Valérie d. Walker aka Val TeQiiGaL is a radio-loving force of nature, alchemist, trans-media artist, curator, educator & faculty researcher @ TAG*/Hexagram-Fine Arts Research Facilities at Concordia University in Montréal, V teaches in the TAG-Maker space and explores tactile, wearable gaming interfaces. Leading XXFiles for 16+ years, Val TeQiiGaL! produces & hosts XX Files, the longest running feminist community radio show in Canada’s online digital archive: Matricules. V’s art-work blends analogue and digital medias, craft, circuits, environmentally beneficial processes, tactility, solar power, memory & storytelling in an Afro-Futuristic Griot-style. Valérie exhibits Trans-Media & Performative Installation art works in Canada and internationally and teaches software & surface design, material processes, fibres, computational arts (programming & electronics), radio, digital media & studio arts at all levels. V has a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (S/W&H/W) from the University of California at Berkeley & MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University (NSCAD U.) in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her volunteer experience with artist run centres is diverse, currently V is an artist member of ELAN (english language arts network) – Québec’s, advisory board.
Thursday June 9th, 2016 | 6 PM @ STUDIO XX – 4001, Berri (corner Duluth) space 201 Suggested donation: 2$, *FREE* for members Studio XX will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the XX Files Radio Show by setting up a radio show in our studio, hosted by the…
The HTMlles Festival 2014 Bobbi L. Kozinuk (Vancouver) and Valérie d. Walker (Montreal) PERFORMANCE OBORO (4001, Berri . Metro: Mont-Royal / Sherbrooke) Free entrance Saturday, November 8, 7PM + Friday, November 14, 7:30 PM The artists, as Trans-Futonik Griots* Guides, will move around the building carrying…
The HTMlles Festival 2014 Jenny Lin (Montreal), Alisha B. Wormsley (Pittsburgh), Angela Gabereau (Montreal), Bobbi L. Kozinuk (Vancouver), micha cárdenas (Toronto), Gaby Cepeda (Lima), Valérie d. Walker (Montreal), Lisa E. Harris (Houston), Émilie Gervais (Marseille), Faith Holland (New York), Jessica MacCormack (Montreal) and Coral Short (Montreal) SPECIAL EVENT …
DIY Art Radio & Journalism Workshop | Chromatic 2013
Studio XX participates in the new edition of Chromatic, organized by MASSIVart. May 19, 2013 from 12pm to 5pm, children of all ages are invited to discover and learn the art of creating radio content… A great introduction to the world of journalism! Selected…
Come celebrate our 15th anniversary and an eclectic new season! Radio Workshop + Wired Women Sal@n 85 + panel + opening + artefact + party & VJ Chocobeets + DJ Claire *Schedule (PDF) Saturday, October 22, 2011, From noon Admission: 5$, *FREE* for members Hors d’œuvres and…
With Valérie D.Walker and Rickie Lea Owens Noon-2PM *FREE* -> registration In the “DIY Radio Making Workshop”, participants will discover the art of radio. Together, we will be going through the many technical aspects involved in the production of a radio show. Everyone will be producing…
Wired Women S@lon #77: sound performances + .dpi 18
With Erin Sexton, Cyan and Pink Rubber Lady 4001 Berri, Suite 200 (OBORO’s New Media Lab) Free admission for members; $5.00 for non-members Hors d’œuvres and drinks will be served Wired Women S@lon #77 closes Studio XX’s 2009-2010 season with an evening of sound performances and the launch…
The XX Files Radio Project Launch + First Person Digital + Digital Ludology
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 / 6:00 – 9:00 PM Thompson House Ballroom 3650 McTavish, Campus McGill, 2nd floor (btwn Pine Avenue and Dr. Penfield) Metro Peel or Bus 24 West Please join us for this special cocktail reception! RSVP required before May 17th | com (at)…
4001 Berri: Evening of Performances, Projections, Expos and more…
Dec / 5 / 09, From 4:00 PM – 11:00 PM On three floors, *Free Admission* At Studio XX: Zootrope Workshop + DIY Electronics Workshop + participatory performance An event organized by RCAAQ / Geordie productions + Espace 4001 Space, Groupe Intevention Vidéo (GIV), Studio XX, Dazibao, Oboro…
With Valérie d. Walker Tuesday, January 20th from 6:00 – 9:00 PM Cost: $20 for Studio XX’s members, $45 for non-members Wanna Google like an Expert? &Stop getting so much P*RN?! How to sift thru the Internet’s immense amount of info and get the Info you really NEED and want!…
As Canada’s foremost feminist bilingual media arts centre for technological exploration, production and critique, Studio XX is hitting the road with its TransCanada Pipeline Project to share twelve years of cutting-edge creation while taking the pulse of the media arts landscape. After a Quebec City launch, the Pipeline Project now…
On Saturday September 29th, Studio XX will open its doors from 1-6pm. Media Art + Sound and visual interactive Installation + Electronic music + Sound experimentation :: 1:00pm :: Julie Leblanc was introduced to programing and interactivity during last season’s workshop at XX on MAX/MSP/Jitter and microcontrollers. She will…
About HTMlles:EXPORT 2 From the 18th to the 31st of October a group of artists and works from the 7th edition of the HTMlles Festival: Peripheries + Proximities travelled to Serbia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. The artists presented their works in the format of interactive workshops, artists talks, performances and short…
HTMlles 2005, the seventh edition of Festival. Theme: peripheries + proximities An International Bienniale of cyberart: Where technologies brings together continents, liberates creative voices and provokes collective actions. Come and see! Studio XX is pleased to unveil the program for the 7th edition of the HTMlles Festival which will…
Studio XX is opening its doors for a Femmes br@nchées salon next Thursday, 24 March, with a focus on the learning curves experienced by artists when they take part in training workshops. The 5 à 7 will feature six recent participants of Studio XX’s programme for professional development in MAX…
The Oral Histories project is linked to the oldest form of investigation dating before written word, and to one of the most modern, developed due to the invention of the recorder in the 1940’s. Inscribed within oral tradition, its goal is to collect stories [thanks to sound recording] which relate…
Salon Femmes br@nchées #56 – Cyberfeminists Live/on the Net
Salon Femmes br@nchées #56 – Cyberfeminists Live/on the Net Friday October 22 starting at 6:30pm – at Studio XX Studio XX invites you this coming Friday to take part in a debate on cyberfeminism, moderated by Sharon Hackett and Valerie d. Walker, and in live Net interactions with some…
Our two main speakers, PJ Lilley and Andréa Schmidt, have been “connected” activists for close to ten years. Drawing on their experiences of working with agitational net projects and direct action based organizations, they will discuss the distinctive ways in which both old and new technologies have been used by…
