Added on March 8, 2015
Brendan Yandt
art opening , electronic , field house , installation , Kristen Roos , recording , Residency , Sound Art , ten fifteen maple , Vancouver BC
thrum shakes ten fifteen maple
words/images/recordings by Brendan Yandt “You wanna beer?” Frequently one of the first sounds heard by those entering the ten fifteen maple field house, artist Kristen Roos poses the question whenever a newcomer is spotted. Offering a cheap can of hospitality, Roos sets a social tone that frames the performance of his new sonic installation, thrum. […]
Added on March 6, 2015
Barbara Adler
audio essay , Barbara Adler , David Newberry , Environment , Ernest Thompson Seton , fiction , Klasika , lies , Natures Fakers Controversy , Sound Art , storytelling , Ten Thousand Wolves , wolves as music
David Newberry and Barbara Adler tell the story of Ernest Thompson Seton and the Natures Fakers Controversy, using music, fiction and the sweet voices of many wolves.
Article by David Newberry. Composition by Barbara Adler, with musical performances by James Meger and David Newberry. Story performed by David Newberry and Barbara Adler. Instruments recorded by James Meger at SlugBait Studios. I am writing this on a train that they call The Canadian. It is taking me and my suitcase from Vancouver, where […]
Added on March 3, 2015
Brit Bachmann
art writing , Burnaby Mountain , Burnaby Mountain Caretakers , CBC , Emilio Rojas , Gabriel Saloman , Jakub Markiewicz , Kinder Morgan , land claims , Marianne Bourcheix-Laporte , No Way Cabaret , pipeline , pipeline protest , protest art , SLAPP Suit , Sun News Network , The Tyee , Trans Mountain Pipeline , Tseil-Watuth nation , unceded land , UNIT PITT , Vancouver , Vancouver Observer , Vanessa Richards
Setting a precedence for Vancouver-based protest art and culture
Words by Brit Bachmann + visuals by Corie Waugh, Sheng Ho & Jakub Markiewicz While the opposition to corporate interests on Burnaby Mountain has been an ongoing struggle over the last decade and more, the demonstrations reached a pivotal presence last September when Kinder Morgan acted upon plans to conduct test drilling for an expansion […]
Added on February 12, 2015
Dillon Ramsey
Angela Teng , Jade Yumang , Wil Aballe , Wil Aballe Art Projects
Wil Aballe Art Projects debuts its new location
Written by Dillon Ramsey From the corner of Frances Street, it’s easy to see where Clark Drive turns into a maze of brick and concrete, and terminates in the industrial warehouses and freight lines of Port Metro Vancouver. It might seem strange that an elegant new art gallery would be nearby – except that this […]
Added on January 19, 2015
Corie Waugh
analog visuals , Braveheart , Cole Schmidt , Dan Gaucher , experimental , Fond of Tigers , free jazz , James Meger , jazz , Matt Kryscko , Neelamjit Dhillon , Pugs and Crows , Sick Boss Monday , Simon Millerd , The Lido
The Lido presents our new favourite day of the week
Photos by Corie Waugh Note: Since the publication of this article Sick Boss Monday has become part of The Lido’s permanent programming and will continue beyond January. The Lido is a boon in the residential desert of East Broadway between Fraser and Clark. On a typical Monday it can be difficult to find a good bar, […]
Added on January 14, 2015
Brit Bachmann
BROKE , Burnaby Mountain , Burnaby Mountain Caretakers , Gabriel Saloman , Kinder Morgan , KMFACE , lawsuit , Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte , No Way Cabaret , photo booth , pipeline , protesting , SLAPP , UNIT/PITT
A picture is worth one thousand f*** offs
Photos by Sheng Ho + Words by Brit Bachmann No Way Cabaret was a celebration of endurance and a show of support for the opposition against pipelines. It was hosted by Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte and Gabriel Saloman in Unit/Pitt December 12, 2014. While the spirit was more sociable than urgent, No Way Cabaret was nevertheless a […]
Added on January 5, 2015
Barbara Adler
emigration , field recordings , history , Johnny Horton Remix , Klasika , MFA project , remix , storytelling , Ten Thousand Wolves
In this installment of Klasika, Barbara Adler gives us a taste of some of the music she’s working on as part of her year-long, multidisciplinary art project inspired by Czech tramping.
In Klasika, Barbara uses the Czech fascination with the American Wild West to explore themes of adaptation, appropriation, fiction and thievery. As part of this work, The Johnny Horton Remix project takes these themes and makes them danceable. For Barbara and her musical collaborators, Ten Thousand Wolves, the remix is an opportunity for music to […]
Added on December 6, 2014
Tara Flynn
1965 Main St , group show , OMG , On Main Gallery , Paul Wong , Rick Erickson , VIVO
77 participants. 48 projects and performances. A huge photo gallery + 17min video recapping it all. A once in a lifetime event.
Photos by Ash Tanasiychuk and Jon Vincent Video by Ash Tanasiychuk and Tara Flynn Text from On Main Gallery’s press release Thru the Trapdoor was an interdisciplinary art exhibition and event that took place from April 22 to 27, 2014. It was produced to mark the end of an era for the building at 1965 […]
Added on November 21, 2014
Sarah Faye Bernstein
colin cowan and the elastic stars , frankie , house show , sofar sounds , Ty Collins , unplugged
songs from a room
Words and Photography by Sarah Faye Bernstein On November 17th, I had the ultimate pleasure of attending my first sofar sounds show in Vancouver. What started as a small, by donation live music show in an apartment in London, “songs from a room” has exploded globally, and now Vancouver’s got our own branch happening! The […]
Added on November 14, 2014
Barbara Adler
Czech Republic , Klasika , MFA project , SFU , tramping , vandr
Story and audio recording by Barbara Adler. Photographs by Jirka Matousek and Míša. After posting “My Cowbojsky Boty,” Barbara Adler returned to Czech Republic, cast as a character in Czech Country, a documentary about Czech tramping which is also the subject of her year-long, multidisciplinary art project Klasika. Her return to Canada’s west coast brings […]