The Working Move
Western Front Media Arts is pleased to present The Working Move, a new work by Brendan Fernandes. Developed over a six-week production residency, Fernandes worked collaboratively with…
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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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From To: The Spirit of Hands
Western Front is pleased to live-stream a new performance by Brian Fuata, concluding his online residency hosted in collaboration with the Morris and Helen Belkin…
Liminal Acts (Contemporary Ritual Series)
Alward wears a pair of neon angel wings for the duration of the performances. The audience is welcome to sample the various foods on the…
Mepalu Sari
Western Front is pleased to present Mepalu Sari [Essence of a Collision], a digital album of new gamelan and electronic music compositions by students and emerging…
Intersections Project
2055 Clark Drive Brady Marks & Sarah Buchanan Slideshow from Guerilla Performance, Oct 16, 2009 Audio from live performance at Western Front, Oct. 29, 2009 (dur:…
Untitled Performance
Entry from Acts of Transfer: Duration: 24 min 20 sec Format: ¾” Umatic Laetitia Sonami’s performance took place as part of Women in View, a festival…
Practices of Everyday Life | Cooking
CONCERT February 23 and February 24, 8pm Advance Tickets: $10/15* Door Tickets (subject to availability): $15/20 A knife rasps against another, onions vocalize their unfolding…
World Series
Co-scripted and performed with Ron Brunette. Hardball with brain-washing and environmental bombshells.
Intermezzo
Intermezzo by Pablo Bronstein uses the conventional format of the lecture as a starting point, transforming a partly informative presentation on the 16th century French painter…
Plato’s Chair
Entry from Acts of Transfer: Plato’s Chair is a performance work by UK artist Rose English that toured extensively throughout the 1980s, receiving many acclaimed reviews.[1]…
I’m that angel
I’m that angel is a cycle of writings and performances that explore the conditions of how we work on and against the computer, narrated from the perspective…
Improvising Forward: Persevere, Repair, Sustain
**Due to unforeseen circumstances Day 2 of the colloquium will be postponed. Please check the Western Front/Coastal Jazz/IICSI websites in the coming weeks for a…
Untitled Performance (Newspaper Music, Shoes of Your Choice, Bean Snow, Celebration Red, Onion Skin Song)
Entry from Acts of Transfer: Duration: 43 min 38 sec Format: ¾” Umatic Alison Knowles is a founding member of the experimental Fluxus group that emerged…
Scoring Sound: Vancouver Draw Down Festival
Grand Luxe Hall, Western Front FREE Have you ever heard a drawing before? Come and draw your own score and hear it played by international…
Duster Cabaret
A collaborative deconstruction of the “Western.” Featuring Warren Arcan, Rebecca Belmore, Hank Bull, Fraser Finlayson, Leonard Fisher, David Hay, Eric Metcalfe and Cornelia Wyngaarden, with…
What House?
Entry from Acts of Transfer: Duration: 38 min 48 sec Format: ¾” Umatic SP What House? is a theatrical dance work that follows three working female…
TELEPRESENCE at Western Front
PERFORMANCE / ARTIST TALK Telepresence | Virtual Reality Live Performance Luxe Hall, Western Front, 303 East 8th Ave SOLD OUT The year-long sound installation…
Urban Geography
A seven (or more) video monitor installation with variable arrangements. The twenty-seven minute video program depicts less celebrated sites in Vancouver as two women drive…