National Stolen Treasures
Dylan Robinson discusses art music's indigenous inclusions
Written by Dillon Ramsey Photography by Ash Tanasiychuk Go into any of Canada’s “great” museums and you will more than likely come face to face with collections of First Nations artefacts acquired by means that could be called questionable at best. Indeed, colonial Canada has long made a point of stockpiling the ceremonials of its […]
HWY Is. 1, Moniker Press, Genero at Field Contemporary
Sonic Weaving/A Collection of Shadows
Words by Nicole Dumas Photos by Jon Vincent With the electric hum of busses behind, I enter Field Contemporary. Guests fill the cozy gallery and group together in monochromatic ensembles as if curated to match the artwork. People relax into revelations about desires for community and collaboration – a number of essays and books are […]
SOFAR Sounds Comes to Vancouver
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 […]
Dynamo Duos
Wrong Wave 2014 concludes at SFU's World Art Centre
Written by Dillon Ramsey Photography by Sheng Ho Wrong Wave 2014 is wrapping up tonight at the Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre in SFU Woodward’s. This venue is very different from the first two instalments of the festival, which were featured at the Fox Cabaret on October 16 and Western Front on October 17. Perhaps […]
Hands in the Air for Dralms
Travel to the heart of Vancouver to find brilliance in a local emerging band
Words and photos by Jen Kennedy The recent performance of the local Vancouver band Dralms was one of its last live shows before entering the studio to start recording its first full-length album. The show was held beneath the facade of mountainous ocean and glass-towered serenity of Vancouver, in the layered and complex streets called […]
The Field Trip Revisited
An art lover’s journey into the peripheries
Words by Brit Bachmann + Photography by Sheng Ho The initial gathering of our Field Trip group is almost too reminiscent of awkward school days. Slowly and cautiously, people funnel into the foyer just outside the Audain Gallery. It isn’t until the animated Andrea Creamer of SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement extends a loud […]
The Colour of Silence
"Solitudes" at Petley Jones Gallery
Written by Dillon Ramsey All images courtesy the artist South Granville is always surging with a tide of shoppers. The sidewalk at Broadway is practically spilling over with passersby as I hurry north toward the Granville Street Bridge, and then, at West Sixth Avenue, I turn left. Suddenly I find myself steeped in a serene […]
Weak Stimuli
Tyler Keeton Robbins at Catalog
Words by Brit Bachmann If you are a follower of Booooooom or Juxtapoz, you have seen splashes of this graphic work. It is not a coincidence, but rather a coordinated effort to introduce people to the talent of Tyler Keeton Robbins, a multidimensional illustrator. Last month Robbins made his Vancouver debut at Catalog Gallery, located […]
Looking Deeper Into A Transitioning Chinatown
Julia Kwan’s Everything Will Be documentary aims to re-engage the community of one of North America’s oldest cultural enclaves
Written + Photography by Andi Icaza-Largaespada When Julia Kwan’s Everything Will Be screened at SFU Woodwards’ Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema, most 350 seats were taken: the theatre felt bubbling and packed. Arriving a few minutes late granted me first-row, neck-stiffening seats. This was the second of four sold-out screenings of Everything Will Be during the 2014 […]
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 […]