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Biidaaban: First Light VR Experience

In Partnership with Guelph Film Festival

2019-11-08 09:00:00 2019-11-08 17:00:00 America/New_York Biidaaban: First Light VR Experience Rooted in the realm of Indigenous futurism, Biidaaban: First Light is an interactive virtual reality time-jump into a realistic and radically different Toronto of tomorrow. View it at our Tech Bar! Main -

Friday, November 08
9:00am - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2019-11-08 09:00:00 2019-11-08 17:00:00 America/New_York Biidaaban: First Light VR Experience Rooted in the realm of Indigenous futurism, Biidaaban: First Light is an interactive virtual reality time-jump into a realistic and radically different Toronto of tomorrow. View it at our Tech Bar! Main -

Rooted in the realm of Indigenous futurism, Biidaaban: First Light is an interactive virtual reality time-jump into a realistic and radically different Toronto of tomorrow. View it at our Tech Bar!

As part of Guelph Film Festival's Pocket Series, view Biidaaban: First Light by Lisa Jackson and Mathew Borrett at the Tech Bar during its regular hours from November 1st to 9th! This 15 minute VR experience will take viewers on a tour of a futuristic Toronto. As viewers explore this altered city now reclaimed by nature, they must think about their place in history and ultimately their role in the future.

Time:

Monday to Thursday 9am to 8pm

Friday and Saturday 9am to 5pm

Sunday 1pm to 5pm

About Biidaaban: First Light:

Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square is flooded. Its infrastructure has merged with the local fauna; mature trees grow through cracks in the sidewalks and vines cover south-facing walls. People commute via canoe and grow vegetables on skyscraper roofs. Urban life is thriving.

Language carries the knowledge of its speakers. Indigenous North American languages are radically different from European languages and embody sets of relationships to the land, to each other, and to time itself. But as Indigenous languages face the risk of disappearing, we risk losing what they have to teach us.

Rooted in the realm of Indigenous futurism, Biidaaban: First Light is an interactive VR time-jump into a highly realistic—and radically different—Toronto of tomorrow. As users explore this altered city now reclaimed by nature, they must think about their place in history and ultimately their role in the future.

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AGE GROUP: | Teens | Preteen | Kids | Family | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Technology | Games |

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Phone: 519-824-6220

Hours
 
We're closed Friday March 29
We're closed Sunday March 31
Mon, Mar 25 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Mar 26 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Mar 27 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Mar 28 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Mar 29 Closed
Sat, Mar 30 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Mar 31 Closed

Upcoming events

Thu, Mar 28, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
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Fri, Mar 29, All day

Sat, Mar 30, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Sun, Mar 31, All day

Mon, Apr 01, All day

Tue, Apr 02, 10:00am - 10:30am
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Wed, Apr 03, 10:00am - 11:00am
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Wed, Apr 03, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
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Thu, Apr 04, 10:00am - 11:30am
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Thu, Apr 04, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
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Sat, Apr 06, 10:00am - 11:00am
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Mon, Apr 08, 10:00am - 11:00am

Tue, Apr 09, 10:00am - 10:30am
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Wed, Apr 10, 10:00am - 11:00am

Thu, Apr 11, 10:00am - 11:30am
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Sat, Apr 13, 10:30am - 11:30am
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Tue, Apr 16, 10:00am - 10:30am
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Wed, Apr 17, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Thu, Apr 18, 10:00am - 11:30am
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Sat, Apr 20, 10:00am - 11:00am
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Sat, Apr 20, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
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Tue, Apr 23, 10:00am - 10:30am
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Thu, Apr 25, 10:00am - 11:30am
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Sat, Apr 27, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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