Skins
Video production by Kate Craig. Lady Brute modelling her collection of leopard skin clothing, one item at a time. The work is a document of…
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While our new archives search engine is being prepared, you can browse our archives of past programs here on our legacy website.
Western Front's physical archives are located at 303 E 8th Ave, Vancouver.
The archives are open by appointment to all researchers on Thursdays and Fridays. Please contact our archivist, Anna Tidlund, to plan your visit.
Western Front's physical archives are located at 303 E 8th Ave, Vancouver.
The archives are open by appointment to all researchers on Thursdays and Fridays. Please contact our archivist, Anna Tidlund, to plan your visit.
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Corporeal Returns: Feminism and Phenomenology in Vancouver Video and Performance 1968-1983
Essay by Marina Roy, first published in Canadian Art, Summer 2001.
Kate Craig: Living in Character
Profile of Kate Craig by Karen Henry from Caught in the Act, An Anthology of Performance Art by Canadian Women. Edited by Tanya Mars and Johanna…
When it Rains: Experimental Music and The Cultural Ecology
In Septermber 2007 Ellen Waterman, flutist/vocalist and music professor and researcher visited the site of artist Gordon Monahan’s audio installation Aquaeolian Harp on the banks…
Learning from Vancouver
According to a recent survey prepared by Mercer Consulting, the world’s largest human resource firm specializing in investments and outsourcing, Vancouver is now the fourth…
A Noisy Brush with the Infinite
Keynote lecture from the Noise not Noise conference at the Western Front.
Stall
Victoria composer Christopher Butterfield created Stall, a treatise on the ubiquitous public washroom. Two of Canadaʼs most adventuresome vocalists Christine Duncan and DB Boyko premiered…
Walking, Square, Cylinder, Plane
Walking, Square, Cylinder, Plane features a new body of paintings that have come out of Eli Bornowsky’s dedicated studio practice in the past six months. Compared…
Michael Turner’s “Three Readings” text available for download
Western Front Media Arts is pleased to present Michael Turner’s text “Three Readings: Camera, Tape and Sound (Kathy Acker, Steve McCaffery/bpNicol, and Kevin Davies, as…
Momentarily: Learning from Mega-Events now Available Online
Momentarily: Learning from Mega-Events, Western Front’s latest publication is available in its entirety for DOWNLOAD. Momentarily: Learning from Mega-Events Strategic, simplified, spotless, homogenizing representations require…
THIS IS THE COW SHE MUST BE MILKED EVERY MORNING SO THAT SHE WILL PRODUCE MILK AND THE MILK MUST BE BOILED IN ORDER TO BE MIXED WITH COFFEE TO MAKE COFFEE AND MILK
There was once a time when we could not digest the milk of other beasts, so instead we drank their blood. Some of these creatures,…
There Went Everybody: A Centennial Reflection
American composer Alvin Curran was a colleague of 20th century pioneer John Cage. As part of a world wide 100th anniversary celebration of Cage, Curran shared…
Western Front 41st Anniversary Gala Dinner and Art Auction
Western Front’s 41st Anniversary Gala Dinner and Art Auction takes place Saturday March 8 at Western Front. The event features a live auction of over…
Escape Scenes
Western Front is pleased to present Escape Scenes, a solo exhibition by Vancouver based artist Julia Feyrer. In a new body of work including 16mm film and…
Continuum Model
Western Front is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Vancouver based artist Sylvain Sailly. Presenting an entirely new body of work, the exhibition will…
Taming the Many-Headed Folia
Reflections on Les Folles Alliées live at Western Front on November 8, 2012 By Sarah Davachi It will come as little surprise to the…
Absolute Countdown
Western Front is pleased to present a new solo exhibition by Israeli artist Noa Giniger. Absolute Countdown, Giniger’s first solo exhibition in North America, traces the…
Casey Wei: Kingsgate Happenings
Western Front Artist in Residence Casey Wei, has programmed a month of events at nearby Kingsgate Mall throughout June. Wei will be participating in and…
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