Events

Past Event

Yekatit 12: A VR Window into a Silenced Past

February 19, 2026
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Jerome L. Greene Science Center, Columbia University, 605 West 129th Street, New York

Event Description 

Gibbi is a new virtual reality experience that transports viewers into an  American compound in 1937, where Ethiopian civilians sought refuge amidst devastating violence. From within a simulated VR shelter, you'll experience history through shattered windows. Please join a conversation on memory, erasure, and resistance.

Event Information

Free and open to the public; registration required. Please visit the event webage for more information. Please email [email protected] with any questions. 

Hosted by the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University.