Two-Eyed Seeing is a three-panel artwork by Will Morin and Quinn Hopkins, commissioned by the McDonald Institute in partnership with Queen's University's Office of Indigenous Initiatives and the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy. Moving from past to present to future, the work brings Anishinaabe knowledge and astroparticle physics into the same frame — a loon rising toward the pictographs of Lake Superior, a lodge layered over SNOLAB two kilometres underground, and a spirit bird travelling the Milky Way alongside a dreamcatcher woven in the same pattern found in pine cones, galaxies, and the spiral of a river. Each panel is activated by an augmented reality layer that brings the teachings and physics into motion. Rooted in a knowledge sharing circle with Elders, knowledge keepers, and physicists at Queen's, the work holds two ways of paying attention to the universe together, and invites the viewer to do the same.

How to experience the AR:

Open the camera app on your phone or tablet.
Point it at the QR Code.
Tap the link that appears on your screen to launch the AR experience.
Hold your device steady and keep the full panel in view.
Use headphones or turn up your volume to hear the accompanying audio.
Repeat for each panel — left to right — to move through past, present, and future.

Best viewed in a well-lit space with a stable internet connection.