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 […]
Sweaty Bones, Sweaty People
Rainbow Connection held Sweaty Bones 11: Heidi for School Board! alongside Art Trap, Co-Curated by Ezra Bloom
Photography by Andi Icaza-Largaespada Last month saw Sweaty Bones 11th edition held at Rainbow Connection with an array of Djs, artists and installations for the conjuct Art Trap exhibition, co-curated by Ezra Bloom. Preceeded by a collaborative set-up alongside Sweaty Bones’ founder, host and exhibitor Heidi Nagtegaal: the early evening brought space to talk municipal […]
The Field Trip Revisited
An art lover’s journey into the peripheries
Words by Brit Bachmann + Photography by Sheng Ho The initial gathering of our Field Trip group is almost too reminiscent of awkward school days. Slowly and cautiously, people funnel into the foyer just outside the Audain Gallery. It isn’t until the animated Andrea Creamer of SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement extends a loud […]
The 2014 Vancouver Art/Book Fair
Enthusiastically presented by Project Space
Photographs and words by Sarah Faye Bernstein HELLO WORLD, how I long for the early days of October. That first taste of crisp but warm air, a handful of leaves turning yellow and red. On that first weekend, Project Space held it’s annual Vancouver Art/Book Fair at the beautiful Vancouver Art Gallery. Canada’s only […]
Looking Deeper Into A Transitioning Chinatown
Julia Kwan’s Everything Will Be documentary aims to re-engage the community of one of North America’s oldest cultural enclaves
Written + Photography by Andi Icaza-Largaespada When Julia Kwan’s Everything Will Be screened at SFU Woodwards’ Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema, most 350 seats were taken: the theatre felt bubbling and packed. Arriving a few minutes late granted me first-row, neck-stiffening seats. This was the second of four sold-out screenings of Everything Will Be during the 2014 […]
ISSUE Mag Launch and Vancouver Art/Book Fair Bring the Crowds to UNIT/PITT
Third issue coincides with The Monochrome Shop's last week of exhibition
Photography by Andi Icaza-Largaespada For their third issue launch, ISSUE mag combines forces with the Vancouver Art/Book Fair preview after party at UNIT/PITT. VANDOCUMENT’s photographer Andi Icaza-Largaespada hung out at the launch for two hours. UNIT/PITT was kept busy all night as crowds of people, from gallery goers to VA/BF previewers came and went. From […]
Lighting The Way Out
Beautiful, original projected artworks at Vancouver's Folk Fest
Video shot and edited by Tara Flynn For the 2014 Vancouver Folk Festival, LocoMotoArt artists Rob Scharein, Sebnem Ozpeta, Mark Nazemi, Merlyn Chipman, Bobbi Kozinuk and Laura Lee Coles created a digital art landscape installation Lighting The Way Out. Festival patrons viewed the installation each night as they exited the 4th street entrance. LocoMotoArt (LMA) […]
Retro Vancouver
How Our City Needs to Progress in the 21st Century
Written by Justin Ramsey Photography by Harley Spade For much of Vancouver’s history, the Downtown Eastside was the economic hub of the city. Rooted amidst the bustle of boutiques, hotels, and parlours was the Woodward’s department store, a six-storey shopping mecca that drew Vancouverites from all over the city. This version of the Downtown Eastside […]
My Cowbojsky Boty
Or, "How to Own it When You Don't Own It."
Writing by Barbara Adler Illustrations by Brit Bachmann Photography by Barbara Adler and Ash Tanasiychuk Videos by Ash Tanasiychuk “A cowboy without a horse just wants to get to where they’re going.” This summer, I picked up that piece of cowboy philosophy by wandering – horseless — through the Czech countryside in a pair of […]
To Move In or Form a SWARM
Vancouver's annual 2-night festival of artist run centres kicks off it's 15th year
Photography by Ash Tanasiychuk Text pulled from SWARM 15 site, plus event pages SWARM is a 2-night event that marks the launch of Vancouver’s artist-run centre (ARC) programming season with exhibition openings, performances, screenings and special events. Artist-run Centres (ARCs) are collectives and non-profit organizations, run by artists, supporting new and innovative practices in the […]