AR Artwork Statement:
The huckleberry mountain tops immersed us back 10,000 years. The Huckleberry plant is sacred and timeless. They are our relatives and they remind us that timix ~ “every living thing” - in our territory intersects with syilx people. This virtual reality transformative journey shares our xaxa sacred bush of the Huckleberry. The pollinator flying around is the critically endangered sacred Monarch Butterfly. The Monarch fly from Canada to Mexico. We the syilx people honor and protect this plant and pollinator.


Artist Bio:
Tracey Kim Bonneau (Syilx) is a media artist, writer & veteran producer residing on the Penticton Indian Reserve, B.C. In 2016, she received recognition from the Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation of British Columbia garnering 4 Leo nominations for her documentary series, Quest OutWest - Wild Food. In 2020 she was awarded a significant professional artist grant to further develop her Virtual Reality ECO Project: “Huckleberry”. Tracey is a Media Matriarch with the IM4 Lab created by Indigenous filmmaker, Loretta Todd in partnership with Emily Carr University


AR Collaborators:
Mike Peredo, Dallas Flett-Wapash, Sean Bornkessel & Tim Rolls