Critical Media Lab

The Nature of Experiment
2019-04-08 09:30 - 17:00 UTC | Hagey Hall, 200 University Avenue, Waterloo, N2L 3G1, Canada
THE NATURE OF EXPERIMENT: INTELLIGENCE, LIFE, AND THE HUMAN
Mary Shelley’s famous invocation of human experimentation gone wrong is 200 years old, but remains as vibrant an analysis of the human implication of scientific insight as it did when it was first published; perhaps more so in an age on the verge of breakthroughs in both AI and bioengineering. This conference will approach the intersections of intelligence, life, and the human from a unique perspective, through the concept and practice of the “experiment,” both today and in the past.

Since the incorporation of the Royal Society in the 1660s, the experiment has been a central locus of both knowledge creation and design in our cultures and societies. Poets, engineers, scholars, entrepreneurs, and scientists all conduct experiments, and have done so for centuries. Today, experiment embraces information and data in new ways to create a host of new devices and vehicles. In this era of emerging AI, it is timely to ask practitioners in all these fields to reflect on what it means to “experiment.”
Sponsored by the Waterloo Centre for German Studies, Faculty of Arts, Department of Philosophy, and Department of English Language and Literature.
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Infrastructure at Play - Winter 2019 Exhibition
2019-04-03 16:00 - 19:00 | Critical Media Lab, 151 Charles St. West, Kitchener, ON
Join us for Infrastructure at Play, the annual Critical Media Lab exhibition featuring projects developed independently and in classes.
Featured in the show are Fine Arts students taught by Dr. Jessica Thompson (Fine Arts), Dr. Dan Vogel (Computer Science), Dr. Lois Andison (Fine Arts), Dr. Rob Gorbet (Knowledge Integration), as well as English students taught by Dr. Lai-Tze Fan.
Also, a live performance led by Matthew Borland of the University of Waterloo Tape Music Club will be held at 6PM!

This event is catered and licensed.

Salon Talk: "Talking Trash" with Lai-Tze Fan and Sabine Weber
2019-03-27 17:00 - 19:00 | Critical Media Lab, 151 Charles St. West, Kitchener, ON
