General Lectures & Workshops

 (Parenthesis) is an idea cafe investigating the future Art, Media and Design University

Curious about cultural practice, or the future of Emily Carr? We serve up ideas, not drinks!

(Parenthesis) investigates the role Emily Carr plays in community and public life. You are our community, whether you studied here or not, whether you studied academically or not, whatever your age or inclination, and we invite your ideas, input and inquiry. 

The One Edge Reading Series presents Daniel Heath Justice and Jeremy Tankard.

Join Emily Carr University of Art + Design in welcoming acclaimed writer David Campany for his lecture Photography Between Page and Wall. 

The Print Media area presents Patrick Mahon Towers, Shipwrecks and Printed Allegories.

Patrick Mahon is an artist, curator and teacher/academic; he has been a faculty member in Visual Arts at Western University, London, Ontario, since 1995. His work includes print-based projects that engage with historical and contemporary aspects of printmaking, and involves responding to gallery and museum collections as well as establishing community-based art initiatives.

Material Matters is cohosting the next Hardware Startups Vancouver meetup. Participants will hear informative and exciting stories from three local founders of hardware and embedded systems startups.

The feature talk will be presented by Paul Banwatt, author of the 3D printing law blog – Law in the Making. 

Paul Banwatt (previously an associate at Gilbert's LLP, Paul is now working directly with start-up firms in the 3D technology industry. Author and co-founder of the 3D printing law blog Law in the Making) 

Nikolas Badminton will identify and discuss some of the opinions and trends that will dominate the landscape in relation to people, businesses and things in 2014. Everything from the maker movement, healthcare, the quantified self, the Internet of things, holacracy, amoeba management and more will be covered.

Methods & Machines Print Forum presents an evening for attendees to meet with production facilities and see a multitude of professional grade 3D Printers in the market and in Vancouver's 3D print industry.

Matthew Peters will present Vancouver's Largest 3D Printer. Precision NanoSystems will provide information on industrial product application of 3D printing for development of nanomedicine.

Come join the Material Matters team as we convene for an evening of creative processes, open discussions and idea sharing on the topic of 3D Printing.

What the Hell is an Artist Publication? aims to foster discussion around defining art objects and publications by focusing on publications that push the boundaries of form and distribution.

The exhibition is comprised of publications from the past and present, and also considers future trends, whose inclusion in the realm of art publishing can present challenges. Works in the exhibition are diverse and include periodicals by artistic collectives, the radio performance of Orson Wells “War of the Worlds”, self-referential online video Vlogs, and Net-Art; examples which emphasize the conventions of their medium and/or publishing and that may or may not meet current requirements of definition.