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</p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Garamond;
color:olive"><b>RENDER in collaboration with the Musagetes Foundation launches
DodoLab</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond">RENDER
is very pleased to be collaborating with the Musagetes Foundation on DodoLab,
an experimental, creative research initiative to be launched at the 5th World
Environmental Education Congress in Montreal, May 10-14, 2009.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>DodoLab will playfully and
imaginatively engage with the congress participants through a series of related
survey-based and participatory projects. The connected lab projects are
designed to record and share participants’ ideas, to explore diverse approaches
and cultural perspectives, and to gage feelings and emotions at the conference
in relation to our environmental challenges. The lab looks to share
possibilities and perspectives, to explore alternative design methods and
solutions, and to engage the WEEC community in creative participatory
activities that will open alternative avenues of exchange, development and
education. This multi-faceted lab will push an expanded view of the role of
design and creativity that embraces social interaction through experimental,
accessible and adaptable methodologies.</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond">The
various projects to be pursued are meant to have an active dynamic presence at
the conference and to produce tangible content presentations (installations,
video, publications, shareables) of use both during and beyond the conference
and that will inspire future initiatives and collaborations. At heart, the
DodoLab asks us to blur boundaries and cross barriers between communities,
disciplines, cultures and generations. Furthermore, the lab hopes to inspire
reflection on complex concepts of self, home, community and nation in relation
to our current environmental challenges and, in particular, our ability to
share knowledge and initiate, seed and spread meaningful responsive action.</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond">Participating
in the DodoLab in Montreal are a team of professional artists, designers,
environmental educators and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond">architects,
along with students from the University of Waterloo and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Ontario College of Art and Design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Also participating at WEEC is the team
from <i>rare</i></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond">,
sharing information about their many programs and initiatives.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond;
color:olive"><b>DodoLab Team</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond">Shawn
Van Sluys<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(Musagetes Foundation)</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond">Andrew
Hunter, Maggie Hunter and Barbara Hobot (RENDER)</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond">Farid
Noufaily (architect/artist), Rufina Wu (architect/artist) and Stephen Wood
(Information Architect, Ikoro Digital)</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond">Emily
Alfred (Executive Director of Riversides), Chris Flanagan (artist & DJ),
Amos Latteier (artist) and Eileen Finn (landscape architect)</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond">Giles
Lane of <b><i>proboscis</i></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond">Kyrie
Vala-Webb & Vanessa Martin (University of Waterloo/Knowledge Integration)</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond">Majd
Al-Shihabi & David Kadish (University of Waterloo/Systems Design)</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond">Catia
De Silva (University of Waterloo/Architecture)</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond">Andrew
Guaglio (University of Waterloo/Fine Arts)</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond">Kasey
Hinton, Carly Anne Mersereau & Marissa Neave (OCAD)</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 0); font-family: Garamond; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">Contacts and links:</span><br></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops:375.25pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Garamond;color:#FF6600"><a href="http://www.dodolab.ca">www.dodolab.ca</a><span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond;
color:#FF6600"><a href="mailto:dodolab@gmail.com"><span style="color:#FF6600;
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">dodolab@gmail.com</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond;
color:#FF6600"><a href="http://www.5weec.uqam.ca"><span style="color:#FF6600;
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">www.5weec.uqam.ca</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond;
color:#FF6600"><a href="http://www.render.uwaterloo.ca"><span style="color:
#FF6600;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">www.render.uwaterloo.ca</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond;
color:#FF6600"><a href="http://www.proboscis.org.uk">www.proboscis.org.uk</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond;
color:#FF6600"><a href="http://www.raresites.org">www.raresites.org</a></span></p>
<p></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div>Best regards,</span></span><div><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br>
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-- <br>Barb Hobot<br>Curator-in-residence<br>
RENDER<br>University of Waterloo<br>200 University Ave W<br>Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1<br></span><a href="http://render.uwaterloo.ca" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">render.uwaterloo.ca</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br>
519-888-4567 x33575<br><br></span>
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