This Saturday June 27th at 18h join us at Foulab in retro life with a view of BBS The Documentary. The series in eight episodes explores the world of the BBS all the way to it’s replacement by the internet. As an example of technological autonomy BBSs were crafted, operated, and moderated by the community for the community. They faced repression from the state and capital and prevailed in the pursuit of fun and profit. The practice of BBBs is in stark contrast with today’s commercial social media monopolies who sell users’ data on the market and provide it on request to the state.
In this interactive demonstration, Moldover will present his latest music and instrument creations, including The Robocaster Guitar, the prototype MC1 Voice-Controller, and the Light-Theremin CD packaging from his debut album.
About the Artist:
“A musician at heart, inventor born of curiosity, and innovator by necessity, I believe the world calls him the ‘Godfather of Controllerism’ for damned good reasons”.
-John Tackett, Crowd Wire
Moldover’s collected work is deep, diverse, and nearly impossible to summarize, but its essence shines clearly when you see the artist on stage delivering emotional and authentic performances with hybrid instruments of his own design. Explore his creations further and you’ll discover a cultural icon who invents new formats for interactive album artwork, cultivates collaboration by building elaborate jamboxes, and has inspired an entire generation of free-culture music-makers by openly sharing his methods and his madness.
–Moldover.com
Moldover’s Four Track - Documentary Video
Wednesday November 14th 2018 @ 19:30
Wednesday November 21st 2018 @ 19:30
Wednesday December 5th 2018 @ 19:30
Adobe Premiere 3-Part workshop: IMPORTANT: Your ticket is for Wednesdays 14th, 21st, and Dec 5th. Time: 7:30PM to 9:30PM - this is a three-part course.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN Want to upgrade from iMovie or Windows Movie Maker? Are you looking to edit social media content? Simply looking to edit video but don’t know where to start? Well this workshop is for you! Premiere is one of the most popular professional editing suites due to its wide range of features. In this three-part workshop, you will learn essential knowledge for working with video and audio in a video post-production environment such as the interface, media management, cutting techniques, and the tips, tricks and tools to get your project off the ground!
WORKSHOP PREREQUISITES Basic knowledge of using a computer and its operating system is essential (installing software, file management, file formats, etc). Basic understanding of digital audio and video is an asset. Please bring your own machine, with Adobe Premiere installed. Keep in mind the trial version here.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Ash Lo Russo is an independent animator working in Montreal. She specializes in motion graphics, composition, and video editing.
Tickets available here: Eventbrite NOTE: Student pricing ($120) is available at the door.
A Foulab administrative meeting will be held Monday June 22, at 19h.
November is here, and we are officially in the second year of our regular updates! Join the new events - participation is always welcome.
Debian & Stuff - Saturday November 2nd @ 10:00 - 17:00
It has happened - Debian & Stuff returns to FOULAB on the 2nd of November. An opportunity to chat Debian and the rare FOULAB open day - will you join it?
“Debian & Stuff” are informal gatherings of the local Debian community in Montreal to work on things related to Debian - or not. Come talk to us or work on an interesting project: everyone is welcome!
Wednesday Mesh Evening - Wednesday November 6th @ 19:00 - 22:00
The mesh networking struggle continues! Last month, we experimented with our first HaLow chips - this month, we’re looking to build links.
The Wednesday Mesh Evening is a Wednesday evening event dedicated to mesh networking in all its forms. From discussing it, researching and testing alternative network topologies, to practical exercises in deploying peer-to-peer infrastructure in FOULAB and around it.
As usual, kryma is hosting. Come build a new internet with us?
F0UL4B HACKERSPACE PROJECT NIGHT - Tuesday November 12th @ 20:00 - 22:00
Do you have four months’ worth of projects gestating on your shelf for too long? Are you craving a deadline to show your latest and greatest work in a big way? Good news for you, then - the project night is back.
The quarterly HACKERSPACE PROJECT NIGHT is an event dedicated to you - yes, you - and your projects. Bring your newest hobby in and show it off to an audience of hackers, or come in to watch what the rest of FOULAB has been cooking up. Either way, it’s going to be a creative blast.
Hosting the night is the legendary majir himself - folk tales say he wrote his own WASM compiler using a Lisp development environment and a can of beer.
