2167, An Indigenous VR Project
December 19 – 21, 2017
Exhibition
About the Program
2167, An Indigenous VR Project is a virtual reality project commissioned and produced by TIFF, imagiNATIVE, Pinnguaq, and the Initiative for Indigenous Futures. As part of TIFF's sesquicentennial initiative Canada on Screen, five Indigenous filmmakers and artists—Jeff Barnaby, Danis Goulet, Kent Monkman, Scott Benesiinaabandan, and Postcommodity—were commissioned to create VR projects envisioning Indigenous life 150 years in the future. The idea for this project was born out of a love of science fiction and alternate realities. Often Indigenous people are seen as stuck in the past; the 2167 project takes a very deliberate leap forward in time and we get to see artistic visions about Indigenous place in the future. In a year that in many ways commemorates a very complex history for Indigenous people, this project celebrates the decades to come and our role in shaping a new future for Canada.Identifier
2017.1219 216Collection
grunt gallery Programming ArchiveLocation
grunt gallery (second location)116-350 E. 2nd Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5T 4R8
Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations
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