FORMATS
Recipes to Activate Knowledge
There are different pathways to activate knowledge. We are always developing and refining the types of events that work best at 4TH SPACE. We have collected some examples of our favourite formats here to help you imagine could be possible. These recipes are just the starting point!
Live Podcasts
A podcast is an intimate, one on one conversation here in the space, getting into specific topics and exploring an idea in-depth. It's livestreamed and hybrid so listeners can watch and ask questions in real time.
Workshops
Workshops are hands-on, messy and participatory ways of engaging with knowledge and making connections. 4TH SPACE was built for this, with equipment for all types of workshops to a fully mobile space that allows us to re-arrange the room as needed for groups to take on big challenges!
Panels, Roundtables, and Fireside Chats
These are the types events we love to host with you! A group of people at our main table under the lights, and an equally important group in the audience, eager to ask questions. We manage this all hybrid over Zoom and livestream to YouTube with our two-camera setup.
Pop-Up Expos
Can it be an exhibition, but just for one day? The process of building an exhibition is as important as the grand opening. At 4TH SPACE we use our flexible, modular furniture to mock-up exhibition ideas and try out different methods of display. Often part of a residency, these pop-exhibitions are open to the public and can culminate in a livestreamed walk-through.
Poster Sessions
The academic poster is an institution in its own right; groups of students with their research projects behind them on printed posters, explaining their work to the crowds.
At 4TH SPACE we do poster sessions differently, welcoming smaller groups with no printing required. We make clever use of our digital screens to show the visuals needed for short mini-presentations - all livestreamed to the audience and families at home.
Lab Walks
4TH SPACE was built on the idea that the university was filled with amazing things going on behind closed doors. Our Lab Walk format was developed as a way to peek inside these research spaces, laboratories, and locations one might never see!
From solar labs to nano-coating spray booths, to aquatics centres, to even a small hotel room for sleep research, we enjoy bringing our cameras and microphones into these spaces to see what research looks like.
Residencies
Sometimes research takes more time. A residency in 4TH SPACE takes over the entire space for more than one day. Often this event culminates in a pop-up exhibition with a series of talks and demos of the work prouduced here in the space over duration of the residency. We like to punctuate the days of making with interviews, social media check-ins and other points of connection to make the process public.
Bird's Eye View
At 4TH SPACE we use our overhead camera to give you a new perspective on books, board games, demos and more! Often part of a larger event, these overhead views are complimentary to interactive workshops!
