iX SYMPOSIUM | Indigenous Immersive Futures

Indigenous creators are harnessing extended reality (XR)’s unique audiovisual immersion tools, techniques, and workflows across diverse geographical locations and multiple XR formats. Their innovative adaptation of this technology combines cultural traditions with XR’s unique audiovisual configurations to challenge dominant, especially colonial, frameworks. This panel explores how XR is being used to create space and capacity for Indigenous creatives to tell their stories and navigate Eurocentric modes of production and distribution.

The discussion will cover the projects and processes of Loretta Todd (Metis/Cree), Founder and Creative Director of the Indigenous Matriarchs 4 (IM4) media lab; Kayla Briët, VR filmmaker, storyteller and composer; and Skawennati, Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) multimedia artist and Co-Director of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace (AbTeC) – all sharing Indigenous worldviews and values, and the importance of intergenerational mentorship.

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During the event, no interpreter for the Deaf will be present.

All activities held in the Salle Ludger-Duvernay will be simultaneously transcribed and translated in either French or English using an application powered by artificial intelligence. Those wishing to use this accessibility feature will find QR codes on site, which they can scan in order to connect to the live transcription. They may also click the “Transcriptions” button in the MUTEK Forum App homepage. This is a beta service, we cannot guarantee 100% accuracy.