Land, Sea, Sky is public-facing and ever-evolving, and aims to develop new artwork and scholarly outputs in conjunction with local partners and artists in remote, non-urban communities of the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Arctic regions.

Land, Sea, Sky is a project rooted in research-creation methods and structured around three site-specific convenings. Each convening will provide opportunities for site visits and in situ learning in a distinct context of infrastructural flux and will be coordinated and structured in dialogue with local partners to include public talks and workshop offerings. The first such convening will be held in Haida Gwaii from May 10 to 16, 2026; more details can be found below.

Land, Sea, Sky will culminate with an international traveling exhibition series and edited volume in late 2029.

From subsea cables to Starlink, the internet infrastructures serving Haida Gwaii continue to diversify and evolve. But what might the future hold?

From 6:00 – 8:00pm in the Masset Playhouse, this public talk and community-led discussion with speakers Dr. Tomas Walker-Borsa (LSE), Dr. Darin Barney (McGill), and Sam Hall (GwaiiTel) will consider the opportunities – and challenges – that lie ahead for community-owned infrastructure on Haida Gwaii, and how the development of internet infrastructures can be pursued according to local priorities.

With introductory remarks by Dr. Ruth Beer (Emily Carr) and a creative community connectivity mapping workshop led by visual artist and teacher, Susannah White (Emily Carr).

As part of our upcoming convening on Haida Gwaii, Land, Sea, Sky is excited to offer two events in partnership with the Haida Gwaii Museum and Swiilawiid Sustainability Society’s partnered program Hlk’yak’ii To Start a Fire on Tuesday May 12 at the Haida Heritage Centre.

From 3:30 – 5:30pm in the Bill Reid Room at the Haida Heritage Centre, we’ll be offering a hands-on DIY computing workshop involving construction of a solar-powered server and compact, customizable cyberdecks – or ‘thrift store computers’ – using scavenged and provided materials. Rather than taking the availability of internet infrastructures for granted, what would it mean to build internet systems that pause, that rest, and that follow the natural rhythms of the weather and the seasons? How would our relationship with the Internet change if it were powered by the Sun? Responding to these prompts, this workshop will guide participants through the construction of a fully-functional solar-powered server which works in concert with limits defined by local energy availability to explore how computing can be reimagined from the ground up.

After a short break, we’ll then begin ‘Artistic Agency, Ownership and Protecting your work in the age of AI’, a public talk and discussion from 6:00 – 8:00pm in the Performing House at the Haida Heritage Centre. In this talk, Land, Sea, Sky team members Hannah Andrews and Zane Cooper will reflect on their own work while contemplating how we can de-center AI and how artists can negotiate these systems with agency rather than simply being led by technology. In the community-led discussion to follow, we hope to hear how Haida Gwaii’s local arts and cultural communities are both making use of and rejecting the possibilities of AI. Both events and follow-up invitation to reflect on the discussions and workshop, are free and suitable for all ages – and there will be food!