CYBORGS OF THE WEB: AN INTRODUCTION TO 3D MODELLING WITH BLENDER

CYBORGS OF THE WEB: AN INTRODUCTION TO 3D MODELLING WITH BLENDER

Instructor: Anna Eyler
When: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 from 13h30 – 16h30
Where: Concordia University, EV 10.730
Who: T&M Members

“A cyborg is a cybernetic organism, a hybrid of machine and organism, a creature of social reality as well as a creature of fiction.”

-Donna Haraway, “A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-. Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century”

In her landmark essay, “A Cyborg Manifesto”, Donna Haraway speaks of the cyborg as a being that breaks down boundaries between human and animal, animal/human and machine, and physical and non-physical. For Haraway, the cyborg is our contemporary state of being and our politics. In this workshop, participants are invited to consider how the metaphor of the cyborg enriches our discussions of virtuality and embodiment.

This three-hour workshop will provide an introduction to Blender: a professional, open-source software for 3D modelling, rendering, and animation. Using Blender, participants will have the opportunity to create their own cyborgian entity using models from the Thingiverse. A brief discussion of Blender materials, lighting systems, and image rendering will be also provided.

Prerequisites: Blender is an open-source software compatible with Mac, Linux, and PC computers. Each participant should bring a laptop with the software installed as well as a mouse with a scroll wheel (some mice will be available to borrow for the duration of the workshop).

Limited space available. Registration on a first-come, first-served basis.

Please e-mail textiles.materiality@concordia.ca to register for the workshop.