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)
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
Exhibition Flythrough
Artworks
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Installation shot of digitized drawings by featured in 2222 Hi-Rez NDN: The Cyberpunk Smoke Signals of Morgan Zoe. Photo credit: Ixel Janine.
Installation shot of Cybernetic Wearables featured in 2222 Hi-Rez NDN: The Cyberpunk Smoke Signals of Morgan Zoe. Photo credit: Ixel Janine.
Installation shot of An Educated Native is a Dangerous Native featured in 2222 Hi-Rez NDN: The Cyberpunk Smoke Signals of Morgan Zoe. Photo credit: Ixel Janine.
Installation shot of Rez Dog featured in 2222 Hi-Rez NDN: The Cyberpunk Smoke Signals of Morgan Zoe. Photo credit: Ixel Janine.
Morgan Zoe, Year 2222 CE: An Educated Native is a Dangerous Native, 2021, Transmediated by Taylor McArthur.
Morgan Zoe, Year 2222 CE: Dogs can now live up to 50 human years when cybernetically upgraded, 2021, coloured pencil, ink.
Morgan Zoe, Year 2222 CE: Time for a Jet-Ski-Doo, drone-hunting trip, 2021, coloured pencil, ink.
Vernissage Livestream
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2222 Hi-Rez NDN: The Cyberpunk Smoke Signals of Morgan Zoe vernissage at AbTeC Gallery, February 6, 2025. Photo credit: Milo Puge.
Detail shot of An Educated Native is a Dangerous Native by Morgan Zoe during the 2222 Hi-Rez NDN: The Cyberpunk Smoke Signals of Morgan Zoe vernissage, February 6, 2025. Photo credit: Milo Puge.
2222 Hi-Rez NDN: The Cyberpunk Smoke Signals of Morgan Zoe vernissage at AbTeC Gallery. February 6, 2025. Photo credit: Milo Puge.
2222 Hi-Rez NDN: The Cyberpunk Smoke Signals of Morgan Zoe vernissage at AbTeC Gallery, February 6, 2025. Photo credit: Milo Puge.
Detail shot of Rez Car by Morgan Zoe during the 2222 Hi-Rez NDN: The Cyberpunk Smoke Signals of Morgan Zoe vernissage, February 6, 2025. Photo credit: Ixel Janine.
2222 Hi-Rez NDN: The Cyberpunk Smoke Signals of Morgan Zoe vernissage at AbTeC Gallery, February 6, 2025. Photo credit: Milo Puge.
2222 Hi-Rez NDN: The Cyberpunk Smoke Signals of Morgan Zoe vernissage at AbTeC Gallery, February 6, 2025. Photo credit: Milo Puge.
2222 Hi-Rez NDN: The Cyberpunk Smoke Signals of Morgan Zoe vernissage at AbTeC Gallery, February 6, 2025. Photo credit: Milo Puge.
2222 Hi-Rez NDN: The Cyberpunk Smoke Signals of Morgan Zoe vernissage at AbTeC Gallery, February 6, 2025. Photo credit: Milo Puge.
Detail shot of photographed drawings by Morgan Zoe during the 2222 Hi-Rez NDN: The Cyberpunk Smoke Signals of Morgan Zoe vernissage, February 6, 2025. Photo credit: Ixel Janine.
2222 Hi-Rez NDN: The Cyberpunk Smoke Signals of Morgan Zoe vernissage at AbTeC Gallery, February 6, 2025. Photo credit: Milo Puge.