Jason Edward Lewis

Jason Edward Lewis is a Haiwaiin and Samoan digital media theorist, poet, and software designer based in TiohtiĆ :ke (Montreal). He founded the Obx Laboratory for Experimental Media, where he explores computation as a creative and cultural material. He is the University Research Chair in Computational Media and the Indigenous Future Imaginary, as well as Professor of Computation Arts at Concordia University, Montreal. Lewis directs the Initiative for Indigenous Futures and co-directs the Indigenous Futures Research Centre, the Indigenous Protocol and AI Workshops, the Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace research network, and the Skins Workshops on Aboriginal Storytelling and Video Game Design. He is deeply committed to developing intriguing new forms of expression by working simultaneously at conceptual, critical, creative, and technical levels.