Na wa shéw̓ay̓ ta sp’en̓ém – IM4 Media Lab Virtual Production Launch
IM4 Media Lab and Discovery Foundation are pleased to invite you to our Reception Celebration and IM4 Virtual Production Storytelling Micro-Credential Launch, hosted on Saturday, May 27th from 2:30pm – 7:00pm in the Reliance Theatre at Emily Carr University of Art & Design.
Na wa shéw̓ay̓ ta sp’en̓ém translates from the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw to “the seed is growing” 🌱🌱🌱
The seeds of new technology, AI, VR, XR, VP are growing exponentially and we invite you into the emergent ecosphere where we see the weaving of next gen technology and timeless Indigenous traditions, as we nurture spaces for diverse narratives to take the spotlight. The IM4 Media Lab and the Media Matriarchs are leading visionaries who are bringing Indigenous ways, stories and offerings to our techverse.
How can the Indigenous perspective help shape the ecoverse? How can Indigenous ways and stories engage with Virtual Production? What are the opportunities for filmmakers and digital media artists?
As we launch the IM4 Virtual Production Storytelling Micro-Credential welcoming an all-Indigenous cohort of filmmakers and artists, join us for an afternoon of presentations and discussions focused on industry experts sharing their expertise in the field and experience transitioning from traditional filmmaking into Virtual Production, and how years of work are finally sprouting at a critical time in shaping our collective digital futures.
Featuring talks by industry experts, including:
❀ Tracey Kim Bonneau, VR artist & Filmmaker, IM4 Lab Matriarch
❀ Michael Running Wolf and Caroline Running Wolf, Indigenous in AI & Buffalo Tongue, Inc.
❀ Ingo Lou and Amy Fox, Trembling Void Studios
❀ Ollie Rankin, VP – Live Entertainment at Sansar
❀ Steve Read, Head of Studio & Executive Producer at Versatile Media
Event schedule:
2:30pm Doors open
3:00pm Event begins
6:15pm Food & Entertainment Reception with Curtis Clear Sky and the Constellationz
Location: Emily Carr University, Reliance Theatre – 520 E 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC
Cost: Free to attend, registration needed. Limited to 150 in person with reception. Livestream available, please register for a Virtual ticket.
We welcome our community, our supporters and the public who want to learn more about us and Virtual Production. We invite you to join us for a celebration dinner following the panel as part of the event with live entertainment by Curtis Clear Sky and the Constellationz (Anishinaabe and Nitsitapii, based in out of Musqueam, Squamish and Tsliel Waututh territory in the city of Vancouver).
Please register on Eventbrite by Thursday, May 25 to assist us with catering needs. Kindly register early.
With thanks, the IM4 Media Matriarchs and the Virtual Production Team 🌱
IM4 Virtual Production Micro-Credential is presented in collaboration with Emily Carr University of Art + Design. We thank our funders and sponsors including Discovery Foundation, Digital Technology Supercluster, Indigenous Screen Office, Canada Media Fund, Warner Media, Unity Technologies, William F. White International, Laboratory of Artistic Intelligence, Rushcut Media, Vancouver Film School, the University of Victoria and others. Banner icon credit to Eucalyp.
IM4 Media Lab at Emily Carr University of Art and Design
520 E 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC V5T 0H2
🌲We acknowledge we’re on the unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh. xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, and səlilwətaɬ Nations. We thank them for caring and to continue to care for their lands and waters since time immemorial, and seek to work in harmony to build a better world together. 🌲
