‘Colour of Right’
Ground Gallery’s debut exhibition, In Passing, ex situ
Words by Brit Bachmann (accompanied by selections from Trespass Act [RSBC 1996] Chapter 462). Photos by Brendan Yandt. At the end of a very long drive and an even longer bike ride into Point Grey, is a boarded up house insulated by a tall fence and scrubs. Cedar siding lifts off the structure from seasons […]
Makeshift Cowboy Meets Improvised Beach
Klasika goes on an urban vandr
Written by Barbara Adler Brit Bachmann photos Brendan Yandt soundscape It feels like it happened a long time ago. A group of friends met in my office at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts, where I am currently a graduate student. We listened to field recordings I made last summer in the Czech Republic as […]
Scratch Brings Softness to Vancouver Theatre
An intimate interview with Caitlin McCarthy and Stephanie Izsak
Interview + Photos by Brit Bachmann Three days before opening night, Vandocument’s Brit Bachmann met with Caitlin McCarthy and Stephanie Izsaks, friends offstage and onstage in Theatre Plexus’ latest project Scratch. The play is a dark humour that explores the evolution of relationships that occur around dying and death, considered a largely autobiographical work by […]
Untap the Millennial Mind
CultureBeast’s Kenneth Lamar puts the ‘con’ in BeastCon
Words by Brit Bachmann + Photos by Andi Icaza-Largaespada Unless you are oblivious to all the ‘Gen Y’ bashing in media, you are familiar with the term Millennial. Wikipedia defines the Millennial Generation, otherwise known as Generation Y as anyone born between 1980 and the early 2000’s. While certain authors praise Millennials for their sense […]
Why discuss the Burnaby Mountain protest?
Setting a precedence for Vancouver-based protest art and culture
Words by Brit Bachmann + visuals by Corie Waugh, Sheng Ho & Jakub Markiewicz While the opposition to corporate interests on Burnaby Mountain has been an ongoing struggle over the last decade and more, the demonstrations reached a pivotal presence last September when Kinder Morgan acted upon plans to conduct test drilling for an expansion […]
#KMFACE at No Way Cabaret
A picture is worth one thousand f*** offs
Photos by Sheng Ho + Words by Brit Bachmann No Way Cabaret was a celebration of endurance and a show of support for the opposition against pipelines. It was hosted by Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte and Gabriel Saloman in Unit/Pitt December 12, 2014. While the spirit was more sociable than urgent, No Way Cabaret was nevertheless a […]
NSFW: Sext Me Maybe?
Send Me Your Sexts One Year Anniversary and Release Party
Words by Brit Bachmann + Photos by Corie Waugh Send Me Your Sexts is an ongoing project by filmmaker Eileen Yaghoobian, “who’s convinced that your dirty messages should be [her] next script.” For $80, Eileen professionally reenacts sexting conversations up to 6 minutes long with a professional cast. December 13, 2014 marked Send Me Your […]
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 […]
Canzine Time
Vancouver’s least predictable literary festival
Words by Brit Bachmann + Photos by Harley Spade Canzine West happens around the same time every year, coinciding with the first frost. T-shirt clad vendors keep piles of winter jackets, sweaters and scarves under their tables. Canzine 2014 is no different. Attendees rush into the main foyer of SFU Woodwards with foggy glasses and […]
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 […]