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Certificates of Shares of the Capital Stock, dated 1912-1920.

re: live was a two part event combining a video screening (November 17, 2001) and a subsequent panel discussion, addressing both the historical and contemporary relationship between performance and video art. Performance and video find a common…

Thundering Word Heard, the weekly spoken word/music fusion open mic series, presented the Vancouver book launch of 'Impure: Reinventing the Word: The Theory, Practice, and Oral History of 'Spoken Word' in Montreal'. Word-sters…

Wong Mon Hong was born in Van Winkle in 1901. From 1917 until 1943 he was active in mining, and the operation of two grocery stores and a cafe. He worked for two years in Vancouver, then returned to the Cariboo to continue mining. He died in 1985.…

Hungry Ghosts is a five channel video installation that features a mix of Wong's past video and performance works touching on the recurring subject of death. The video installation provides an ephemeral form where interdisciplinary elements…

Over the first two weeks of November, Forkert convened small groups of participants to perform everyday activities together in public and private spaces, drawing attention to the experience of time and the possibilities of spending time together. At…

As an artist who works both in performance and video art, Lida Abdul creates poetic spaces that allow the viewer to interrogate the familiar and the personal. Her work is guided by a ritualized formalism that insinuates the immediacy of myth and the…

This is the newsletter of the Comité Jeunesse Franco-Colombien, based in Vancouver. We only have a single issue, Vol. 1, no. 1, Nov. 1988, printed in 8 ½ in. x 11 in. format.

Two performances occurred simultaneously in adjoining rooms. Each performance reflects the disparate bodies of work that the two artists pursue separately. When they interface with each other (either purposefully or accidentally) a third performance…

The CCFV was situated on 16th Ave. at the corner of Willow. The present version is in the Maison de la Francophonie on W. 7 Ave. The Bulletin was its publication. This is an incomplete collection, ranging from Feb.-Mar.-Apr. 1998 to May-Aug. 2003 Le…

Parizeau dedicates her work to freedom and the demystification of enlightenment. In this piece she represents the dream state and explores themes of death and rebirth symbolically through the psychological hysteria of a clown. This piece unfolds…

Matching outfits and brightly coloured dance shoes were Norma's uniform for this performance that emphasized and undermined the boundaries that separate audience and performer. This performance was presented by Access Gallery.

In A Simple Truth, Belmore discusses her process of creating work through a narrative involving her connection to the suicide of a student with whom she worked with during a residency. During the performance, she lies down while being surrounded by…

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…

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…

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…

This collection contains objects of general relevance to the LIVE Biennial of Performance Art 2005, including promotional materials, listings, and articles.

The final Sunday panel at grunt gallery of LIVE 2003, Trauma and Endurance engaged panelists and the audience in a discussion of laden performance: durational works addressing heavy topics, and their effect on perfomers. MacLennan, Nieslony, and…

This collection contains objects of general relevance to the LIVE Biennial of Performance Art 2003, including promotional materials, listings, and articles.