about
Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace is an Aboriginally determined research-creation network whose goal is to ensure Indigenous presence in the web pages, online environments, video games, and virtual worlds that comprise cyberspace.
Co-founded and co-directed by Jason Edward Lewis and Skawennati, our multi-faceted effort includes artwork, writing, lectures, workshops, residencies, and exhibitions. Since 2005, AbTeC has collaborated with many individuals and has been generously supported by a number of sponsors.
AbTeC’s roots lie with a project called CyberPowWow, a pioneering on-line gallery and chat space for contemporary Indigenous art. It was through CyberPowWow that we realized that, even on the Internet, Native people need a self-determined place to call home.
projects
Activating AbTeC Island
2016 - Present
Skins Workshops
2008 - Present
Tsi Tiotonhontsatáhsawe
2022
AbTeC Gallery
2020 - 2022
Initiative for Indigenous Futures
2015 - 2022
Calico & Camouflage
2021
Greetings from Skyworld
2020
Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence Workshops
2019
The Peacemaker Returns
2017
Words Before All Else Part 1
2017
She Falls For Ages
2017
Blueberry Pie Under a Martian Sky
2016
Each Branch Determined
2016
TimeTraveller ™
2008 - 2013
mentoring and production support
A First Peoples’ Postsecondary Storytelling Exchange
2018
Ota Nda Yanaan – We Are Here
2010
Kahnawake Voices
2010
related projects
Avatar Performance Stream
2007
CyberPowWow
1997 - 2001
awards
Ars Electronica
Digital Communities Honorable Mention
2018
Resisting Reduction Competition
2018
Trudeau Foundation
Fellowship
2014 - 2017
imagineNATIVE
Best New Media
2013
Ashoka
Changemakers Award
2012
Eiteljorg Museum
Fellowship
2011
imagineNATIVE
Best New Media
2010
imagineNATIVE
Best New Media
2009
imagineNATIVE
Best New Media Honorable Mention
2008
connect
@Skawennati's first ever fashion collection, Calico & Camouflage, is hitting the runway this weekend at the @SWAIA Centennial! 🤩#calicocamouflage #indigenousfashion
https://swaia.org/fashion/?fbclid=IwAR2VGmzVmdTRYp0KZqJE-iVzWM3_tmYVQP6dKaQqb6vz87wMaHb0PKL7_Tk
Don’t forget to visit the online exhibition WETWARE, which is also an NFT fundraiser for the upcoming book ‘Cyberfeminism Index’! @Skawennati’s first ever NFT, a trailer she made for TimeTraveller™ back in 2009, is for sale! @FeralFile
https://feralfile.com/exhibitions/wetware-tkl