Tartupaluk
2026 | Canada, Denmark, Greenland | RA VR utopia created by Laakkuluk Williamson | SCINTILLA/Nation of Lovers Productions/Ánorâk Film | Original Inuktitut version with English & French subtitles. Also available in Inuktitut and Kalaallisut dubbed versions
31 minutes
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TARTUPALUK is an interactive VR experience set in an imaginary Arctic republic between the northern tip of the American continent and Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) among a nation of circumpolar lovers.
TARTUPALUK is an interactive virtual reality trip to the imaginary Republic of Tartupaluk, set on a tiny real-world Arctic island located within the territorial waters of northernmost North America and Greenland. Acclaimed Greenlandic-Canadian artist and writer Laakkuluk Williamson invites viewers to tour the island and earn their stripes as citizens of the Republic among a nation of circumpolar lovers. TARTUPALUK unfolds as a poetic and at times satirical Inuit utopia; the island’s long history of imperialist geopolitical claims gives way to a call to embrace, gather, and connect.
Laakkuluk Williamson
Director, Writer & Lead Actress
Internationally acclaimed Kalaaleq (Greenlandic Inuk) artist Laakkuluk Williamson is a performance artist, poet, actor, curator and writer. Winner of the 2018 Kenojuaq Ashevak Memorial Award and 2021 Sobey Art Award, her work spans uaajeerneq, Inuit feminism and film, including North of North (Netflix), The Grizzlies, The Contamination Is Hidden in the Ground and AATOOQ. Based in Iqaluit, Nunavut.