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 […]
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 […]
Site-Specificity: Eight Ounces Half a Pound
Vancouver’s racialized labour history inspires a sculptural response at Chinatown’s Access Gallery.
There is no shortage of artists who concentrate on site-specific work these days; and there is no shortage of galleries looking to display work that bears the strong formative and associative imprints of having arisen in a particular time and space. But most often, the relocation of the work into the gallery setting cannot help […]
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 […]
Mount Pleasant on the Rize: grunt gallery
Discussing urban development with grunt's Glenn Alteen
Words by Brit Bachmann + Edits by Christopher Millin + Photos by Alisha Weng Last month Western Front, grunt gallery, Arts Factory, VIVO and C-Space were awarded a combined $4.5 million in the form of CACs, or Community Amenities Contributions. This money was part of $6 million donated to the City of Vancouver by Rize […]
Spatial Poetics in Photographs
The thirteenth iteration - "WeMix" - is captured beautifully by Alisha Weng
Recently, Mark Jacobs reviewed Spatial Poetics XIII for VANDOCUMENT (Read the full review here: “SPATIAL POETICS XIII: WeMix. Vancouver’s thirteen-year tradition of artistic mash-up plays to a packed house at The Western Front.”). Photographs were supplied by their PR, which we are grateful for. VANDOC’s ace photog Alisha Weng also shot, and her gallery 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 […]
LAUNCH Festival Continues to Celebrate Vancouver’s Emerging Professional Artists
In its second year, LAUNCH reveals 10 new artists & acts, from dance and music to film and performance
Photos by Ash Tanasiychuk LAUNCH Festival! is an interdisciplinary performance & mentorship showcase of Vancouver’s professional emerging artists. 2014 was the Festival’s second year. Presented by 149 Arts Society, which “dedicates itself to arts programming that is provocative in nature, and that serves to engage, challenge and inform.” The society’s name is “inspired by Woodward’s […]
SHIFT 1-Act Festival
Five diverse courses
Written by Hailey McCloskey Photos by Travers Jeffers, Point Blank Photography The SHIFT 1-Act Festival was one full meal deal night of theatre, and I my appetite was set for one course. However, here I find myself digesting what they describe as “an uncommon collection of works assembled by a jury of Vancouver theatre innovators.” […]
Revenge of the Art Show
Art inspired by movies released in 1984
Written and photos by Jen Kennedy It sounded cool. I like cool. I like doing something social and out of the ordinary. So I go up the steps on this chilly Friday evening into the Hot Art Wet City Gallery. It’s warm; the walls are full of iconic imagery and rehashed impressions of films from […]