IM4 Online Workshop with Suzanne Kite
IM4 will be hosting a series of online distant-learning workshops by amazing XR media creators who are partaking in the IM4 Immersive Knowledge Transfer (IKT) Series this June/July months. This workshop is open for Indigenous media creators, artists, storytellers, and the larger Indigenous community.
On Friday June 19th at 12pm PST will be with Kite a.k.a Suzanne Kite on “An exploration of colonizing mapping techniques and location-based research.”
Kite is an Oglala Lakota performance artist, visual artist, and composer raised in Southern California, with an MFA from Bard College’s Milton Avery Graduate School, and is a PhD candidate at Concordia University, Research Assistant for the Initiative for Indigenous Futures, and a 2019 Trudeau Scholar. Her research is concerned with contemporary Lakota epistemologies through research-creation, computational media, and performance practice. Recently, Kite has been developing a body interface for movement performances, carbon fiber sculptures, immersive video & sound installations.
Register now to reserve your spot where you will receive an email from the IM4 Lab to fill out an application form to complete the registration. Once the application form is completed you will receive a link to confirm your spot in the online workshop.
Please note due to the requirements our funding structure we are prioritizing spots for this free online workshop for Indigenous peoples, and those who self-identify as Indigenous. All information provided in the application form will be kept confidential. The application form will request your SIN number, and a copy of a status card. For non-status, Metis and Inuit peoples we will have a separate form to fill out. For any questions you can email im4@ecuad.ca.
