Educational Projects
International education forums, lectures, workshops, additional speaking engagements
‘Dobble Debate’ game workshop with Lynne Heller
2018
Art as a Catalyst? June 1, 2018, Hybrid Labs Symposium, Renewable Futures, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland.
Art practice: an exploration of alternative strategies, May 13, 2018, The Common Grounds: Learning from Contexts and Communities Theory and Practice Symposium, IKT Congress, Gdansk, Poland
First Nations, February 12, 2018, Water Peace Power, SCANZ 2018, Parihaka, New Zealand
2017
The Politics of Rejection, October 21, 2017, Digital Dramaturgy Lab, University of Toronto
Eco Art: art is life and life is embedded in nature, August 23, 2017, Balance Unbalance 2017 – A sense of place, i-DAT, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK.
First fifty – Next Fifty, July 4, 2017, The New and History @art & science 2017/ Leonardo 50th, Bologna, Italy
Leonardo: First fifty – Next fifty, June 22, 2017, PUC- Pontifical University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Physics Legacies: departures and returns at the department of physics with Aina Tulips, April 12, 2017, Cabinet Project, Art *Sci Salon, University of Toronto
An exploration of alternative art strategies, February 27, 2017, The Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Eco Art: art is life and life is embedded in nature, February 25, 2017, Te Uru, Auckland, New Zealand
Art & Sci & Technology Practice, January 10, 2017, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, US
2016
Environmental Water Sensing Workshop, May 16, 2016,Balance Unbalance 2016, May 16, 2016, Imagen Festival, Caldas University, Manizales, Colombia
Contemporary Art practice: an exploration of alternative strategies, May 10, 2016 Balance Unbalance 2016, Caldas University, Manizales, Colombia
Art as a Catalyst: Art & Science, Technology, May 13, 2016, Los Andes University, Bogota, Colombia
Interdisciplinary Perspectives, February 18, 2016, Otego Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand
2015
Art as a Bridge between art, science and technology November 20, 2018, Simbiosis2015, Pachuca, Mexico
Interdisciplinary art practice November 18, 2015, C3 Centro de Ciencias de la Complejida National Autonomous University Mexico City
Bridge Re-Create2015, November 5, 2015, Media Art Histories, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada Convener Nina Czegledy
Dobble Debate September 25-October 4, 2015 Transitio MX06 Mexico City
Centro National de las Artes, CENART
The transformation of Education: Alternative Options. September 15-16, 2015,Transformaking2015, International Summit on transformative and Critical Making Yogyakarta, Indonesia
The Value of Knowledge Transfer, August 14-19, 2015ISEA2015 21st International Symposium on Electronica Arts, , Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Media Art Realities, NORDIK2015, May 13-18, 2015, University of Iceland, Reykjavik Iceland
The Extension of Man May 19, 2015, Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavik Iceland
Aura/Aurora, Art & Science Collaborations, May 22, 2015 hosted by the Austrian Polar Research Institute and the Canadian Embassy to Austria, Durchaus Art Space, Vienna, Austria,
Technological Mediation and the Human Body, Body and Image in Discourse, April 13-18, 2015 Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Brazil
DIY Water Sensing – Thinking about water. March 27-29, 2015, Balance Un Balance 2015, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, US.
2014
Location, ISEA2014, October 30- November 8, 2014, 20th International Symposium on Electronica Arts, Dubai.
