Quest Out West

Season 4 of “Quest Out West: Wild Food” follows Syilx Storyteller Tracey Kim Bonneau as she visits various Indigenous community organizations to learn about sustainable food practices and help prepare healthy, delicious meals.
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All professional storytellers develop a unique style and rhythm to their work. Tracey has has been creating authentic Indigenous content in the mainstream for over 30 years. Her work spans from hard-hitting documentaries to award winning stories featuring the revival of the Interior Dug-out Canoe. Tracey is highly effective in production management. Her entire career has been dedicated to creating space in the world of television, print and radio to represent Indigenous voices on screen.


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Quest out West - Season 4

Quest Out West Wild Food is a documentary series airing on the Aboriginals Peoples Television (APTN) created, written and produced by Tracey Kim Bonneau. Join Host syilx Tracey Kim Bonneau as she explores the people’s oral history, of wild and organic food in beautiful British Columbia, Canada. 

Quest Out West- Wild Food Season IV documentary series world premiered: Tuesday, May 2 (syilx version) and Tuesday May 9, 2023 (English Version) on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. 

In Season IV the adventure continues amidst the breathtaking wild rugged mountains and swift rivers in the unceded traditional territory of the Syilx, in the Okanagan and Nicola Valley region. The series features cinematically stunning and untapped and rare, stories of Indigenous foodie history, culture and cuisine. Of interest to many are the conversations between Indigenous harvesters and organic growers equally concerned about the health of the planet, food security, past and present. At the heart of discussions is the magnitude of the earths carbon footprint.



Augmented Reality - AR / Virtual Reality - VR

Augmented Reality Huckleberry Bush

IN 2018 Tracey began to expand her artistic curiosity into the world of Augmented Reality to develop VR/AR skills and expand her technical skills and creativity as a modern storyteller. Tracey joined the IM4 Lab team as a media matriarch created by Metis/Cree filmmaker, Loretta S Todd, alongside media matriarchs T’uy’t’tanat- Cease Wyss - Skwxwu7mesh/Sto:lo and Doreen Manuel - Secwepemc/Ktunaxa. IM4 is a training project in collaboration with Emily Carr University to offer workshops to train Indigenous peoples in AR/XR. IM4 is dedicated to Indigenizing VR/AR/360 by enabling Indigenous communities to find effective ways to incorporate these technologies into educational, cultural, language, artistic and commercial applications. The Matriarchs work with IM4 Lab's experts VR/AR mentors to create specific AR elements that showcase their creative and technical abilities. In turn, these Media Matriarchs will mentor Indigenous youth who are aspiring to pursue technical training and creative expression in VR/AR and other digital media.


2019 Tracey presented an artist talk at Emily Carr university “VR Truthtelling” on the topic of 360 Immersive documentary VR storytelling perspectives as a syilx woman.


IN 2020 worked with Moni Garr to further develop her AR/VR skills and began her ECO VR Project “Huckleberry.” This AR project is inspired by her efforts as a syilx woman to create an ecological experience about the huckleberry habitat and nsyilxcen language learning tool. Working with Moni Garr, Tracey articulated her design concepts. Working in Tiltbrush, Oculus Rift they were able to imagine 3D huckleberry bushes that can be moved around and through.


IN 2021 Tracey was awarded a significant professional artist grant to further the development of her Virtual Reality Project: ECO VR Huckleberry.


February 12-28, 2021 Tracey was an invited artist Vancouver Mural WINTER ARTS Festival

AN AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCE

VMF WINTER ARTS brings art to life on the streets of Vancouver! Blurring the line between the virtual and physical worlds, VMF Winter Arts transforms public space across Vancouver’s core into an interactive open-air gallery featuring Augmented Reality (AR) art. Download the VMF mobile app to find and explore 20+ AR locations safely with your core bubble. Presented by Vancouver Mural Festival and the Downtown Vancouver BIA. Check out vanmuralfest.ca and @vanmuralfest for details.

Tracey with Virtual Reality

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