Introduction to Second Life/AbTeC Island – Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery

Introduction to Second Life/AbTeC Island – Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery

  • Location: Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montreal, QC
  • Date: November 7th, 2017
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Instructors: Skawennati, Maize Longboat

Overview: This workshop introduced participants to the basics of Second Life, a 3D online world, and how virtual environments can be used to tell Indigenous stories. Participants got their own avatars, learned how to navigate in virtual space, and visited AbTeC Island: an Aboriginally-determined territory in cyberspace.