Tara Flynn

Not Yet Yeti & Mine Agente

Not Yet Yeti & Mine Agente

Presented by Sawdust Collector at Gold Saucer Studio

On Wednesday September 14th, two multidisciplinary performances happened at Gold Saucer: Not Yet Yeti and Mine Agente. Music, movement, and live sewing, all photographed by Tara Flynn. NOT YET YETI Ben Brown: Drums JP Carter: trumpet and electronics Lee Hutzulak: bass and electronics Dave Leith: synthesizer and electronics John Mutter: guitar and electronics with special […]

 Tara Flynn

Mine Agente at Merge

Mine Agente at Merge

MINE AGENTE @ MERGE, Vancouver 2014 from VANDOCUMENT on Vimeo. International musical sewing artist Lisa Simpson (AGENTE(costura)) comes to Vancouver to create a collaborative performance piece that explores textiles, sound, and the body, using clothing as a starting point. Investigating personal relationships with garments and the potential transformation of clothing, in search for rhythm and […]

 Mark Jacobs

Ben Brown: Improvising His Way to Clarity

Ben Brown: Improvising His Way to Clarity

Interview by Mark Jacobs Photos by Harley Spade Vancouver-based drummer and composer Ben Brown has enjoyed an impressive career as an in-demand session musician and as the driving beat behind Pugs and Crows, with whom he won the 2010 Galaxie Rising Star Award for Best New Group and the 2013 JUNO Award for Instrumental Album […]

 Ravi Gill

Reuse, Recycle, Reverberate

Reuse, Recycle, Reverberate

Society's consumerist, materialistic culture dynamically explored in dance/music/sewing collaboration

Vancouver dance artist Kelly McInnes has teamed with musician Ben Brown and international musical sewing artist Lisa Simpson to create Mine Agente, an unique piece “which explores and magnifies our society’s consumerist, materialistic culture using what we wear as the main focus.” McInnes has been working on ‘mine‘ in different capacities for the past two […]

 Sheng Ho

Sweet Heart: The way that love transforms us

Sweet Heart: The way that love transforms us

Featuring Dancer/Choreographer Areli Moran and Multi-Instrumentalist Ben Brown, Sweet Heart fuses live music and movement

Photos – Sheng Ho Text – sweetheartpage.wordpress.com Sweet Heart is a piece about the ways that love transforms us. Featuring Dancer/Choreographer Areli Moran and Multi-Instrumentalist Ben Brown, Sweet Heart fuses live music and movement. Moran and Brown create a raw chemistry evoking Moran’s most intimate experiences with past lovers. There is an immediate rapport felt through the […]

 Ash Tanasiychuk

Gettin’ Cozy, Interactive, and Interpretive @ the VANDOC House Concert

Gettin’ Cozy, Interactive, and Interpretive @ the VANDOC House Concert

We celebrate our first six months with a house concert full of great people, great vibes, dance, illustration, and music

Photos by Ash Tanasiychuk VANDOCUMENT recently celebrated our 6 month anniversary! After producing 80+ posts, 15 videos, almost 2000 photos, nearly 4000 page views, and building a team of over 30 talented, dedicated contributors, we held an all-afternoon House Concert that extended into the evening. A fantastic gathering of people came to support VANDOC at […]

 John Paton

SoundEscape @ China Cloud

SoundEscape @ China Cloud

An ethereal yet powerful atmosphere permeates three live music and dance collaborative performances

Words by John Paton For whatever reason, the China Cloud always turns out to be one of my favourite Vancouver music venues. Maybe it’s the discreet entrance-by-stairway, or the vibe of the room itself, which resembles a good friend’s oversized living room. It certainly doesn’t hurt that when I arrived they happened to be playing […]

 Yvonne Chew

Bradley Messer’s Wood Art

Bradley Messer’s Wood Art

Finding strength in the "weak" spots of wood extends the stories of the characters in our lives

Words and photos by Yvonne Chew On a Monday afternoon, while photographing a Music and Movement (improvisational music and dance) session organized by Ben Brown at the China Cloud Gallery, I noticed that the art work around the room was made from wood. A large piece of art that sat on the wall behind the […]

 Shalon WH

Music and Movement Mondays

Music and Movement Mondays

A weekly collaboration of always changing dancers, musicians and locations, Ben Brown's experiment in cross-discipline dialogue is the stepping stone for Shapes In Sound

Written by Shalon W-H and Ash Tanasiychuk Photos by Ash Tanasiychuk and Yvonne Chew A unique series of evening events featuring a variety of multidisciplinary arts – Extravagant Signals – is about to launch into its inaugural year (June 15-22 2013). To prepare, Vandocument’s Shalon and Ash got a sneak preview of the improv music […]