culture and Technology. While in the past we were mostly a place for production, we will now also focus on research activities. More to come!

Change is in the air at the Digital Imaging Lab. We will operate as usual until June 30, but starting July 1st, we will become part of the new research centre under the umbrella of the [X] Institute. We will use the summer for restructuring, and the lab will be closed from July 1st to mid August. We are planning to reopen again on Monday August 17, with  access for everyone (MFA students, Faculty etc).

+ the di-lab 10 years ago, May 3rd 2005:

The Digital Imaging Lab  will operate until June 30, 2015. After that date, the future is unknown. If you want to know what is at  stake, please read the Digital Imaging Lab Status Report from April 29, 2015.

For the latest updates go to www.twitter.com/chromira

Material usage invoices will now be added up and sent out on Thursday rather than Monday. Keep that in mind since there is a minimum charge of $ 10.00 per invoice.

If you don’t meet the minimum invoice cost by Thursday, it will not be invoiced for one more week to give you an opportunity to print more on the same invoice. After that, you will be invoiced regardless of the amount.

Please note that the hours for pickup and return for portable equipment have been reduced to the following time slots:

Monday to Friday from 9:30-11 am, 1-2 pm and 4-4:30 pm.

All equipment from the Digital Imaging Lab is still be picked up on the 10th floor. An exception are the Canon 5D cameras, which are now at the Centre for Digital Arts (CDA) 5th floor depot. They can be picked up and returned during the following hours:

Monday to Friday: 11 am-12 pm, 2-4 pm and Monday to Thursday: 7:30 – 8:30 pm

When you make a reservation on PIR, you will see these slots in the timeline.