UPDATE
Important message to the Hexagram community
Following the institutional guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Hexagram office will be temporarily closed and all staff will be working remotely. Additionally, all residencies related activities (work on site, loan and return of equipment) are suspended until Fall 2020.
NEWS AND ACTIVITIES
News
New episodes on the REC podcast series
REC met with Patricia Leavy, editor of the Handbook of Arts-Based Research (Guilford Press, 2018) and Louis-Claude Paquin, professor at the École des médias UQAM, to ask them six questions on the emergence, definition, methodologies, challenges and future of research-creation.
Dr. Patricia Leavy is an independent sociologist, best-selling author and editor. She has published extensively in the field of qualitative and mixed methods research and is a leading proponent of Arts-Based Research (ABR). Using fiction-based research as one of her methods, she has published critically acclaimed novels, including the Candy Floss Collection, a 2020 edition of three of her previous social fiction books.
Events
La Grande Nuit 2020 : Voix / Immersion
29 février 2020
Agora Hydro-Québec (175 ave. Président-Kennedy CO-R500)
De 19 h à 1h. Entrée libre.
Pour une deuxième année consécutive, Hexagram accueille la Grande Nuit, un événement alliant art sonore et immersion présenté sur le dispositif de diffusion à 32 haut-parleurs d'Hexagram. Cette année, le Groupe de Recherche en Médiatisation du Son (GRMS) s'associe à Chants Libres, compagnie lyrique de création et à la Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) pour présenter cette édition de la Grande Nuit sous le thème VOIX/IMMERSION.
Members news
Nopimik wins a NUMIX Award - relève étudiante
Congratulations to the collectif KHUBE, a team composed of master's degree students in digital creation from UQAT, Hexagram members, who won, on June 15, the prize of the "Relève étudiante" for their project Nopimik at the NUMIX Awards ceremony, broadcasted online.
HEXAGRAM NETWORK
SCIENTIFIC ORIENTATIONS
Research-creation
Research-Creation is a developing research trend in Canada’s academic milieu, linking the interpretive disciplines (humanities and social sciences) with creative ones (art and design). This involves the creation of knowledge in and through creative material and performative practice.
Research axis
The 2014-2020 research program is centered on three axes: (1) Senses, Embodiment and Movement; (2) Materiality; (3) Ubiquity. These axes reflect the changing landscape of media arts, design and technology research with the inclusion of researchers from sociology, art history, anthropology, game studies, philosophy and communication/media studies in addition to artists and designers into the network.
DOCUMENTARY CHANNELS AND PUBLICATIONS
Hexa_Wave and Hexagram original creations
A 48-episode radio series presenting 48 Hexagram researchers in 1-hour interview format. Hexa_Wave objective is to promote Hexagram research within the scientific community and to the general public. Hexa_Wave will be available in podcast format directy on Hexagram website and will also be broadcast on wikiradio.ca and on CKUT.ca.
Hexagram Podcasts
Recordings of Hexagram network activities are now available through podcasting. Access directly to an extensive collection of lectures and discussions captured from Distinguished speaker series, Hexa_out, L.A.S.E.R., Workshop and Symposium. Subscribe for free via iTunes to receive new recordings.
