Lowell Darling
Lowell Darling, AKA Dudley Finds, a California media artist who at that time used the media-newspapers, radio and television-as a kind of exhibition space. Accordingly,…
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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.
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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Robert Filliou: Residency
Member of the Fluxus movement, Filliou’s visit affirmed and aquainted the Western Front with some social principles. Filliou had dedicated his Principles of Poetic Economy…
Ant Farm: Residency
Chip Lord and Megan Williams from San Francisco. Artists from the US west coast, particularly California, helped establish a certain west coast sensibility – a…
Byron Black: The Holy Assassin
Byron Black (Canada), The Holy Assassin 04/10/74 – Preview of feature length film, experimental/autobiographical.
Freude Bartlett: Serious Business Co.
Freude Bartlett, Serious Business Co. (USA) 04/23/74 – Freude Bartlett visited from San Francisco to screen her films, also films by Scott Bartlett, Bruce Conner,…
Chain of Kisses
An exhibition of interactive video installations.
Freude Bartlett: On the Set with the Western Front
On the Set with the Western Front (Canada) 10/15/74 – Screenings of Decca Dance by Kerry Colonna; Blocking by Byron Black and Vincent Trasov; and Surfacing…
Martin Heath: Artists’ Films from New York and Germany
Martin Heath (Canada) Artists’ Films from New York and Germany 12/04/74 – Four nights of artists’ films screened at Pacific Cinemateque. Included films by Richard Serra, Bruce…
My Five Years in a Nutshell
Byron Black, Vincent Trasov (Canada), My Five Years in a Nutshell 01/01/75 - Video production. Produced by Byron Black as a special edition of his cable television show…
Eat Your Totems
Mary Ashley (USA), Eat Your Totems 02/27/75 - Screening of three hour video tape. A fixed image of the hills of San Francisco ending at dusk shot from…
A Film About a Woman Who
Yvonne Rainer in person. Co-sponsored by Pacific Cinematheque.
Double Standards
Glenn Lewis (Canada), Double Standards 04/01/75 - Two-monitor installation work.
Hotel for Now
A two-day workshop in collaborative writing for film and video. The project entailed shooting a video-mystery in which workshop participants played the characters. The Western…
Video of Dance
Simone Forti, Peter Van Riper (USA), Video of Dance 09/06/75 - Lecture and screening.
Colin Campbell: Lecture and Screening
Lecture and screening. Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, further information on this project is currently unavailable.
Dr. Brute
Video production. A compilation of performances by The Brute Saxes, 1973-1976, edited by Clive Robertson.
Robert Frank: Film Screening
Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, information on this project is currently unavailable.
Still Life
Video production by Kate Craig with music by Hank Bull. Shot with the Canada Council’s colour camera, which was being sent from centre to centre…