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After a hiatus of four years, Maker Faire has returned to Montreal with all cylinders firing. Held at Concordia University’s downtown campus and co-hosted by Concordia’s Milieux Institute for Art, Culture and Technology, the Montreal Mini Maker Faire (November 16 and 17) will feature over 70 exhibitors, workshops, performances and talks.
Capping off the weekend will be the first-ever international academic conference on maker cultures, bringing some of the top experts on maker culture together to chart a course to study the impact of makers worldwide.It’s no surprise that a city renowned for its digital and performing arts would field an incredible cohort of makers. The Montreal Mini Maker Faire is bringing together our robust network of maker spaces both inside and outside of schools, cutting-edge artists and designers like Daily Tous Les Jours, STEM-focused groups like Kids Code Jeunesse, and experimental biotextile wizardry like the Bucci dress team. The Faire is sponsored by Concordia University, Epilog Laser, Brault & Bouthillier, and Arche Innovation. Tickets are free, but reserving tickets is recommended.
Here are a few of the exhibitors that the Montreal faire’s organizers are particularly looking forward to checking out.
Epilog laser: Taking laser cutting to the limit
Epilog laser makes laser engraving, cutting, and marking machines that are used by artists and manufacturers for intricacy and precision across a wide range of mediums. Epilog will be at the Faire alongside several artists who have used their printers as part of their large and small scale sculptural work.
Pavitra Wickramasinghe’s paper installations (shown in image) have used Epilog’s laser cutters to stunning effect. Sarah Givens has used Epilog’s technology in creating her large-scale outdoor sculptural installations and immersive experiences that have been exhibited at music and art festivals.Kids Code Jeunesse
Kids Code Jeunesse is a national organization born in Montreal that brings digital skills and computational thinking to communities in lots of ways — schools, libraries, workshops, and festivals. At the Faire, they plan to show off a project that they love to do with kids, using low-tech home materials and driven by some very accessible computer code.
They’ll run a booth with a table-top basketball game and invite families to “step right up!” and play it, tinker with it and see how it works, then tweak the game by themselves–and maybe even build their own copy of it in a few minutes. The ingredients are simple: aluminum foil, a cup, some basic circuitry parts, and a Micro:bit microcontroller.
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