Body Encoded – The mystery of representation, September 1-3, 2014, CAC4 4th Computer Art Congress, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Social Innovation – Social Creativity, June 25-27, 2014, Ninth International Conference on the Arts in Society, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Syncretic Transcodings, May 7, 2014,Hexagram, Concordia University, Montreal
The Extensions of Man – Hacking the Body – Prosthetics, March 20, 2014, University of Brasilia, Brazil
Ability/Disability Jam, May 2, 2014 – collaboration between Technoculture, Art and Games lab (TAG) Concordia University, Montreal and Semaphore Lab, University of Toronto
Re-Framing Nature, March 18, 2014, University of Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Canadian Radical Art Movements in the first part of the 20th Century, February 20, 2014, Intermedia Faculty, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest
2013
SPLICE The Body Revealed at the Intersection of Art and Medicine, University of California San Diego November 14, 2013, San Diego, US
The Extension of Man, Extravagant Bodies Extravagant Age 2013, October 4-November, 2013 Klovićevi dvori Gallery organized by Kontejner, Zagreb, Croatia
Aura Aurora with Bettina Schuelke, October 20,2013 Schupfengaleria, Open Studios Festival, Herzogenburg, Austria
Paradigm shifts in media art/science education and practice. October 8-11, 20Renew: The 5th International conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technologies Riga, Latvia:
SPLICE At the Intersection of Art and Medicine – artist presentations September 24, 2013 LASER Leonardo Art and Science Evening Rendezvous, Levy Arts, New York, US
SPLICE At the Intersection of Art and Medicine September 23, 2013 NYU, New York
Hybrid Collaborations: Art, Science and Technology June 24-26, 2013, Eighth International Conference on the Arts in Society, Eotvos Lorand University Budapest, Hungary
Designing Social Systems for Social Change, March 15, 2013, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Art as a powerful bridge between facts and fantasy – walkabout, March 17, 2013 SPEKE, Circa Gallery Johannesburg
On Interdisciplinary Collaborations, June 19-21, 2013, Eleventh International Conference on New Directions in Humanities, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary
DIY Prosthetics. April 17, 2013, 12th Festival Internacional de la Imagen, Manizales, Colombia in collaboration with Semaphore Lab, University of Toronto
SPLICE: The Body Revealed at the Intersection of Arts and Medicine, March 13, 2013 Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg
SPLICE: Art& Medicine, February 26, 2013, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Environmental Art Activism from Europe, February 2, 2013, co-located presentations from 6 European countries at SCANZ2013, New Plymouth, New Zealand
2012
Visual Collider, Art as a Bridge… December 15, 2012, Mediamatic FABRIEK, Amsterdam
Visual Collider, Art as a Bridge… December 13, 2012, University of Leiden, Netherlands
Spectacle and Mediation: The Body Visualized with Andre Czegledy, October 3, 2012, @ Data is beautiful, Hungarian University of Fine Art, Budapest, Hungary
2011
On Collaborations: Visual Collider, September 14, 2011, ISEA 2011, Karakoy Communication Center Terrace, Istanbul, Turkey
Art as a Bridge: Visual Collider, September 9, 2011, Machfeld Studio, Vienna, Austria
Visual Collider, September 6, 2011, Enter Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Art as a Bridge, September 1, 2011, 2B Galeria, Budapest, Hungary
The Pleasure of Light Gyorgy Kepes and Frank J. Malina at the intersection of
Science and Art, April 39, 2011, Art & Science Conference, National Museum, Gdansk, Poland
Curatorial Models and Strategies in a Digital Age. March 24, 2011, Concordia University, Montreal
2010
The Pleasure of Light Gyorgy Kepes and Frank J. Malina at the intersection of
Science and Art, conference, September 3, 2010 Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Developing new space for public/private collaboration on the Internet of things.
