Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2016
Part of an incredible community: photos from this year's VQFF galas, receptions, performances, and Q&A's
Photos of the 2016 Vancouver Queer Film Festival by Lukas Engelhardt and Ash Tanasiychuk. In 2015, the Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) asked VANDOCUMENT to photograph the festival. They liked us so much they brought us back for 2016! We were asked to focus on these Q & A’s, galas, performances, cocktail receptions, and dance […]
The Work In Dreams
Contemporary dance lights up the Firehall
It is possible to perceive something that isn’t actually there. Choreographers, dancers and composers create a production with many interpretations. I am sitting in the Firehall Arts Centre theatre, about mid row, my eyes relaxed on the gravitational pull of an empty stage. The new contemporary dance performance “Things Near and Far” has not yet […]
Disembarking the Garuda IV
Pythagoras Records Issue 01 Launch at the Vancouver Art Gallery
On a rainy Sunday, Pythagoras Records brought together some nice folks in the rotunda of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Those curved twin marble steps that seem all so familiar were infinitely more impressive when experienced in a relaxing way. Lounging on the stairs drinking a beer while Dan Rincon provided the perfect soundtrack. All that […]
Lessons From Pecha Kucha x Emily Carr
A Dose of Local Inspiration
Words & Photos by Kaitlen Arundale The lineup outside the Vogue Theater was exactly the mixed bag of well dressed folk I expected to see at Pecha Kucha 38. Once inside we secured a spot on the upper balcony and waited for the show to begin. I must confess that this was my first time attending a Pecha […]
My Missing Body
Start to finish, an Immersive Workshop facilitated by Zoe Kreye and final performance at Western Front
Photography by Corie Waugh, description taken from the FACEBOOK page “In partnership with LIVE 2015 and the Western Front, artist Zoe Kreye facilitates an immersive workshop where participants develop embodied scores with an installation of ceramic sculptures. The workshop in its entirety is conceived of as a collectively developed performance ritual. Each session begins with a […]
Field Camp: An Imagined Wilderness
Words by Nola Semczyszyn Photos by Lukas Engelhardt and Megan Stewart On August 22, a motley group of people gathered at East Vancouver’s Pandora Park for Field Camp — a collaborative participatory art event and neighbourhood celebration organized by Barbara Adler and Dance Troupe Practice as part of DTP’s Field House Residency. The event drew […]
‘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 […]
Not Just Another Space
Photos by Lukas Engelhardt Located at 1523 E Pender, Another Space Studio held their grand opening on Friday September 18th. They are a community creative arts therapy studio offering a variety of workshops and classes that focus on combining art and well being.
ISEA: Re-examining Boundaries
Four minutes with ISEA 2015 Symposium Director, Philippe Pasquier
Video by Jakub Markiewicz. In addition to being an associate professor in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology of Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Communication, Arts and Technology, Philippe Pasquier was one of the Symposium Directors of ISEA 2015: Disruption, along with Thecla Schiphorst. ISEA was hosted at SFU Woodwards and select venues across […]
Light Therapy
ISEA2015 launches mellow but bright and generous with Instant Coffee party
Ash Tanasiychuk photos “Instant Coffee Light Bar is an ongoing art project that investigates the potential and power of light. The artists come to this idea through necessity. Living in a place such as Vancouver, Canada, where the rain can seem endless, the negative effects of the lack of sunlight on individual psyches and the […]