We recognize that the BGML is on stolen land, the traditional and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and Stó:lo First Nations. We acknowledge that we are uninvited guests on this land. With humility and respect, we are learning about the Nations whose territory we are on and building relations with the land.
Our research focuses on developing novel forms of storytelling, performance, and creative expression with an emphasis on social, ecological, and political impact and community building. We aim to imagine and reimagine both new and old media technologies through thoughtful, collaborative practices that consider time, place, and duration as integral to our understanding of the mediated world. By engaging with immersive media and creative technologies, we seek to explore their aesthetic and transformative potential, steering discussions toward their social and environmental implications. In collaboration with students and partners, we are committed to teaching, training, and practicing with emerging technologies in ways that are considered, sustainable, and guided by multiple perspectives, working toward media futures that serve the greater good.
As a community, we are working together to think about how we are all implicated in colonial structures. Media is complicated. Technology has been used to control and extract, but it has also been used to amplify marginalized voices and bring attention to ecological issues. The BGML is a space to learn from each other and attend to the systems of power we live with and create within. We work to disrupt the exclusion and gate-keeping that is common in media arts communities.
Funding
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Western Economic Diversification (WD), SANDDE, and Mitacs. Our work has also been supported by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF) & TELUS
Collaborators
Our work has also been supported by our collaborators, such as Science World, The Only Animal Theatre Company, Consulate General of France in Vancouver, Canadian Association for Acoustic Ecology, Quantel, Sony, Panavision & many more.
