Welcome to the Johnny Horton Remix
In this installment of Klasika, Barbara Adler gives us a taste of some of the music she’s working on as part of her year-long, multidisciplinary art project inspired by Czech tramping.
In Klasika, Barbara uses the Czech fascination with the American Wild West to explore themes of adaptation, appropriation, fiction and thievery. As part of this work, The Johnny Horton Remix project takes these themes and makes them danceable. For Barbara and her musical collaborators, Ten Thousand Wolves, the remix is an opportunity for music to […]
Who do they think I am… Jim Pattison?
Bah! Humbug! is A Christmas Carol with sass
Written by Brit Bachmann + photos by Alisha Weng Bah! Humbug! is a twist on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, drawing parallels between the squalor of Victorian London and Vancouver’s modern-day Downtown Eastside. This is the 5th annual year of Bah! Humbug!, with proceeds supporting Heart of the City Festival. Every year the play is […]
Thru The Trapdoor
77 participants. 48 projects and performances. A huge photo gallery + 17min video recapping it all. A once in a lifetime event.
Photos by Ash Tanasiychuk and Jon Vincent Video by Ash Tanasiychuk and Tara Flynn Text from On Main Gallery’s press release Thru the Trapdoor was an interdisciplinary art exhibition and event that took place from April 22 to 27, 2014. It was produced to mark the end of an era for the building at 1965 […]
Heartbeat of the Drum
The Heart of the City Festival at SFU Woodward’s
Written by Justin Ramsey & Photography by Ravi Gill The first day of November did not disappoint. The sun shone clear in the grey-blue sky; and despite the almost-wintry nip in the air, the trees held fast to their fall colours. The night was equally pleasant; Halloween hangovers kept the sidewalks of Gastown unusually quiet—a change […]
Cast Album Fundraiser
Photography by Andi Icaza-Largaespada Before setting of to their brief break from playing live (6 months!) Cast held a fundraiser show at China Cloud with guest tap dancers. Preceded by Tiny Pyramids, Vancouver’s Sun Ra tribute trio, the night unfolded into an array of experimental sounds that excited the ear and warmed the already cozy […]
CONNECTIONS, Fall 2014
vandocument's own seasonal art party
Photos by Kendra Archer Vandocument’s CONNECTIONS fall party held on November 8th, 2014 included various performances and works of art from local and emerging Vancouver artists. The night included an incredible line up featuring: Amanda Courtney Niekamp (visual artist: illustration & painting) Clotted Artery (videography, screenings, interviews, media sponsor) Cometary (Rianne Švelnus + Sarah Gallos […]
National Stolen Treasures
Dylan Robinson discusses art music's indigenous inclusions
Written by Dillon Ramsey Photography by Ash Tanasiychuk Go into any of Canada’s “great” museums and you will more than likely come face to face with collections of First Nations artefacts acquired by means that could be called questionable at best. Indeed, colonial Canada has long made a point of stockpiling the ceremonials of its […]
Sofar / Yaletown
Yaletown Loft + Four Bands + 100 or more people easily = Sofar
Photos by Ravi Gill Text by Darragh Amelia In 2009, a group of individuals frustrated by the increasingly commodified live music scene decided to host three artists in their tiny North London flat. They invited a selected audience of true music lovers to join in on the experience. After that show, those people went and […]
SOFAR Sounds Comes to Vancouver
songs from a room
Words and Photography by Sarah Faye Bernstein On November 17th, I had the ultimate pleasure of attending my first sofar sounds show in Vancouver. What started as a small, by donation live music show in an apartment in London, “songs from a room” has exploded globally, and now Vancouver’s got our own branch happening! The […]
Making Destroy Vancouver
An Interview with DV founder John Brennan
Interview by Brit Bachmann This is a shotgun preview of Destroy Vancouver XI, happening in less than 24 hours. Destroy Vancouver began in July 2012. It is a one-night music festival combining drone, harsh noise, free jazz and experimental electronic. Most instalments take place at VIVO, a media arts centre and venue that recently migrated […]