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This is a loss of bodily control, of bodily functions. She experiences both repulsion and desire simultaneously. She is abject. She is outside of herself. Her body lies dormant beside her body being traumatized. This performance was part of the…

Welcome to the home of ARCH – BC, the Archival Records of Ceramic History in British Columbia. Arch-BC is a site dedicated to the newsletters of the Potters Guild of British Columbia (PGBC) the oldest provincial ceramic guild in Canada. The…

This collection contains objects of general relevance to the LIVE Biennial of Performance Art 2001, including promotional materials, listings, and articles.

Informed by popular culture and situated in contemporary cultural issues, Marlene Madison's Mira investigates multiple performance gestures and takes a humorous look at the phenomenon of cults - from psychoanalysis to those which more subtly…

Giant food, genetically modified organisms, Beckett and Marx (that's the brothers not Karl) combine in fusion cooking's maddest combo yet. Slapstick comedy is mutilated and disemboweled and now the organs are taking over. What happens when…

This 3 hour performance is based on a comedian's 5 minute solo routine taken from a late night talk show. All three artists wore identical clothing and repeating the monologues simultaneously including gestures, emotional expressions, and…

Rehearsal is part of an ongoing investigation on the conditions which surround "performance". The performance event accompanies a two week installation that attempts to activate the gallery space, blurring lines between performance and non…

Part drive-in theatre, part live radio show, 'Half-a-Tank' took place in a large parking lot at 1st Avenue and Ontario Street, where audience members, seated inside their cars, parked in a large circle facing inward. Inside the circle, a…

Fisher’s narrative embeds upon two complementary, London installations by Joseph Beuys. The narrative is encouraged by Beuys’ arrangement of his works and is stimulated by the show production of meaning the viewer participates in through research.…

Wireless Bodies was performed as part of ALA's Havana Gallery Series and was curated by Adad Hannah. The overarching theme of this performance is the wireless body - the body as appropriated and inserted into a set of media determined…

Imagine a musical instrument with one hundred wires strung over fifty feet. This is the extraordinary Long String Instrument (LSI), developed over twenty years by internationally acclaimed composer-performer Ellen Fullman. For this marquee event in…

This series contains research and reference files as originally created, maintained, and filed by John Vance during his lifetime and career. The records include paperwork and letters from various organizations and the City of Vancouver, lecture…

For the closing reception of LIVE 2003, the Rodney Graham Band performed at The Drink in Vancouver. Rodney Graham is one of Canada's leading international artists. His work in every medium can be traced to a performance art sensibility. His…

The B.C. Labour Heritage Centre was established in 2004 by labour activists in the province. The Society’s mandate is to preserve, document and present the history of workers and the labour movement in the province. We work in partnership with…

The B.C. Workers’ News began publishing as a labour and progressive newspaper in 1935. It changed its title several times in ensuing years. Other titles were People’s Advocate, Advocate, The People, People, Pacific Advocate and The Pacific Tribune.…

Swedish Heritage in British Columbia is a volunteer-run organization that documents, records, and preserves the history of the Swedes and people of Swedish heritage who settled in British Columbia and helped shaped the province. This includes Swedes…

The Museum of the Cariboo-Chilcotin is the only Museum in BC to focus on ranching and rodeo and honours both the cowboys of the past and the present. The Museum is home to the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame and has a special display area featuring photos,…

This series contains the personal and professional correspondence created and received by John Vance during his lifetime and career. The records include a diary from 1934-1935 which chronicles his time under police protection, correspondence with…

Karen Jamieson Dance, under the artistic direction of Karen Jamieson, was formed in 1983. Karen has created over 100 original dance works with original scores by over 20 respected Canadian composers, performed in Canada, Europe, Japan and the United…

Le Bastion de Nanaimo is the newsletter of the AFN. The 1986 issues are from Vol. 11, so we are presuming that Vol. 1 was published in 1976. This is an incomplete collection, from April 1986 to Dec. 2009, with gaps. It has been published in various…

Ratatouille was the newsletter of the short-lived La Maison d’Accueil, a Francophone centre in North Vancouver in 1984-85. The collection is comprised of 3 undated issues. The first two are in folded 8 ½ in.x 14 in. format, and the last, in full-…

Founded in 1979, l'Association francophone de Kamloops (AFK) is made up of members from all different communities in the Kamloops region and surrounding areas including Chase, Knutsford, Logan Lake and Merritt. Its publication, Entre Nous,…

A series of short works from the Montreal performance festival FA3, performed in sequence at grunt gallery.