Jeremy Mendes, Leanne Allison

Bear 71 is an interactive multi-user online experience told from the point of view of an omniscient female grizzly bear, dubbed “Bear 71” by the park rangers who track her. The bear’s story speaks to how we coexist with wildlife in the age of networks, surveillance, and digital information en mass. Bear 71 is created by the National Film Board of Canada’s groundbreaking digital studio, which has produced award-winning projects: Welcome to Pine Point, The Test Tube with David Suzuki, and Waterlife.