Unceded Territories is a provocative VR experience created from First Nations artist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun’s iconic work, engaging viewers in an interactive landscape that grapples with colonialism, climate change and indigenous civil rights.
UNCEDED TERRITORIES
Interactive Virtual Reality | 2019 | 6 min
(Co-Creator Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun)
Nominated for Best Immersive Experience at the Canadian Screen Awards (2023)
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival Immersive (2019)
Official Selection Festival Internacional Cervantino (2019)
Official Selection Vancouver International Film Festival Immersed (2019)
Official Selection The Portal by Film Independent (2019)
Exhibited at The Museum of Natural History New York (2022)
Garden in the Machine Exhibition at the Surrey Art Gallery (2019)
among others
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun as Spirit Bear
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun | Co-director, Artist
Paisley Smith | Co-Director, Writer
Patrick Weekes | Tech Director
Jason Legge | Producer
Ketsia Vedrine | Producer
Dirk van Dinkel | Creative Director
Matthew Smith | Lead Developer
Nicky Thomson | Developer
Shaun Larkin | Creative Developer / Artist
Cliff Li | Developer
Andrew Guan | 3D Artist
Miguel Sastre | 3D Artist
Adrian Ellis | Composition & Sound Engineering
Kieran Wagstaff | Recording Engineer
Caitlin Conlen | Graphic Design
Roxanna Suarez | Exhibition Designer