Creative Recycling: Making Art with Scrap Material - Saturday November 16th & Sunday November 17th @ 19:00 - 22:00
Missed your chance in October? Creative Recycling returns for another round! Join the team and create some awesome sculptures with materials you got for free with food.
Creative Recycling is a semi-recurring workshop that shows how to creatively incorporate refuse plastic and aluminum into aesthetically pleasing sculpture. The workshop is entry level - students with no previous experience are welcome to attend.
Local artist stuntman (also known as @jonjonanimation) invites you to bring your creativity out. Turn your trash into treasure, today.
Warhammer Night 6 - Tuesday November 19th @ 20:00 - 22:00
Another Warhammer night! Join our lively mix of wargamers, sculptors, and 3D printers. Fight with your minifigures - or tune them up to be real fancy.
Warhammer Nights are a recurring event dedicated to the Warhammer series, and similar strategic tabletop wargames that we play over the course of an open night.
der_moderne_man invites you to fight once again - are you bad enough to take on the challenge?
FOULAB Monthly Meeting - Thursday November 21st @ 20:00 - 21:30
Last meeting was all about updates. An update on the museum and its wonderful new shelves, an update on the bathroom (being worked on). This time, let’s finish some infrastructure renovations.
This public night will have a special time slot for an organizational meeting. Join us to talk about FOULAB - make your voice heard on things that matter most.
Welding curious? - Saturday November 23rd @ 13:00 - 17:00
Always wanted to try arc welding, but the money and time commitment held you back? Worried about blinding yourself or burning the house down? Come on down and give it a try with us! We will thoroughly discuss welding safety, and explain the different arc welding processes. You’ll get to join weld some metal together and make a small project!
Required - wool, cotton or other fire resistant clothing that you don’t mind damaging. Long sleeves, long pants and closed footwear. Be ready to tie back long hair and remove dangling jewellery. Work boots not required but won’t hurt. We provide other PPE but you are welcome to bring your own. strawdog is hosting.
Killed by Dice Presents: Three Sixteen IV - Sunday November 24th @ 16:00 - 19:00
We return to another session of Three Sixteen - an easy game about being a space marine, and a guaranteed afternoon of fun for everyone participating.
This is a regular collaboration between the NDG tabletop roleplaying group Killed by Dice and FOULAB. RSVP to join us for a monthly open game - slots are limited.
With der_moderne_man playing as a ton of deadly aliens, Earth’s ambitious colonization project cannot advance without you. Join the crew!
Open-source HVAC/PPE afternoon hangout - Saturday November 30th @ 15:00 - 18:00
The first HVAC/PPE afternoon is officially a thing! Join fellow enthusiasts and talk about your achievements. Have you installed solar to passively cool your house in an eco-conscious way? Are you heating your apartment with a Bitcoin rig in the winter? Do you consider chemical warfare protection when choosing your wardrobe for the day? We want to hear it.
This is an experimental gathering with the aims to bring together people interested in air quality control, temperature regulation, and other atmospheric safety measures - whether on a scale of one person or a whole building. HVAC and PPE enthusiasts welcome - as is anyone who is interested in the topic.
June has come - and with it, the summer has started! Feeling the heat yet? That’s a fantastic new month the lab is cooking up.
Sunday Mesh Morning III - Sunday June 5th 9th @ 10:00 - 13:00
An ongoing exploration of mesh networking and decentralized infrastructure hosted by none other than kryma and the team.
Come join the crew - get mesh networking software on your laptop, and maybe even set a piece of lab infrastructure up!
Warhammer Night - Tuesday June 11th @ 19:00 - 21:00
A community of Warhammer enthusiasts is slowly assembling at Foulab. Seems those minis are just irresistible, huh?
Come join der_moderne_man’s charge to secure a little event for the tiny plastic soldier appreciators. 3D prints and plamods welcome!
FOULAB Monthly Meeting - Saturday June 15th @ 15:00 - 17:00
Meeting time! Let’s get some pizza going and discuss how the lab has been running so far. Make your voice heard - members, users, and the Foulab public is welcome and encouraged to attend!
Among topics to discuss are upcoming conferences and conventions, making the space all nice, and potential new projects to integrate into the lab.
