{"id":2027,"date":"2014-02-01T21:17:59","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T21:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archee.uqam.ca\/?p=2027"},"modified":"2022-12-01T21:18:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T21:18:11","slug":"fevrier-2014-into-the-midst-of-the-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archee.uqam.ca\/fevrier-2014-into-the-midst-of-the-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"F\u00e9vrier 2014 – Into the Midst of the Edge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
It may seem to be an oxymoron but, on the contrary, \u201cbeing in the midst of the edge\u201d has been the constant condition that made our project possible. Considering the centrality of the margin has been one of the threads, a red thread, leading all the discussions, experimentations and experiences of the event Into the Midst: Immersion <\/em>~<\/em> Emergent<\/em>. After months of preparation, the project took place in October 2012 in Montreal, where 26 people of the SenseLab (Concordia University) gathered for a week-long residency at the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT). This residency culminated with a final public event on the last day, October 22. <\/p>\n\n\n\n During the entire process, questions of space, particularly in relation to the notions of margin, centre, interior and exterior space, emerged from our discussions. First, we met through online communication technologies, holding regular Skype meetings and exchanging information on a web collaboration platform. Readings and discussions were supposed to open up a collective process, or as discussed by Arakawa and Gins, a landing site. A site of landing, a point of contact, of folding and unfolding possibilities between us and the space we were working in, an \u201corganism-person-environment1<\/sup>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n