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Jeanne Randolph, a psychoanalyst and writer of highly inventive visual arts criticism will directly address the performative body of the technologically enhanced lecturer in her Syntax errors presentation. Randolph draws upon her research interests…

Vancouver artist Sandra Lockwood is known for her strong, graceful, emotional performances. Lockwood presented a song/poem cycle based loosely on the life and work of astronomer/inventor Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687) and his wife Elizabeth as part…

Based in Courtenay, the AFVC provided programs and activities to the Francophones in the Comox valley. It no longer exists. Its publication, L’Écho, was published in at least two formats. This is an incomplete collection, ranging from March-April…

The CBA provides programs and activities for the Francophones of Powell River. Le Petit Accueil was its publication. This incomplete collection ranges from April 1994 to Nov. 1995 Le Petit journal francophone was its following publication. This…

The SFM represents the Francophones of Maillardville, a Francophone community which is now part of Coquitlam.   Bonjour Maillardville was printed as of 1984 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of Maillardville. It was published first…

L’APPCF is the organization grouping the parents of the Programme Cadre de Français, the province’s first French Immersion program, which was launched in 1979. It is based in Vancouver. It published its newsletter, Dans L’Cadre, from ca. 1979 to at…

The digitized B.C./Western Canadian Lumber Worker collection contains newspapers produced from 1960 to 1980 by the British Columbia District Council No. 1 and the Western Canada Regional Council No. 1 of the forestry labour union the International…

The AFFNO provides programs and activities for the Francophones living in the north-west quarter of the province. It is based in Prince Rupert. Its publication, Actuellement, is published twice a year, in April and October, and each issue bears a…

Since the early 1980s Stitt has collected photo snapshots of people and places in his adopted community in London and wherever he traveled making performances. As such these images function as a connection with a moment, a memory; as cultural…

An illustrated lecture and presentation by guest British curator Rob La Frenais at grunt gallery. A chance to inspire future co-productions and idea exchanges between the art world and the scientific community in the ever-fascinating realm of space…

Meredith Monk is a legendary composer, singer, director/choreographer, and creator of new opera, musical theatre works, films, and installations. A pioneer in interdisciplinary performance work, her ground-breaking exploration of the voice as an…

A performance piece further exploring the persona La Abortada, who performed the previous piece "Western Lard: Fall of the American Hamburger." In this new piece, Ramírez-Figueroa explores Freudian theories of sexuality and modernist…

We step into the year 1929 and the big crash is looming ahead. We see him. perhaps mad in the surrounding whirlwind and we see her who shapes his destiny. The Players flit in and out of his mind, and as the paranoia grows does anyone know where to…

This series contains records related to Vance's prolific work as City Analyst and forensics investigator. The records include general notes and correspondence, calculations, and his work specifically related to the Royal Visit in 1939, along…

Empire is an allegory about the establishment of one of the largest corporations in the world. Au pair explores the often hilarious relationships of adventure-seeking childcare workers from Europe with their affluent American employers. A screening…

La Boussole is a resource centre for Francophones in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Its publication is Le Journal La Boussole. The collection includes only one issue, from April 1995 (no.6). It seems to have appeared in April and in September.

Using two record players in a DJ-like manner, Diane Landry conducts a true circle of casual objects: various kitchen tools, toys, shoes, skates, for example, randomly take their turn on the plates one after another. Caught in a kind of merry-go-…

A joint production of Western Front and grunt gallery, this fundraiser featured performance and video documentation, a live performance by Velveeta Krisp and an auction of performance props and related artworks.