Studio Models and Working Processes

Upcoming event – March 2, 2016

THE POST IMAGE RESEARCH CLUSTER PRESENTS:
ANDREAS RUTKAUSKAS + THOMAS KNEUBÜHLER IN CONVERSATION: STUDIO MODELS AND WORKING PROCESSES

WEDNESDAY MARCH 2, 2016 @ 6:00 pm

Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology
Concordia University
1515 Saint Catherine Street W.
EV Building, Room 10.715

In conjunction with his exhibition Borderline presented at the FOFA Gallery from February 20 to April 8, Andreas Rutkauskas will engage in a conversation with Thomas Kneubühler about studio models and the resulting research process. An MFA graduate of Concordia University and former faculty member in the Studio Arts Department, Rutkauskas recently relocated to the Rocky Mountains to take on the role of Photography Facilitator at The Banff Centre. Rutkauskas will discuss how this change of location and facilities has influenced both his research and his working process, and led to an exhibition developed and produced on site at the Banff Centre as well as at the Post Image Cluster here at Concordia. Kneubühler will talk about VIA in Basel, Switzerland, an open studio model where space and equipment are shared, and the collaborations which resulted out of it.

IMG_20160127_150654_600Pocket Hints, letterpress edition of 200. Reproduction of a U.S. Customs brochure from 1981 found in the abandoned border crossing in Houlton, Maine.

Andreas Rutkauskas’ artistic approach focuses on the effect of a range of technologies on the perception, development, and exploi- tation of landscapes. Through the use of photography, video, and mapping, his recent projects address the impact of Internet-based research on wilderness recreation, cycles of industrialization and deindustrialization in Canada’s oil patch, and the subtle technologies used to survey the Canada/US border.

His work has been exhibited in solo and group contexts nationally and abroad including at Oslo8 Contemporary Photography in Basel, Switzerland, Gallery 400 in Chicago, and TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary. His project «Virtually There» was featured in the 14th edition of Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, and he was a recent finalist for the Gabriele Basilico International Prize of Architecture and Landscape Photography.

www.andreasrutkauskas.com

Thomas Kneubühler’s current projects deal with Canada’s far North, where he investigates how technology and the extraction of natural resources effect the people and the land. Originally from Switzerland, he has been living in Montreal since the year 2000, where he com- pleted a MFA at Concordia University in 2003. His projects have been presented in exhibitions in both Europe and North America, among others at the Musée d’art contemporain (2011), Centre culturel canadien, Paris (2012), the Centre Pasquart Bienne (2014), the Manif d’art 7, Québec (2014), and the Videonale.15 at the Kunstmuseum Bonn (2015). In 2011 he was awarded the Pratt & Whitney Canada Prize of the Conseil des arts de Montréal, and in 2012 the Swiss Art Award by the Ministry of Culture Switzerland.

www.thomaskneubuhler.com


Pecha Kucha evening

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On November 25 we held our first event in the context of Research Activities – members of the Post Image cluster presented their ongoing research in the format of speedy Pecha Kucha presentations under 7 minutes. Presenters included Jessica Auer, David K. Ross, Raymonde April, Velibor Božović, Celia Perrin Sidarous, Katie Jung, Thomas Kneubühler. A great evening.

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Open Lab Day

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.


Posted by on October 15th, 2015

Open Lab Day on Wed October 14th

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).


Post Image Lab – what has changed?

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

 

 


Open again on August 17

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!


Changes at the DI-Lab

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:

 


Invoicing day is now on Thursday

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.


Portable equipment: schedule change for pickup/returns

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.


Posted by Scott on March 12th, 2015