storytellers use new tools to Imagine Better Futures VIDEO STORY BY HEYWOOD YU A n Indigenous-led storytelling project aims to change public spaces, not physically, but in people’s perception.
By using new technologies to tell Indigenous stories, Buffalo Futurism invites people to engage with digital arts as a tool to explore Truth and Reconciliation. Common Weal Community Arts receives support from SaskCulture’s Multicultural Initiatives Fund – Annual Funding, funded by the Sask Lotteries Trust Fund. “In order for culture to survive, it has to evolve.” – JOELY BIGEAGLE KEQUAHTOOWAY
Buffalo Futurism, an ongoing digital monuments project by Common Weal Community Arts, uses Augmented Reality to tell Indigenous stories in Regina. This project invites people to view a local park from a whole new perspective, through an Augmented Reality app that includes audio and visual components.
Watch the video story online to explore this innovative storytelling project.
Buffalo Futurism was showcased at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto, the largest Indigenous film and media arts festival in the world. (Photos by Lorne Kequahtooway and Evie Johnny Ruddy)
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