Added on April 16, 2015
Alisha Weng
Amber Funk Barton , Billy Marchenski , Chris Wright , Dancing on the Edge Festival , Darcy Mcmurray , Dario Dinuzzi , Jennifer Mascall , Lara Barclay , MascallDance , Scotiabank Dance Centre
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, […]
Added on April 11, 2015
Brendan Yandt
Constantine Katsiris , Crys Cole , Lucas Abela , music , Oren Ambarchi , Panospria , Quiet City , Sound , VIVO
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 […]
Added on March 25, 2015
Brit Bachmann
Avenue Gallery , BeastCon: Awakenings , conference , CultureBeast , Generation Me , Generation X , Generation Y , Kenneth Lamar , Millennials , motivational , normcore interior , Santa Claus , seminar , stress-coping , Tom Whalen , Tommy Chain
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 […]
Added on March 18, 2015
Ravi Gill
A Love Supreme , improv , John Coltrane , New Orchestra Workshop Society , NJLQ , Nouveau Jazz Libre de Québec , NOW Society , 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 […]
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 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 14, 2015
Ravi Gill
City of Vancouver , digital creative agency , emerging artists , local art , make , Ola Volo , Residency , Vancouver art
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 […]
Added on February 7, 2015
Jen Kennedy
Cameron McLellan , canvas , exhibition , graphite , ink , opening , Robert Lynds Gallery
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 […]
Added on January 31, 2015
Irene Lo
Cantosphere , Centre A , Chinatown , Everything Will Be , HKE , Hong Kong Exile , Howie Tsui , interdisciplinary , Julia Kwan , Milton Lim , Natalie Tin Yin Gan , Occupy Central with Love and Peace , Remy Siu , Tyler Russell , Zoe Lam
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 […]
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, […]