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) […]
Lossless
SFU MFA Graduating Exhibition at Audain Gallery
Photos by Ash Tanasiychuk Text from exhibition pdf Lossless is an exhibition featuring graduating projects by MFA candidates at Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts. Video, sculpture, performance and installation projects by this year’s graduates share a number of related concerns, while formulating distinct frameworks for individual investigation. Deborah Edmeades’ video work and […]
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 […]
A Look Back: New Forms Fest 13
In honour of the kickoff of the new edition of New Forms Festival – always highly innovative and entirely unique – we look back at NFF13, which engaged 4 days & nights 7 venues over 20 artists film + sound + installation + talks + much more Photos by Leslie Kennah + Alan Derksen + […]
EPIC-Tom: Exploring Interspecies Art
Words by Brit Bachmann + Photos by Harley Spade In a dark, wood panel room I am sitting at the end of a row of white chairs, the style of chairs typically used during garden weddings. There is an oscillating fan in the corner giving a low hum. In front of me is a projection […]
VIVO’s Tell-Tale Heart
A preview of VIVO's On the Move installation July 26-31
Words by Brit Bachmann The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear. -Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks Vol.3 [1929-35] Last year VIVO placed an open call for On the Move, a final artist residency in their […]
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 […]
Catherine Falkner Cracks Up The Toast Collective in Space, Baby
Emerging SFU talent counts down for blast off at local artists' space
Written by Jen Dunford Photos provided by Flick Harrison Walking down Kingsway in the early evening across from Robson and McAuley parks, I nearly passed the Toast Collective, a small artists’ space nestled in to the microcosm of storefront businesses at Fraser Street, nearby to neighbourhood icons like the Black Lodge and Les Faux Bourgeois. […]
Permanent Deviation
Happy accidents and the transformative power of coding
Written by Barbara Adler Interview conducted by Barbara Adler, video recorded and edited by Harley Spade On March 14th, a new, interactive public artwork will launch at VIVO Media Arts. Permanent Deviation is an online project that allows the public to create artworks using computer code. The launch party will feature public coding stations connected […]