88 Tuned Bongos Piano Series
Celebrating the great lineage of experimental piano works over the Western Front’s 40+ year history, 88 Tuned Bongos champions today’s most cutting-edge pianists and keyboard…
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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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Jennifer Chan
Resident artist Jennifer Chan’s work addresses gender and race politics in reaction to the media’s promise of happiness. Her videos thrash through an immense image culture,…
Mz. Frankenstein
Entry from Acts of Transfer: Duration: 22 min 55 sec Format: ¾” Umatic The documentation of Mz. Frankenstein opens with a black screen paired with the…
Object/Subject of Desire
Artists in residence. This video tape is a triptich about love and desire. The artists also produced a video of the performance Mary Medusa. A…
Sometexts
A special production. Created on the Cubicomp computer from previous publications. The texts are arranged so that a release is experienced from the constraints of…
Teaching and Learning as Performing Arts Part II
With Marianne and Marcelline Filliou. 1. a) Video Dinner, b) Four-Dimensional Space Time Continuum, c) Recycling, d) Sky Analysis, e) Bedtime Her/His Story; footnotes. 2.…
Telling Tales
Artist-in-residence. Special production. Examining the circuit and short circuit of expression and perception, Chitty puts narrative under the microscope and warns: “Find out where the…
Me$$age to China, Casting Call
Artist-in-residence. Special Production. “The dialectic moves in mysterious ways. Me$$age to China is a witty and ironic piece commemorating the Vice Premier of China’s celebrated…
Back Up
Artist-in-residence. Special production. A smorgasbord of lifestyles (called modes) of two women intercut with a suspense murder drama that takes place in a private girls’…
Aktion 58
Video produced by Image Bank. Nitsch’s use of blood, animal entrails and nude bodies in his performance works prompted a horrified response in the Vancouver…
Untitled Performance by Charlotte Hildebrand
Work is a dance performed during Hildebrand’s artist residency at Western Front.
And So On, End So Soon, Telepathic Music no. 7
Artist-in-residence. Special production. “It’s a long range project to translate and update in video form some of the artistic propositions presented in book form.” –…
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…