The Bridge
Work is a single channel video production of a dance choreographed by Paula Ross for Concerto for Cello Orchestra by Gyorgi Legeti and Variations in…
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Results filed under: Video
Amphibious Tales
Work is a performance of a song cycle for extended voice, text, dance, and percussion. From Front Magazine, Sept/Oct 1992 Vol.IV No.1 P.12: AMPHIBOUS TALES DB…
Untitled Performance
Entry from Acts of Transfer: Duration: 38 min 50 sec Format: ¾” Umatic The stage is set in the round with a single spotlight. Two video…
Demo Model
Work is a performance from the Fifth Avenue Network Video Conference in Toronto. This is a non-Western Front produced performance. Digitized video available through Western…
Something Else Press and Since: a lecture by Dick Higgins
Work is video documentation of a lecture in which Higgins speaks about Something Else Press and his life since his time at the press.
Breath
Dragu experimented with the abstract and painterly qualities of video in this study of the mysteries of breath, in particular, the working of the diaphragm.…
Music From the New Wilderness – Rehearsals Under Way
Music From the New Wilderness opens February 11, and rehearsals have been under way at Western Front from February 3-8. The production’s videographer, Josh Hite,…
Instrument Building with Musician-in-Residence, Leslie Ross
Throughout late May and early June 2013, Western Front hosted Canadian composer, performer, and instrument builder Leslie Ross as musician-in-residence. Ross participated in a number…
Solo Vocal Improvisation with Gabriel Dharmoo
In February of 2013, the Western Front presented the VOICE OVER mind Festival, a series of concerts, workshops, and talks that explored and celebrated the…
A Simple Truth
Work is a performance at Western Front as part of LIVE Biennial of Performance Art Festival in which Belmore discusses her process of creating work through…
Untitled Performance
Work is a performance in which Labreque wears a pink jump-suit and uses pre-recorded voice, wooden letters, and other makeshift instruments to make music. The…
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…
Through the Soles of My Mother’s Feet
A four channel video installation, consisting of video of the making of ornate architectural designs, handicrafts and advertising material through the using the creator’s hands…
Jaguar
A six channel video installation. A description of the work on the former Western Front website reads, “[b]ased on footage shot from a variety of…
Ophelia / Oscilloscope
This work is a video production that resulted from Carol Sawyer’s Western Front Media Arts residency in January of 1995.
Couples Photo Album, Vancouver
A series of interviews with Vancouver couples that appear in photographs. This piece was produced during Sundaram’s October residency at the Western Front.
Anne Seagrave & Oscar McLennan: Residency
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. V, no. 2, p. 6, November/December 1993: Oscar McLennan and Anne Seagrave are performance artists from Ireland, whose…
Mz. Frankenstein
Artist in residence. A video production adapted from Mars’ Ms. Frankenstein performance. It takes the form of an imagistic narrative presented in the classic “infomercial” style.…