In collaboration with Berlinale Forum Expanded and the Indigenous Screen Office, the Embassy of Canada invites you to a panel discussion and artist talk exploring XR/VR/AR in the context of Indigenous media and artistic practice.
The conversation, led by Isabelle Ruiz from the Indigenous Screen Office, will offer insights into the work of artists Cassandra Gardiner (Anishinaabe Algonquin/Kebaowek First Nation) and Juan Mateo Menendez and use their practice as a starting point to highlight broader tendencies and innovations across Indigenous creative approaches. Together, they will examine how immersive and augmented media are being used by Indigenous artists to expand, challenge, and reframe dominant narratives within cultural institutions – for example by “augmenting” exhibitions and embedding Indigenous perspectives.
Gardiner’s and Menendez’s video game installation LAND INVADERS is featured in the Berlinale Forum Expanded group exhibition Unauthorized Versions at silent green Kulturquartier, February 13–22, 2026. With the kind support of the Indigenous Screen Office.
The panel discussion is organized by Berlinale Forum Expanded in cooperation with the Embassy of Canada and the Indigenous Screen Office.
16.2. 3–4:30pm
The discussion will be held in English. Admission free. Doors open for security checks at 2:30pm.
Registration via Guestoo https://gstoo.de/FORUM_EXPANDED is mandatory. Registration deadline: February 15, 4pm.
Embassy of Canada, Leipziger Platz 17, 10117 Berlin
