DOXA Documentary Film Festival preview
Industry Day, film picks, sharing the love of documentary filmmaking
Intro: DOXA 2017 is nearly here Thursday, May 4th, is the launch of the 16th annual DOXA Documentary Film Festival, bringing 11 days & nights of international film, forums, and education to Vancouver. This year, VANDOCUMENT is a proud Media Partner of DOXA 2017. Industry Day VANDOC’s involvement in Vancouver’s creative scenes is a dual […]
8minuteswith: Orsy Szabo of the webseries Coded
8minuteswith – podcast series Hosted by Angela Ferreira Introduction by Elliot Vaughan A place to historicize conversation, with Vancouver artists, about their artistic practice. Interview Orsy’s Bio: Orsy Szabo is an actor and filmmaker. She wrote, starred and co-produced the 2013 Crazy 8’s winning short film In The Deep, which aired on the CBC. She […]
Rallying Antagonists
Justin A. Langlois argues on behalf of uselessness & antagonism at SFU Woodward’s
Written by Brit Bachmann + Photography by Alisha Weng An oversimplified summary of this lecture would state that Justin A. Langlois made a persuasive and fast-paced argument for the importance of slowing down: The hastened trajectory of our social structures, industries and art practices cannot be sustained. We must reject the modern concept of time efficiency and consider new […]
Seeking Communion
A journey through faith and healing
Words by Brit Bachmann At first glance, Tyler Hagan’s In The Similkameen is a homecoming for those from the British Columbia Interior. We are situated geographically in a place through his landscape photography, where scree slopes meet agriculture, where horses are left to gnaw on fence posts, and where the nearest gas station is at […]
Live Art Generation
Official website launch for Permanent Deviation
Video shot and edited by Harley Spade Photography by Kendra Archer and Ash Tanasiychuk Text largely pulled from official Permanent Deviation promo documents In March 2014, the official website launch party for Permanent Deviation kicked off at VIVO Media Arts. Permanent Deviation (http://permanentdeviation.com) is an online Processing compiler and simultaneous participatory exhibition space conceived by […]
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 […]