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 Tara Flynn

Interview with Filmmaker Erik Paulsson

Interview with Filmmaker Erik Paulsson

VANDOCUMENT's Tara Flynn catches up with Erik during his film retrospective at VIVO Media Arts

Interview, filming, and post production by Tara Flynn Interview with Erik Paulsson, Vancouver filmmaker, as he embarks on his next journey. VANDOCUMENT visits VIVO Media Arts Centre to speak with Erik during a 3 day retrospective & fundraiser. In the interview he touches on his current process of creating a multi-part documentary series, exploring mysticism […]

 Ash Tanasiychuk

VANDOCUMENT Team Hangout at The Rumpus Room

VANDOCUMENT Team Hangout at The Rumpus Room

Put the computers and smart phones away - we're gonna get to know each other the old fashioned way: face to face, grabbin' a drink in the sun

We live in a digital age. While the convenience of working from remote locations as varied as a home office, a library, a cafe, or even overseas might be appealing for it’s freedom, it has a downside: it disconnects us from each other. The VANDOCUMENT team is a group of passionate, creative individuals who largely […]

 Sheng Ho

Cycle Chic Social at Chapel Arts

Cycle Chic Social at Chapel Arts

An evening of fashionable cycling culture, captured in pictures

Photos by Sheng Ho Vancouver Cycle Chic, “a bunch of friends who love style and bike riding,” held Cycle Chic Social at Chapel Arts on Friday July 5 2013. It’s “a party in celebration of lifestyle, fashion, art, food, and music” that featured several designers, dj’s and dancing. — For more info: Vancouver Cycle Chic […]

 Ash Tanasiychuk

Conjured Citations at Access Gallery

Conjured Citations at Access Gallery

A stop motion animation recreation of the original performance art piece

Photography and animated filmmaking by Ash Tanasiychuk On May 5 2013, as part of In This Together (curated by Derrick Chang), the Tri-University Master of Arts Colloquium between Emily Carr University of Art and Design (ECUAD), Simon Fraser University (SFU), and University of British Columbia (UBC), Guadalupe Martinez and Charlene Vickers, in collaboration with Luciana […]

 Celesse McCarthy

Destroy Vancouver: Where the Noise Is

Destroy Vancouver: Where the Noise Is

words by Celesse McCarthy photographs by Alan Derksen The piano is puckered with fingerprints. The crowd is made up of fellow Jazz Fest musicians and the luminescent public. The purveyors are tamed and titillated. Even as they seat, they are immediately engaged in the space – as a species. Two pages of sheet music adorn […]

 Lucia Misch

Summer BBQ Fiesta of Music at The Media Club

Summer BBQ Fiesta of Music at The Media Club

Four Local Bands Rock the Excitement of a Pacific Coast Summer

Words by Lucia Misch Pics by Faber Neifer Walking through the zealous warmth of Saturday night towards the Summer BBQ Fiesta at the Media Club, it was impossible to miss the mass of BC Place, sitting like an engorged anemone one block south of the much smaller venue. Rumbling cheers of white noise burst intermittently […]

 Ash Tanasiychuk

Interview with Debbie Krull, Traditional Mother and Community Unity Celebration Organizer

Interview with Debbie Krull, Traditional Mother and Community Unity Celebration Organizer

Creating A Place For Our Stories To Be Shared

written by Ash Tanasiychuk We acknowledge that Vancouver is located on unceded Indigenous land belonging to the Coast Salish peoples. Following the initial launch of the Community Unity Celebration, (photodocumented by VANDOCUMENT’s Alan Derksen here), VANDOCUMENT’s Ash Tanasiychuk met with one of the Celebration’s main organizers, Debbie Krull, to discuss who she is, where she’s […]

 Yvonne Chew

Vancouver Chinatown Night Market

Vancouver Chinatown Night Market

Revisiting the market you thought you knew

Photos & words by Yvonne Chew Walking through the Vancouver Chinatown Night Market one Friday evening, while friends and families enjoyed food and drink on outdoor patios, I noticed a new blend of vendors.   Amongst the traditional Chinese vendors who sell anything from clothing, jewelry, plants, shoes, and sunglasses, to handbags, smart phone cases, […]

 Alan Derksen

Community Unity Celebration

Community Unity Celebration

The launch of a new, outdoor and inclusive event in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside aims to build community "by defeating and challenging the legacy of isolation and segregation by creating space in the outdoors for cultural sharing"

Photos by Alan Derksen We acknowledge that Vancouver is located on unceded Indigenous land belonging to the Coast Salish peoples. On Friday afternoon from 11am-4pm, an ambitious project held it’s inaugural event in the Downtown Eastside. The Community Unity Celebration is a community-initiated, community-led group that aims to strengthen Vancouver’s DTES by coming together to […]

 Yvonne Chew

Bradley Messer’s Wood Art

Bradley Messer’s Wood Art

Finding strength in the "weak" spots of wood extends the stories of the characters in our lives

Words and photos by Yvonne Chew On a Monday afternoon, while photographing a Music and Movement (improvisational music and dance) session organized by Ben Brown at the China Cloud Gallery, I noticed that the art work around the room was made from wood. A large piece of art that sat on the wall behind the […]