Interactivos 10: Neighborhood Science, June 20, 2010, Medialab Prado, Madrid, Spain
Visual Collider – Destination Banff, March 11, 2010, Other Gallery, Banff, Canada
2009
On Art Research, December 8, 2009, Angels and Intersections, Biennale Kvadrilaterale (Quadrilateral Biennial, Rijeka, Croatia
Device Art in KIBU, international workshop, September 10, 2009, Kitchen Budapest, Hungary
On Art Research, March 8, 2009, Spanish Cultural Center, Santiago, Chile
Why Collaborate? Curatorial Perspectives with Annick Bureaud and Christianna Galanopoulou, October 28, 2009, e-MobileArt, European Mobile Lab for Interactive Media Artists Thessaloniki, Greece
2008
“Intricate Complexities: Art, Science and Technology – Collaborative Practices”
March 15, 2008, University Caxias do Sul, Brazil
Communication: Mapping time and Space in media art, workshop, March 29, 2008, Telefonica, Lima, Peru
2007
Sputnik, October 4, 2007, Toronto Aerospace Museum, Toronto, Canada
Inspired by Nikola Tesla – the Resonance Project, June 9, 2007, Tesla: Extra terrestrial Vibrations, Integratron, California, US
On Art Research, June 4, 2007, UCSD, San Diego, US
On Art Research, February 15, 2007, CAA, New York, US
New Media Art Education Initiatives, February 23, 2007 Arts Symposium 2007 New York, US
On Space Art, Jan 19, 2007, Ryerson University, Toronto
2006
November 9, 2006, SLSA Conference, New York, US
Resonance Electromagnetic Bodies co-curated with Louise Provencher, September 20, 2006, Maison europeanne de la photographie, Outsider Festival, Paris, France, 2006
Resonance Electromagnetic Bodies co-curated with Louise Provencher, May 5, 2006, V2_Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2006
Resonance Electromagnetic Bodies co-curated with Louise Provencher, January 26, 2006, Conde Duque Medialab, Madrid, Spain
2005
The Impact of Space on Society: Cultural Aspects, March 18, 2005, Millenaris Center, Budapest
2003
Investigations on the Edge with Luke Jerram, December 12, 2003, Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory, Sodankyla, Finland
Points of Entry, July 17, 2003, Arts Space, Sydney Australia
Contemporary Chinese art in Transitional City with Zhang Zhaohui, March 28, 2003,Digifest 2003: Electronic Cities, Design Exchange, Toronto, Canada
Dutch Cultural New Media, March 27, 2003, Digifest2003, Toronto, Canada
2002
Digitized Bodies Virtual Spectacles, February 20, 2002, City Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
When Robots Get Emotional with Norman White and Machiko Kusahara, April 8, 2002, The Japanese Canadian exchange project, Rivoli, Toronto, Canada
2001
Digitized Bodies Virtual Spectacles – International Symposium, October 26, 2001, French Institute, Budapest, Hungary
Curating New Media with Sara Cook, December 2, 2001, Arts Court Theatre, Ottawa, Canada
Crossing Over with Iliyana Nedkova, October 11, 2001, T E C H, the 2nd Toronto International Video Art and new Media Biennial, October Latvian House, Toronto
Teleamnesis, July 12, 2001, Faculty for Information Studies, University of Toronto, Canada
2000
The Mind’s Eye, August 25, 2000 Consciousness Reframed, Newport, UK
Serious Play: Dobble Debate events– an educational game about dis and different abilities in collaboration with Lynne Heller, and Judith Doyle, OCAD University
2017
December 13-19, 2017
Workshop @ University of Guanajuato, Mexico
June 10, 2017
Workshop @ ISEA 2017, Manizales, Colombia
2016
November 11, 2016
Workshop @ The Multimedia Cognition Art-Therapy International Conference
University of Guanajuato, Mexico
June 24, 2016
Presentation @ The 17th Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association, Bologna, Italy
March 30, 2016
Presentation @ ArtSci Salon/LASER Toronto
January 18, 2016
Presentation @ Research Rendezvous
OCAD University, Toronto
2015
November 18, 2015 – January 25, 2016
Exhibit @ OCAD U Continuing Studies Gallery
October 1 & 2, 2015
Workshop @ Transitio_MX 06, CANART, Mexico City
2014
May 24, 2014
Ability/Disability Jam, collaboration between Technoculture, Art and Games lab (TAG) Concordia University, Montreal and Semaphore Lab, University of Toronto
ISEA International – Education Forums
2017
The Value of Knowledge Transfer in Abya Yala, June 13, 2017 @ 22nd
International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Caldas University, Manizales, Colombia
2015
The Value of Knowledge Transfer, August 14-19, 2015 @ ISEA2015, 21st International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
2014
Location, October 30- November 8, 2014, ISEA2014, 20th International Symposium on Electronica Arts, Zayed University, Dubai
2013
The Role of Art Education in an Age of Ecological Crisis and the Globalization of Knowledge, June 14, 2013 @ ISEA2013, 19th International Symposium on Electronica Arts, Sydney, Australia Education workshop organized in partnership with MCA and the National Institute for Experimental Art at COFA, UNSW. Workshop Leaders Nina Czegledy and Paul Thomas.
