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. […]

 Andi Icaza-Largaespada

Home Dream Home: a Corporeal and Ethereal Location as Art

Home Dream Home: a Corporeal and Ethereal Location as Art

Interview + Photographs by Andi Icaza-Largaespada On the evening of November 28th, Access Gallery held the opening of Catherine Pulkinghorn’s exhibition Home Dream Home, curated by Shaun Dacey. Home Dream Home is a process-based dialogue on the construction of Home as space for shelter and lifestyle, and the real estate market’s simultaneous toll on socioeconomic […]

 Maria Turner

Where Did All The [ ] Go? Curiosities of The Lost

Where Did All The [ ] Go? Curiosities of The Lost

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 […]

 Ash Tanasiychuk

Annie Briard’s Wanderings @ Black & Yellow

Annie Briard’s Wanderings @ Black & Yellow

Interactive animation captures the attention & the mobile phones of gallery goers young and old

Words & Photos by Ash Tanasiychuk Video by Tara Flynn WANDERINGS: A big night in many ways: * Annie Briard‘s 1st solo show in Vancouver * Back Gallery Project‘s opening exhibition at their new location * Black & Yellow‘s 1st curated show at this new space There was a wonderfully large turnout for the opening […]

 Ash Tanasiychuk

Monomania II @ Trench

Monomania II @ Trench

Packed house for the opening night of the latest bi-annual exhibition of emerging local talent

On July 4th, 2013, Trench Contemporary Art Gallery held its opening reception for Monomania II: Vancouver Emerging. The exhibition featured over 20 professional Vancouver-based artists from a variety of practises and mediums, including a music/performance piece by Mike Bourscheid entitled “Introducing Myself To The Canada Geese” in which he played an odd bagpipe-like contraption. The […]

 Ash Tanasiychuk

Visual Arts Celebration at The Cultch

Visual Arts Celebration at The Cultch

The DTES Small Arts Grants Exhibition's Opening Reception Celebration

To celebrate the Vancouver Foundation Small Arts Grants program, in partnership with Carnegie Community Centre, a gallery of work was selected by the incredible Sita Kumar, and hosted at The Cultch Gallery. The DTES Small Arts Grants “new initiative seeks to foster individual achievement amongst local artists in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood.” Opening night was May […]

 Ash Tanasiychuk

You Came Here By Chance at 221A

You Came Here By Chance at 221A

An evening of photographic work address our idea of space in relation to environment

On a beautiful May evening, a group exhibition of photography opened at Chinatown gallery 221A. Attended by a range of people old and young, the show, curated by Avalon Mott, included something that could appeal to everyone. You Came Here By Chance was defined by being about place. But that’s where the similarities stopped. Although […]

 Ash Tanasiychuk

A Beautiful Decay at Positive Negative

A Beautiful Decay at Positive Negative

Polaroid show features an international array of artists that challenge the limitations of the format

The event description for this show of Polaroids highlighted the international representation of artists: Germany, Sweden, England, Italy, Czech Republic, Australia, Brazil, United States, and Canada. It also poetically described the reason for the title: “‘Beautiful Decay’ sharpens its gaze on disorder and desolation, where memories are forgotten and left behind, and the laws of […]

 Ash Tanasiychuk

CARDED! Shakes Up The Art Scene

CARDED! Shakes Up The Art Scene

Gallery goers get interactive as the excitement for original art on trading cards is high

Think art openings are just places for people to stand around in near silence, hands folded behind their backs, or stroking their beards in deep contemplation? Think again: the creators of Hot One Inch Action (a night of button art) present CARDED! a one-night only show of art on trading cards. The walls of the […]