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Function Keys 4 was presented by Centre[3] for Artistic + Social Practice. The conference took place from November 8 – 11, 2018 at a number of downtown locations, and included a series of talks, performances, workshops, exhibitions, and a makers’ showcase. Function Keys 4 aimed to explore contemporary ideas and issues in new technology and digital culture.
Now in the conference’s fourth year, we especially took note of the importance of including emerging artists, as well as artists who otherwise may not have the opportunity to show work elsewhere. Our goal was to reach communities that are both inside and outside of art spaces to ensure that the content of digital cultures, new media, and technologies are not isolated, but embraced and integrated with traditional art practices.
FK4 Speakers & Workshops
Tony Vieira is a musician, composer and media artist who creates immersive visual and sonic landscapes for mobile and locative media. He has composed original music scores for television, film, and interactive media, and has created augmented reality and alternate reality projects that have exhibited internationally. Tony holds an MA in Music Composition from York University where he is currently pursuing a PhD in Ethnomusicology and Digital Studies. He is a senior researcher with the York University Augmented Reality Lab and a Music Program tutorial instructor.
Tony Vieira is a musician, composer and media artist who creates immersive visual and sonic landscapes for mobile and locative media. He has composed original music scores for television, film, and interactive media, and has created augmented reality and alternate reality projects that have exhibited internationally. Tony holds an MA in Music Composition from York University where he is currently pursuing a PhD in Ethnomusicology and Digital Studies. He is a senior researcher with the York University Augmented Reality Lab and a Music Program tutorial instructor.
Nicole Clouston is a practice-based researcher currently completing her PhD in Visual Art at York University. In her practice she asks: What happens when we acknowledge, through an embodied experience, our connection to a world teeming with life both around and inside us? Nicole has exhibited across Canada in Montreal, Victoria, Edmonton, and Toronto. She is currently the artist in residence at the Coalesce Bio Art Lab at the University at Buffalo.
The Ecology of Mud: In this hands-on workshop members of the community will create sculptures that use mud as a medium in order to explore the life within it and our connection to it. Participants will be invited pick from fifteen samples of mud collected around Lake Ontario – including samples from Hamilton, Burlington, and Oakville – and place it into clear tubes along with nutrients that support microbial growth. When exposed to light, the microbial life in the sculptures will begin to grow, and with time, form vibrant marbling across the surface. Participants will be invited to take their sculpture home and experience its growth first-hand.
