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Date

Tuesday, 13 January 2026
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Time

7:00 pm

2026 Pratt Lecture with Jackson 2bears

Tuesday, 13 January @ 7:00 pm
Motyer-Fancy Theatre, Purdy Crawford Centre for the Arts, Mount Allison University

Organized by The Pierre Lassonde School of Fine Arts

In this presentation, Jackson 2Bears will speak about his current art practice and studio work, focusing on new projects centered on building land-based AI ecologies. Drawing on work developed through the OTEKH Laband the Abundant Intelligences network, he will discuss how these projects emerge through collaborative studio practice, fieldwork, and community engagement. The talk will feature recent works using ceramics, environmental sensing, and immersive media, and reflect on how Indigenous-led approaches are shaping new ways of working with new technologies in ways connected to language and traditional teachings.

Tékeniyáhsen Ohkwá:ri (Jackson 2Bears) is a Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) artist, researcher, and educator from Six Nations of the Grand River and the Mohawks the Bay of Quinte. He is an Associate Professor of Visual Arts and Indigenous Studies and a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Indigenous Arts Research and Technology at Western University. His work explores Indigenous-led approaches to media art, artificial intelligence, and extended reality, grounded in land-based knowledge, relational ethics, and community collaboration, with a focus on how Indigenous worldviews can actively shape and reframe contemporary technological practices.

The Pratt Visiting Artists Lecture Series was established and is generously supported by the Mount Allison University Class of 1957.

The lecture is free and open to all university and community members. 

For more information please contact: [email protected]