Photography by VANDOCUMENT

Photographic documentation by VANDOCUMENT

 Alisha Weng

Cramped Quarters, Energetic Investigation, and Six Hundred Red Notebooks

Cramped Quarters, Energetic Investigation, and Six Hundred Red Notebooks

MascallDance explores modern living in quirky The Three Cornered Hat

Photography by Alisha Weng Text from press release by MascallDance A profoundly powerful study of movement, space and human interaction, MascallDance’s The Three Cornered Hat features the diverse talents of contemporary dancers Lara Barclay, Amber Funk Barton, Dario Dinuzzi, Billy Marchenski, Darcy McMurray, and Chris Wright. A gutsy and energetic investigation of the spaces in-between, […]

 Brendan Yandt

Atmospheric Extensions

Atmospheric Extensions

Quiet City’s 17th iteration: VIVO, March 26th

Photographs by Alisha Weng / Words by Brendan Yandt Arriving at VIVO at 10 o’clock, an initial excitement generated upon hearing the sounds of Vancouver’s Sarah Davachi and Richard Smith is quickly dispelled, as their set comes to an end almost immediately. Lesson learned: get to Quiet City on time – you’ll want to hear everything. The […]

 Brit Bachmann

Untap the Millennial Mind

Untap the Millennial Mind

CultureBeast’s Kenneth Lamar puts the ‘con’ in BeastCon

Words by Brit Bachmann + Photos by Andi Icaza-Largaespada Unless you are oblivious to all the ‘Gen Y’ bashing in media, you are familiar with the term Millennial. Wikipedia defines the Millennial Generation, otherwise known as Generation Y as anyone born between 1980 and the early 2000’s. While certain authors praise Millennials for their sense […]

 Ravi Gill

A Supreme Celebration at Western Front

A Supreme Celebration at Western Front

Three day event of expression, collaboration and improvisation culminates in a six-hour expression Coltrane’s Love Supreme poem

Photography by Ravi Gill 50 years after legendary saxophonist/composer/creative pioneer John Coltrane released “A Love Supreme,” the Vancouver-based New Orchestra Workshop Society (NOW) invited Le Nouveau Jazz Libre de Québec (NJLQ) from Montréal for a multi-day event. Thurs Feb 19 A free improvisation workshop led by Vancouver’s Lisa Cay Miller and members of the NJLQ […]

 Brendan Yandt

House Calls

House Calls

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. […]

 Brit Bachmann

Why discuss the Burnaby Mountain protest?

Why discuss the Burnaby Mountain protest?

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 […]

 Ravi Gill

Ola Volo at Make / Solo Show Opening Reception

Ola Volo at Make / Solo Show Opening Reception

Photodocumentation by Ravi Gill Artist Ola Volo has shot into the stratosphere with her playful landscapes, murals, and magazine covers. Filled with enticingly rubbery characters — from human-like through to anthropomorphic foxes, dragons, and horses — Volo’s freshly unique visual style has captured the attention of clients (Hootsuite, Vancouver Folk Fest, and Lululemon among the […]

 Jen Kennedy

West Coast Transmissions

West Coast Transmissions

Cameron McLellan explores the space between graphite lines and our homeland

Words and photos by Jen Kennedy I hop into Robert Lynds Gallery out of a very dark and wet January night. The room is packed wall to wall with merrymaking people, who have been celebrating for some hours the opening of Cameron McLellan’s latest series West Coast Transmissions. The exhibition invite encourages the viewer to […]

 Irene Lo

Cantonese Indifference: The Language of Chinatown

Cantonese Indifference: The Language of Chinatown

越界/粵界 (transgression/cantosphere), January 22, 2015 at Centre A

Irene Lo: words Alisha Weng: photos & GIFs Ash Tanasiychuk: photos & video The original exhibition wasn’t supposed to be 越界/粵界 (transgression/cantosphere). Two catalysts that got the ball going for local interdisciplinary arts company Hong Kong Exile to collaborate with Centre A for the show: the release of Julia Kwan’s documentary about Vancouver’s Chinatown, Everything […]

 Corie Waugh

Sick Boss Mondays

Sick Boss Mondays

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, […]

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