Shifting Forms- A Symposium of Indigenous Moving Image Art

Shifting Forms Symposium

We're excited to invite you to Shifting Forms - A Symposium of Indigenous Moving Image Art and Animation. SHIFTING FORMS is a FREE three-day gathering foregrounding the perspectives of Indigenous storytellers working in Animation, Interactive and Media-based art forms.
The event will be held @ Emily Carr University from Friday, April 11th - Sunday April 13th 2025. The gathering will bring together an exciting lineup of digital knowledge keepers to share viewpoints via a screening of animations, panel discussions, keynote speakers, art installations, workshops, and a VR station.

Registration for Shifting Forms Symposium day passes and workshop spots will be available on Sunday March 30th at Noon PT! All symposium events are FREE with registration. Event site www.shiftingforms.ca will go live at this time.

PASSES/REGISTRATION INFO:

SHIFTING FORMS will provide a day pass for each day of the symposium. Day Passes provide access to a variety of exciting offerings during this free, three-day gathering. With a Day Pass, you will enjoy a provided light breakfast, lunch, as well as full access to the Symposium screening, panel talks and the art exhibit thought out the day.

Please Note:

** A separate day pass is required for each day of attendance.

** workshops and special events are FREE with limited spaces and require separate registration from day passes. Day passes, workshop passes and any other events are all FREE with registration until capacity is reached.

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DAY 1 SCHEDULE : Friday April 11th

Location: ECUAD, 520 East 1st Ave, Vancouver - RELIANCE THEATRE

6:00 - 6:30 Doors Open: Catered Light Snacks

6:30 - 7:00 Shifting Forms Welcome and Opening with Cease Wyss and Event Hosts Quelemia Sparrow and Kayah George.

7:00 - 9:00 Shifting Frames Shorts Program

9:00 - 9:15 Directors QNA

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DAY 2 SCHEDULE: Saturday April 12th

Location: ECUAD, 520 East 1st Ave, Vancouver

9:30 - 10:00 Breakfast Banter: Catered Light Breakfast, Coffee and Tea

10:00. - 11:00 Panel 1: Reclamation of Space: Indigenizing the Industry

10:00. - 12:30 Workshop 1:Digital Bannock: An Introduction to Model and Landscape Creation in Blender 3D

11:30 - 12:30 Panel 2: Let's Talk Money : Indigenous Funding Opportunities

12:30 - 1:30 Midday Munch and Meet: Catered Lunch Break

1:30 - 2:30 Panel 3: Infinite World Building: Indigenous Creators in Interactive Media

1:30 - 4:00 Workshop 2: Journey of a Pixel Carver...Finding a Little Character as Visdev Character Modeler

1:30 - 3:30 Workshop 3: VR Jam Part 1: VR Modelling Workshop

3:00 - 4:00 Panel 4: IM4 LAB: Matriarchs in Media

4:30 - 6:00 In Conversation With Alanis Obomsawin

Location: DigiBC 577 Great Northern Way, Vancouver

7:30 -10:30 Night Moves: Spoken Word, Image and Sound

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DAY 3 SCHEDULE : Sunday April 13th

Location: ECUAD, 520 East 1st Ave, Vancouver

9:30 - 10:00 Breakfast Banter: Catered Light Breakfast, Coffee and Tea

10:00 - 11:15 Panel 5: Artists of the Circumpolar North : Knowledge Sharing and Creative Process

10:00 - 12:30 Workshop 4: Start/Wait/Stop Motion

11:30 - 12:30 Panel 6: Transforming Tactility : Connecting Process and Culture

12:30 - 1:30 Midday Munch and Meet: Catered Lunch Break

1:30 - 2:30 Panel 7: Frame by Frame: Navigating Autonomy as Independent Storytellers

1:30 - 4:00 Workshop 5: Lights! Camera! Puppet! Hand and Rod Puppetry for the Screen

1:30 - 3:30 Workshop 6: VR Jam Part 2: VR Modelling Workshop

3:00 - 4:00 Panel 8: Breaking In: Demystifying Careers in Indigenous Media

4:30 - 6:00 In Conversation with Tantoo Cardinal

Registration for your day passes and special event available now!

SHIFTING FORMS will take place on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.

We hope to see you there :)

Special Thanks to our Event Sponsors:

Canada Council for the Arts

Spotted Fawn Productions

Basically Good Media Lab

Emily Carr Univercity of Art and Design

Creative BC

Indigenous Screen Offfice

Women In Animation

Vancouver International Film Festival

DigiBC

Atomic Cartoons

Aboriginal Gathering Place

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Emily Carr University of Art + Design, 520 East 1st Avenue, Vancouver, Canada