Killed by Dice Presents: Three Sixteen - Sunday June 16th @ 16:00 - 19:00
der_moderne_man, Foulab’s resident game master and Killed by Dice operator, brings a Space Marine sort of adventure to the lab. Fight with honor and fulfil your duty as a citizen in a tabletop RPG heavily inspired by Starship Troopers. Enlist today on Eventbrite - spots are limited!
Wiki Night - Tuesday June 18th @ 20:00 - 20:30
The Wiki Night has been going great! Last time, we were connecting isolated pages to the main Foulab wiki graph. Want to do some documentation in a cool way? Join our documentation overlord eigma for the most fun 30 minutes you can have with a community-run encyclopedia.
Demonstration of Resilient Infrastructure Through Open Sessions (aka Infrastructure Night) - Tuesday June 25th @ 20:00 - 22:00
One system administrator is too little for a big thing like Foulab. You can be a system administrator, too! Join eigma and a few other interested parties as we train green rookies and pros alike to become hardened hackerspace maintainers.
Another event is to be announced later in the month.
May is upon us! Let’s start with a big announcement.
FOULAB Does Gamedev v1 - a month-long SMBX level design collab
With support of four generous sponsors, we are launching a month-long platformer game collab fest.
Your goal is simple. Make a level for a classic platformer game, the first work of the famous indie developer Redigit, Super Mario Bros. X.
You can download the game here. (A faithful Linux port with a lesser editor is available here, and a fan-made continuation lives on here )
Why make a level? Well, it has been agreed that for every unique Foulaber that makes a level*, each of the sponsors will pitch in $5 to the lab - a total of $20. Twenty dollars - and your mark on a grand piece of Foulab art. Want to support the space and flex your creative muscles in the meantime? Get making! Don’t want to do that? Get your friends making! We are situated in the ~UUDDLRLRBAStart channel in Mattermost.
(*donation extends up to a maximum of 20 participants involved)
The work will be released as a collab album later in the year.
Sunday Mesh Morning II - Sunday May 5th @ 10:00 - 13:00
kryma and the mesh team are up to their usual again. Join a team of ragtag enthusiasts and make computers talk to each other.
We will install Linux on new routers, and try to get a nice high-speed Foulab node for our local network project KULUPU. Join us?
Intro workshop for FOULAB Does Gamedev v1 - Tuesday May 7th @ 19:30 - 21:00
How do I join Foulab Does Gamedev? Can I make a level, too? What’s a mario?
Let’s answer those questions together - drop by our space with a laptop for a quick run-through of how to install the collab game, how to navigate the gameplay and the editor controls, and even how to make a small level yourself! Any OS welcome.
FOULAB Monthly Meeting - Saturday May 11th @ 15:00 - 17:00
An inside look at FOULAB’s kitchen awaits you at this meeting. Join as as we discuss administrative details and all sorts of nitty-gritty operation that keeps the lab running, and the nights open.
No need to be a member, or even register! Sit in and learn about the lab’s day-to-day - or make your opinions known!
Scrap Sculpture Workshop II - Tuesday May 14th @ 19:00 - 23:00
By popular demand, the sculpture workshop from February returns! stuntman, our local artist and part-time mech, presents another workshop on turning plastic scrap into art. Come and make something beautiful - walk-ins welcome!
Killed by Dice Presents: InSpectres - Sunday May 19th @ 16:00 - 19:00
Killed by Dice and der_moderne_man return with another banger. Have you ever seen Ghostbusters? Up for a light-hearted, hilarious tabletop RPG featuring a squad of paranormal exterminators out on a mission?
Meet up with old friends, connect with new ones. This is the perfect event for someone new to Foulab - or even to Montreal! Tickets are limited - register here if you’d like to attend!
Edited to amend: the correct date is May 19th, not 26th as mistakenly published before.
Wiki Night - Tuesday May 21st @ 20:00 - 20:30
FOULAB’s infrastructure operator and archivist eigma invites you for another wiki night - where we read the articles of the wiki of old, and write new ones as we see fit. Join our thirty-minute flow of information - let’s document the lab!
We’ll also be visiting OSHWA - a summit for open hardware artists and hobbyists taking place this month in Montreal. Swing by our booth!
