Creating A Holistic Homefront
Carrie MacLeod leads an SFU audience through 'human choreography'
Written by Brit Bachmann + Photography by Alisha Weng “I ask us to listen with our whole bodies.” This is how Carrie MacLeod opened her lecture performance at SFU Woodwards. While the audience was bathing in a warm amber glow in the Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, anxiously awaiting to hear her views, MacLeod had already plotted […]
#GVEAFUKPOPUP @ thisopenspace
friendly artists, a pretty venue, & strong, engaging work.
Photography by Sarah Faye Bernstein As a Gastown resident, I’ve always wondered about the space formerly known as the Chinatown Experiment, currently being rebranded to thisopenspace. I’m so happy I brought myself there! It’s a beautifully lit and welcoming venue. I went on Saturday, September 6th to check out work by Celine Simpson, Andrew Briggs, […]
Site-Specificity: Eight Ounces Half a Pound
Vancouver’s racialized labour history inspires a sculptural response at Chinatown’s Access Gallery.
There is no shortage of artists who concentrate on site-specific work these days; and there is no shortage of galleries looking to display work that bears the strong formative and associative imprints of having arisen in a particular time and space. But most often, the relocation of the work into the gallery setting cannot help […]
Medical Drama: Theatre Artist Yvette Lu Talks LAUNCH Festival
written by Justin Ramsey edited by Christopher Millin Yvette Lu has a distinction to her name that is unusual for an artist: the prestigious suffix MD. “I wanted to be a doctor for a long time,” Lu recalls fondly, “ever since I was a small child.” We are sitting in Revolver Café, a trendy coffee […]
PechaKucha 30: Adding To An Impressive Run of Succinct, Powerful Presentations
Authors, artists, a violinist, chocolatiers, housing activists, a two story tall mech suit(!), and so much more - this edition pulls no punches
Photos by Jon Vincent Unless otherwise noted, quotes pulled from from Cause+Affect’s PechaKucha press release PechaKucha, “a presentation style in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each,” which Vancouver’s branding and design agency Cause+Affect have taken to celebrate Vancouver’s movers n’ shakers (see why VANDOC is interested in this?), held their 30th incarnation […]
Edward Burtynsky: Water – Artist Talk and Book Signing @ Langara College
Renowned Canadian Photographer underpins Capture Photo Festival’s successful inaugural year and offers an insight into his expansive new work, Water
Written by Adam Stenhouse Photos by Jon Vincent Edward Burtynsky. Even if you don’t know his name, you most likely know his photographs. In the last decade he has become a household name and a go-to for the coffee table book collection. As part of Capture Photo Festival’s inaugural, and deceptively heavyweight line-up, Burtynsky spoke […]
Video Revolution! Making Your Message @ VIVO
One week tech camp teaches youth filmmaking with a purpose
Words by Alicia McLean Photos by Sheng Ho Sitting with the instructors of Video Revolution! in the trendy yellow chairs of VIVO Media Arts Centre, I admire the bright, sunlit classroom-to-be. Panoramic desktop iMacs: check. Compact DSLRs: check. Pair of enthusiastic and quirky teachers: check. So, what makes this week-long (Aug 5-9) workshop different than […]
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 […]
Background / ThisPlace Artists’ Talk
Artists Emilio Rojas, Igor Santizo, and Guadalupe Martinez close out the series of events that accompany Background / This Place at grunt with an artist talk and potluck
Following the official opening on May 10 2013, as well as various talks and walks to accompany the exhibition, artists Emilio Rojas, Guadalupe Martinez, and Igor Santizo held a talk/panel/Q&A on a Saturday afternoon at grunt gallery. This talk gave the audience an opportunity to hear about, ask about, and begin to understand the density […]