Dates
February 6th, 2025 to April 6th, 2025
Curator
Curated by Skawennati and Ixel Janine
Funder
Supported Fonds de recherche du Québec– Société et culture (FRQSC)
Artists
Supported Fonds de recherche du Québec– Société et culture (FRQSC)
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2222 Hi-Rez NDN: The Cyberpunk Smoke Signals of Morgan Zoe presents the work of an Indigenous Futurist who depicts rez life in the 23rd century. A Tlicho artist from Bechoko, Northwest Territories, Canada, Morgan Zoe understands quite viscerally the famous William Gibson quote: “The future is already here – it’s just not very evenly distributed.” Morgan’s ink and coloured pencil drawings show upcoming technologies melding with Native values in the far north, a place where they’re still waiting for a railway.
For this exhibition, AbTeC Gallery’s transmediation team brought the artist’s drawings into the virtual realm. His pictures of flying cars, cybernetic wearables and robot pets have inspired 3D objects that gallery visitors can interact with, allowing their avatars to experience the hi-rez life
Artworks
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Morgan Zoe, An Educated Native is a Dangerous Native from the series Year 2222 CE, 2021, ink and pencil drawing. Transmediated by Taylor McArthur for AbTeC Gallery
Morgan Zoe, Dogs can now live up to 50 human years when cybernetically upgraded from the series year 2222 CE, 2021, coloured pencil, ink.
Morgan Zoe, Time for a Jet-Ski-Doo, drone-hunting trip from the series Year 2222 CE, 2021, coloured pencil, ink.