Join in collective finger-weaving to unravel the computer through its textile origins. As we fuss and fumble with our creations, we will reflect on their design, the algorithms around us, and the power we have to change them.

$30 for members, $50 for non-members

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With the advent of AI, tools such as ChatGPT have become ubiquitous. While its mysterious and emergent qualities are empowering, it has also left users feeling a lack of control over its production and output.

The technologies we use every day are often black boxes: hidden behind screens, written in non-human languages, and trained on vast amounts of unattributed data. As these intangible, alien systems quietly shape the world around us, it becomes increasingly difficult to imagine technology as anything other than a force of commodification and destruction, let alone something human and kind.

So how do we grapple with this intangibility? Some girlies are building cyberdecks, and in a similar spirit, we are convening for a chatty weaving circle, a nod to the fiber artists whose work inspired the creation of the computing field.

As a collective, we will weave with our fingers to unravel the computer through its textile origins. As we fuss and fumble with our creations, we will reflect on their design, the algorithms around us, and the power we have to change them.

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Come ready to discourse and weave!

Looms will be provided. Ticket cost includes materials.

ABOUT THE FACILITATORS

Lulu Liu (she/they) is a Chinese-Canadian artist, technologist, and self-described wanderer. As a director, her recent credits include the Toronto-loving music video "LAMBO" (2025) for Mandatory Overtime and the dark comedy short "Cherry on Top" (2024), which premiered at the 2025 Blood in the Snow Film Festival. As a technologist, her work explores the coalescence of technology and art, and how one stays grounded through that metamorphosis — a thread she continues in a workshop debuting with Vector Festival this July, conducting a search for tangibility in digital technology.

Leslie Xin (she/her) is an artist and technologist originally from Toronto, Canada, now based in New York City. Her work, both online and offline, explores themes of connection, memory, and nostalgia. We Used to Respect the Computer (2025) is an interactive mixed-media installation that serves as a shrine to an earlier era of computing. The Two Deaths of Translucent Tim (2026, created with David Ciccoricco) is a digital narrative piece inspired by Ted Nelson’s Project Xanadu. Together, these recent projects invite audiences to reflect on their relationships with the machines that shape them.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

MEMBER PRICING
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EQUITY ACCESS PRICING
To reduce financial barriers, a pay-what-you-can (PWYC) discount is available for any community members that self-identify as part of an equity-seeking group, which includes (but is not limited to) disabled, Black, Indigenous, students, and newcomers. This discount is also available to those earning less than a living wage. To request an Equity Access code, please email education@interaccess.org.

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION
We are located on the second floor of the building, which is accessible by two flights of stairs or an elevator. The front entrance has an automatic push door and is accessible by ramp or a short flight of stairs. Inside, all InterAccess facilities are on the same level, including a single-user accessible washroom.

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