Autumn Knight and Justine A. Chambers in Conversation With Pablo de Ocampo
Reflecting on her recent performance for Western Front, Autumn Knight is joined by dance artist Justine A. Chambers and curator Pablo de Ocampo for an…
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Autumn Knight
Free, livestream. Autumn Knight makes performances that continually exist in relation: between artist and audience, individual and collective, private and public. Drawing from histories in…
Such Sweet Compulsion
“Each of the seven works in such sweet compulsion re-invented the diva in a way that highlights key issues that circulate around the power of…
The AUDMCRS Underground Dance Music Collection of Recorded Sound
As part of Aysmmetrical Response, the DJ regularfantasy (Plush Management Inc) will play music drawn from a collection of 839 trance LPs. Purchased from retired…
Variety Show Television
A FREE two-part presentation on artist’s experimental television practices. Part 1: Show Talk will feature a rare opportunity to see highlights from European artist-run television…
Sans Song
Introducing new works by Nathan McNinch and by Joshua Bonnetta, in conjunction with two pieces released in 1976 by Joan La Barbara, the artworks in…
Feeling So Much Yet Doing So Little
As any good collective would, in 2005 the members of Instant Coffee drafted a manifesto of sorts. In it, they define themselves and their objectives…
Culture is a Common Purpose
Vancouver is the most culturally diverse city in Canada. Akin to the words of our current Mayor, Gregor Robertson, during his inaugural speech at Vancouver’s…
Curating Carnival
Western Front is pleased to be hosting a public talk by Claire Tancons. As an independent curator and scholar, Claire Tancons has been conducting historical research…
Vector Association at Western Front
Western Front is pleased to present an exhibition co-organized with Vector Association. Based in Iasi, Romania, Vector is a not-for-profit association that acts as a…
Conversations
The Contemporary Art Gallery and the Western Front present two new videos featuring dialogues between Eli Bornowsky and Elizabeth McIntosh. The videos were produced in conjunction with…
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…
Untitled Performance by Charlotte Hildebrand
Work is a dance performed during Hildebrand’s artist residency at Western Front.
Hollywood Archaeology
An exhibition of artifacts culled from the back alleys and trash cans of Tinsel Town. The centre piece was a marble sign reading THIS IS…