Texada

geology
stone mining
documentary

Texada is a remote Canadian island, once densely populated and renowned for its stone mining and logging. Since the 1950s, the local population has been shrinking rapidly, mirroring the decline of the extraction industries. This VR film offers a glimpse into the vast limestone quarries as well as the lives of local residents, contrasting the scale of geological time with the brevity of human existence. By combining live 360° footage with 3D animations of geological transformations, Texada reveals not only the lives of the locals but also the perspectives of minerals and tectonic shifts, challenging the human perception of time and landscape change.

Author: Josephine Anderson & Claire Sanford

Countries: Canada

Production year: 2024

Runtime: 17 min

Language: English

Control complexity: No Interactions

Motion sickness level: Low

Premiere status: No Premiere

Program section: VR Exhibition: More-than-Human Perspectives

Location: Area C (Ground Floor)