2012
Breaking Tradition: Rethinking the Economy of Learning September 23 @18th International Symposium on Electronica Arts, Manizales Colombia
2011
Brain Drain- Brain Gain, September 16, 2011 @ 17th International Symposium on Electronica Arts, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
2010
The Future of Education, August 23, 2010 @ 16th International Symposium on Electronica Arts, Dortmund, Germany
Leonardo Education Forum 2007-2011
2011
Transdisciplinary Research at the Intersection between Art, Science and Culture, with Paul Thomas, September 27, 2011@ Rewire 2011 The Fourth International Conference on the Histories of Media, Art, Science and Technology, John Moores University Art & Design Academy, Liverpool, UK
2010
Educational Research and New Modes of Knowledge Transfer, September 6, 2010 @ Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria – In collaboration with Daniela Reimann and Angelika Plank, Head of the Department of Art Education, University of Art and Industrial Design, Linz, Austria
2009
The Role of Research in media art & science & technology; The role of Curricula: Mapping the terrain; The role of Institutions: Institutional / Organizational Capacities and Benchmarks, November 26, 2009 @ Re:live 2009, Third International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology, Melbourne Australia
New Media Interdisciplinary Knowledge Transfer – Alternative Options, November 8, 2009 @ Amber09 International Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
At the Crossroads of Media Arts&Science and Technology Education in the 21st Century, September 4-5 2009 @ ARS Electronica 2009, University of Art and Industrial Design, Linz, Austria
The Role of Research in media art & science & technology; The role of Curricula: Mapping the terrain; The role of Institutions: Institutional / Organizational Capacities and Benchmarks, August 29, 2009 @ ISEA2009, 15th International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Belfast, Ireland
Media Arts & Science and Technology: Challenging Responsive Education, July 30, 2009, Venice, Italy in collaboration with Daniela Reimann @ 4th International Conference on the Arts in Society@ 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Education in the Latin American context, April 23, 2009 @ 8th International Festival de la Imagen, Caldas University, Manizales, Colombia
2008
Art& Science & Media Art Education: A discourse on initiatives. November 8-10, 2008 @ MutaMorphosis: Challenging Arts and Sciences, 2008 Prague, Czech Republic
At the crossroads of media Arts &Science and Technology, September 7, 2008 @ ARS Electronica 2008, Linz, Austria
At the Crossroads of Media Arts&Science and Technology: Education in the 21st Century – What is to be done? July 27, 2008 @ ISEA2008, 14th International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Nanyang Technological University’s School of Art, Singapore
Introductory public meeting: the Leonardo Education Forum, April 16, 2008, Introducing LEF and YOLE, Student Session, April 17, 2008 @ 7th. Festival Internacional de la Imagen, University of Caldas, Manizales, Colombia
Augmented Reality/Mixed Reality, 1st LEF Brazilian workshop, March 18-19, 2008 @ FILE 2008/ Electronic Language International Festival, Santander Cultural Center, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2007
Intersections of Art, Education and Technology Plenary session August 21-24, 2007 @ The Second International Conference on Arts in Society @ documenta12, 2007, Kassel, Germany
At the crossroads of Media Art, Technology and Education, November 14, 2007 @ Re: place 2007, The Second International Conference on the Histories of Media, Art, Science and Technology, Berlin, Germany