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The hole of the female genital organs may appear in another part of the body, the penis as a stiffness or as a piece of wood somewhere else. The artist takes on the role of patient and survivor of psychaitry, and attempts to convey the experience of…

A spotlit Mo stands at a podium, next to a projected quote by President Andrew Jackson. Still from Racism in Empire by Mo Sa'lemy.

Jeanne Randolph leans against a podium, in front of a projection of a Sigmund Freud. Still from Syntax errors: Acting out, Play-Doh* and Doubt by Jeanne Randolph.

Rodney Graham and band perform at the Anza Club. Still from A Country & Western Jamboree by Larry Krone.

Projection of Ahmad Tabrizi accompanying Marlene Madison's live performance. Still from Little Miss Mira.

Le Journal Jeunesse was the newsletter of the Club Jeunesse de Kelowna. We only have a single issue, no.2, [1985].  La Grenouillère en ballade was the newsletter of the Club Jeunesse de Kelowna. This is an icomplete collection, from Nov. 1985 to Oct…

Spencer’s mail order catalogues, a subsidiary of David Spencer Limited, aimed to bring affordable fashion, extensive household goods, and myriad services to those residing outside of Vancouver and Victoria. Although its focus was British Columbia,…

Item is a typewritten letter to Vance, from L.E.Westman, Hon. Secretary of the Canadian Institute of Chemistry.

This event brings a fresh approach and current elements of urban youth culture into the dialogue of spectatorship and performance. The 1990s saw an explosion of technologized culture. Turntablism, music producers/arrangers, video, and multimedia…

Reservoir was a durational work by Rebecca Belmore. The artist used recycled jars to collect water and stockpiled it in the space. The reservoir remained in grunt gallery as an installation for a week following the performance.

The opening reception for Peter Conlin's Freedom, a performative exhibition that ran for for the following two weeks. Conlin used the gallery as a studio to create installations in an improvisational way, setting up several different zones to…

This performance is equal parts professional wrestling and sound assault. The costume (as well as some of the theatrics) is a replica of a 1970's Mexican wrestler. The Yellow Diablo appears in costume preparing for a match and wired with 15…

The third LIVE Biennial of Performance Art once again saw the convergence of local, national, and international performance artists, scholars, curators, and audiences in Vancouver. Directed by David Yonge, LIVE 2003 featured a special emphasis on…

This piece is a compilation of four solos. The image and message of Mary Magdalene is portrayed from four historical viewpoints: the medieval, the Elizabethan, the turn of the Twentieth Century, and the modern. The challenge of uniting the physical…

Alastair MacLennan is knowns for long durational performances with concerns of ethic, religious/political bigotry, tolerance, social improvement, death, mutation, and transformation. His performance for LIVE 2003, Rove Over, was part of Black Market…

A performance art fashion show of local artists curated by Mexican performance artist Lorena Wolffer and produced by Lori Weidenhammer. As well as creating a unique group show, Wolffer will be performing her own piece which critiques the effect of…

Groups of participants near a side wall, chatting and eating food together. Still from Picnic by Mima Preston and Gareth Moore.

"Picnic" sites were chosen for their potential areas of leisure as well as their unique and sometimes awkward placement in the city. Pedestrians were encouraged to join and participate in these site-specific picnics. This closing reception…

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…

Billy Barker’s legendary gold strike on Williams Creek triggered a multi-billion dollar industrial revolution that literally built a province. Today, the extraordinary historic town of Barkerville stands as a living testament to BC’s golden…

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…

Louise Dubreuil stands shoeless on stage, wearing a skirt covered in hanging toy figurines. Still from Impure: Reinventing the Word: The Theory, Practice, and Oral History of 'Spoken Word' in Montreal with writers Vincent Tinguely and…

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…

This is a 2 sided certificate for shares, from the Sointula Cooperative Store Limited, issued to Amanda Wartiainen.