Mine Agente at Merge
MINE AGENTE @ MERGE, Vancouver 2014 from VANDOCUMENT on Vimeo. International musical sewing artist Lisa Simpson (AGENTE(costura)) comes to Vancouver to create a collaborative performance piece that explores textiles, sound, and the body, using clothing as a starting point. Investigating personal relationships with garments and the potential transformation of clothing, in search for rhythm and […]
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 […]
Over Under Over Under
A Repetitive Review of a Pattern Show
Words by Brit Bachmann + Photography by Jon Vincent Ragay As the sun descended in the West, orange beams streamed through the security bars on the windows of Red Gate, casting a skewed checkerboard shadow on the gallery floor. While this was definitely happenstance, I considered it an unofficial curatorial statement for Over Under Over Under, a […]
Reuse, Recycle, Reverberate
Society's consumerist, materialistic culture dynamically explored in dance/music/sewing collaboration
Vancouver dance artist Kelly McInnes has teamed with musician Ben Brown and international musical sewing artist Lisa Simpson to create Mine Agente, an unique piece “which explores and magnifies our society’s consumerist, materialistic culture using what we wear as the main focus.” McInnes has been working on ‘mine‘ in different capacities for the past two […]
Papergirl Strings Together Artists of All Ages and Abilities
Art exhibited at Roundhouse Community Centre before being distributed via volunteer cyclists
Photos by Alisha Weng In early July, Papergirl Vancouver celebrated their 2014 art exhibition at Roundhouse Community Centre. Photographer extraordinaire Alisha Weng was there to capture the people, the art, the event as it happened. With live music by Emily Rowed. Papergirl is a worldwide art movement that began in Berlin in 2006. It is […]
Lights, Tech, Action!
The annual event that uniquely brings together a range of tech-based creative pursuits, Vancouver Mini Maker Faire's 2014 edition took off at PNE Forum
Photos by Alisha Weng Descriptive text on the participating makers sourced from makerfaire.ca — Photographer Alisha Weng captured these keys shots: Camera Buildings: Tiny Houses and Small Spaces Building tiny houses and small spaces in Vancouver, Camera Buildings is a startup created to redefine housing. By focusing on sustainability and good design, Camera Buildings tiny […]
Synthetic Synthesis
Review: It’s Not You, It’s Me @ Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University of Art and Design (1399 Johnston Street, Vancouver, B.C.) March 27 – April 9, 2014
Review by Justin and Dillon Ramsey Granville Island is a beautiful place; that’s hard to contest. But its beauty is an aesthetic of tensions: here, the natural and industrial converge upon one another in stark, yet strangely harmonious, juxtaposition. Walking from west to east en route to Emily Carr University of Art and Design, lush […]
Strength in Community
Broadway East Art Walk and MetamorFest combine for successful all day family friendly community art event, despite the rain
Photos by Ash Tanasiychuk Two organizations with the shared goal of building community in Mount Pleasant have combined to create an all day, family friendly event. — Broadway East Art Walk Broadway East Art Walk emerged from community discussions about revitalizing Broadway East, focusing on the stretch from Prince Edward to Prince Albert. They “are […]
Where Did All The [ ] Go? Curiosities of The Lost
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Photo summary of The Toast's diorama show
Photos by Maria Turner The Toast Collective, “an art, event and food-centric space” in East Van, where we’ve eaten Sunday pancakes, watched film screenings outside in the late night fog (with free popcorn!), and many many more original, inclusive funtimes, continues its legacy of unique events with Where Did All The [ ] Go? “Have […]
Publishing Ain’t Dead, And Project Space Proves It
Second Annual Vancouver Art/Book Fair brings the goods to the Vancouver Art Gallery
On the 1st weekend of October 2013, Project Space held it’s 2nd Art/Book Fair, “a two-day festival of artists’ publishing that features nearly one hundred local, national and international publishers of books, magazines, zines, printed ephemera and digital or other experimental forms of publication, as well as on-site programs, performances and installations.” It was entirely […]