PAST EVENT
Digital Shift, hosted by the Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA) in partnership with Flux Media Gallery and the Media Arts Alliance of the Pacific (MAAP) is a virtual gathering for independent media arts organizations and artists alike across the country. The gathering will consist of a variety of online events including Round-Table Discussions, Film Screenings, Featured Artists, and Artist Walks.
The theme “Shift” evokes a positive disruption towards greater access, inclusivity, equity and diversity in the media arts community and beyond; movement towards decolonized thinking; and a shift to digital means of creation, collaboration and dissemination. Digital Shift seeks to respond to a call to action initiated in June 2018, when the Independent Media Arts Alliance held its national conference entitled “Listen-Witness-Transmit” which was coordinated by the National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition (NIMAC) and focused on Indigenous leadership, creation, and ways of working within the media arts sector. This theme challenged the media arts community to address colonial impact within the sector and to undertake significant systemic change.
Digital Shift will be focused on Indigenous digital sovereignty; racial justice and inclusivity; access, accessibility, and the Digital Divide; artists’ digital rights, including fair payment and intellectual property; and digital ethics, AI, algorithms, privacy and surveillance.
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France Trépanier & Chris Creighton-Kelly are co-Directors of Primary Colours/ Couleurs primaires. Its main objective is to place Indigenous arts at the centre of the Canadian arts system. Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires also asserts that creative practices by artists of colour, who have roots around the world, play a critical role in imagining the future(s) of Canadian art making.
They will present “A Shifting Landscape”, by approaching the immediate challenges in the Canadian arts system. Using a historical perspective, they situate the development of this Eurocentric system in the context of colonialism; the post World War 2 ‘cultural nation building’ period; the 80’s and 90’s push by IBPoC artists to gain access to this system; the 25 year response of Canadian arts institutions/organizations and the current resetting of this system in the wake of Indigenous struggles and the BLM uprisings.
France Trépanier
Chris Creighton-Kelly
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Digital Shift will be comprised of six weekly sessions, held online from 10am -12pm (Pacific time) each Thursday from September 16 to October 28, 2020. Each session will be made up of a one hour round-table conversation, followed by a virtual break-out, where participants will gather in working groups to discuss the issues raised during the conversation.
The six weekly round-tables will be focused on Indigenous digital sovereignty; racial justice and inclusivity; access, accessibility, and the Digital Divide; artists’ digital rights, including fair payment and intellectual property; and digital ethics, AI, algorithms, privacy and surveillance.
Digital Shift will also showcase the work of artists from the Pacific Region (BC and the Yukon) through a rotating weekly program of film screenings, online artists’ works, and virtual walks by artists through different territories within the region.
Check out the full event program here: https://www.imaa.ca/.
Digital Shift is hosted by the FLUX Media Gallery, which is situated on the ancestral and un-ceded territories of the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations, including the WSANEC peoples of the Pauquachin, Tsartlip, Tseycum and Tsawout First Nations (Victoria BC). The Gathering is presented in partnership with the Media Arts Alliance of the Pacific (MAAP) and IMAA.
Virage numérique comprendra six sessions hebdomadaires en ligne de 10h à 12h (heure du Pacifique) chaque jeudi du 16 septembre au 28 octobre 2020. Chaque session sera composée d’une table ronde d’une heure, suivie d’une pause virtuelle, où les participants se réuniront en groupes de travail pour discuter des questions soulevées durant de la conversation.
Les six tables rondes hebdomadaires porteront sur la souveraineté numérique des autochtones ; la justice raciale et l’inclusion ; l’accès, l’accessibilité et la fracture numérique ; les droits numériques des artistes, y compris le paiement équitable et la propriété intellectuelle ; et l’éthique numérique, l’IA, les algorithmes, la vie privée et la surveillance.
Virage numérique présentera également le travail d’artistes de la région du Pacifique (Colombie-Britannique et Yukon) grâce à un programme hebdomadaire rotatif de projections de films, d’œuvres d’artistes en ligne et de promenades virtuelles d’artistes à travers différents territoires de la région.
Plus d’informations sur les tables rondes et la programmation artistique à venir ! Consultez le calendrier détaillé en août. Pour plus d’informations, veuillez consulter le site : https://www.imaa.ca/.
Virage numérique est organisé par FLUX Media Gallery, située sur les territoires ancestraux et non cédés des Premières nations Songhees et Esquimalt, y compris les peuples WSANEC des Premières nations Pauquachin, Tsartlip, Tseycum et Tsawout (Victoria BC). Le rassemblement est présenté en partenariat avec l’Alliance des arts médiatiques du Pacifique (MAAP) et l’Alliance des arts médiatiques indépendants (AAMI).
JOIN US ONLINE FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION!
We’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives, and are dealing with various commitments around family, time, money and work. Digitally, you’ll have the speakers, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home.
LISTEN. ANSWER. ASK. CONNECT!
You’re not watching – you’re PARTICIPATING! Through our easy online webinar system, you can engage with other viewers, participate in polls & discussions, and even ask questions during question periods. You certainly CAN choose to just sit back and watch & listen, if you like – your active participation isn’t an expectation, but it IS an opportunity.
30 DAYS TO REVIEW AS NEEDED!
No need to stress – you’ll have 30 days to review the whole broadcast – go over parts you missed, look closer at slides or materials, hear that big mind-bomb again and again… and have every opportunity to deepen the integration of this offering.
NO FANCY TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED
There’s nothing to install, nothing to download, nothing to figure out. Here’s what you need to participate and have a great viewing experience!
> a modern internet browser (we recommend Chrome or Firefox)
> a reliable internet connection (hardwired is better than wifi)
> earbuds, headphones or good computer speakers
