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 July 23, 2014
Brit Bachmann
archive , documentation , Elisa Ferrari , gentrification , Kristen Roos , Mount Pleasant , On the Move , residency exhibition , Ross Birdwise , VIVO
A preview of VIVO's On the Move installation July 26-31
Words by Brit Bachmann The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear. -Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks Vol.3 [1929-35] Last year VIVO placed an open call for On the Move, a final artist residency in their […]
Added on July 31, 2013
Celesse McCarthy
Adam Basanta , Celesse Cici McCarthy , Josh Hite , Julian Stein , Kristen Roos , Main St , Max Stein , Music For Furniture , Music For Internet , Music For Lamps , Ross Birdwise , Video Bar , VIVO Media Arts
VIVO's Latest Video Bar immerses it’s audience in sound, light, and vibration
Words by Celesse McCarthy Photos by Dennis Ha and Elisa Ferrari I’m sitting outside City Centre Motel on Main. VACANCY is illuminated, and across the street, Hot Art Wet City is electrified by voyeurs. I’m drinking cider. I see a woman wearing a uniform sauntering down the sidewalk, whirling her sweater – the sun […]