A Union of Disciplines and Minds: The Body Narratives Collective and Their Upcoming Production, Dark Room
Of collaboration and experimentation in the realm of dance, theatre, photography and science
Written by Claudia Spontaneous On a recent cloudy fall afternoon, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Julia Carr and Meghan Goodman of the Body Narratives Collective. One part of my agenda was to gather more information about their upcoming production, Dark Room, while the other was to explore the history of these two […]
Ghosts of Emily Dickinson
A collaborative review of Bulletins From Immortality
Written by Hailey McCloskey & Shalon W-H VANDOCUMENT’s Hailey and Shalon checked out the sold out world premiere of Bulletins From Immortality at The Cultch, a collaboration with Margie Gillis, American acting icon Elizabeth Parrish, and developed with the Stella Adler Studio in New York City. The show was created to celebrate the revolutionary poetic […]
Dynamo Fundraiser is Dynamite
Pitre, Belle Finch, and The Albertans rock East Van Arts Association
Photos and words by Ash Tanasiychuk A trio of indie bands played sets at Dynamo Arts Association, a rad artists studio / event space near Main & Broadway. We’ve seen playful ‘food porn’ here, amongst many other excellent events. This night was a fundraiser ($5 suggested donation) to keep enabling Dynamo to do the great […]
Stars and Sadism
Vancouver New Music and the Canadian Opera
Written by John Paton Attending an evening of opera excerpts is fraught with peril. As a listener, you are forced to jump and skip through what is by nature an extended dramatic form. Nonetheless, I found a great deal of interest in this retrospective of Canadian opera. The evening began with a brief introduction by […]
Diffractions of the Local: New work by Seven Vancouver-based, Latin American Artists
Disparate geographies and contemporary art in Vancouver at Back Gallery Project
Written by Mark Jacobs Photos courtesy Roman, Gabriela Aceves, and Back Gallery Project Diffractions of the Local is a new series of exhibitions at The Back Gallery Project, aiming to celebrate the diverse nonlocal origins of Vancouver’s contemporary art scene. Here’s what The Back Gallery Project has to say about the series: Diffractions of the […]
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 […]
Down The River: Vancouver Indie Heavyweights The Belle Game, Bear Mountain, and Dralms (plus Toronto’s The Darcys) Pour It On
Four Canadian Bands Rock The Vogue In One High Energy Night
Photography by Christopher Edmonstone This was a blockbuster night for indie rock fans at Vancouver’s Vogue Theatre. Not surprisingly, it was completely sold out. How’s this for some stats: 4 bands on 1 bill 3 of 4 are Vancouver bands (the 4th is Toronto’s The Darcys) All 4 bands are celebrating new albums (or at […]
Edward Burtynsky: Water – Artist Talk and Book Signing @ Langara College
Renowned Canadian Photographer underpins Capture Photo Festival’s successful inaugural year and offers an insight into his expansive new work, Water
Written by Adam Stenhouse Photos by Jon Vincent Edward Burtynsky. Even if you don’t know his name, you most likely know his photographs. In the last decade he has become a household name and a go-to for the coffee table book collection. As part of Capture Photo Festival’s inaugural, and deceptively heavyweight line-up, Burtynsky spoke […]
Snooze Fest Blasts Vancouver’s Sleepy Disposition
Wake up! To a brand new 4 day electronic / noise / experimental music fest
Snooze Fest: Perhaps a stab at everyone trying to out-hype everyone else in the promo of the “next big event,” Snooze Fest‘s event write ups signed off with: (;￣O￣）*yawn* But from what we heard (& see in Jon Vincent‘s superb photos), the fest was anything but a yawner. These are artists to sit up & […]
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 […]