Michel Petrucciani Trio in Concert
Two sold out performances were given by the Trio on the occasion of the Western Front’s piano restoration, celebrated through the Piano festival, curated by…
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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.
Results filed under: Early Photo Archive
Entrophy
Commissioned by Eric Metcalfe and performed on location outside B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver. Artists Alan Storey and Terry Larkin constructed a tank out of…
Pre/Post Mortem 1986
Video installation performance by Andreas Nieman.
Passports of Love
Throughout the performance, Andrew Paterson puts on various outfits and moves about the room while a voice describes the modern economic, rather than romantic, relationship…
Either/Or in Chinatown
Either/Or in Chinatown was commissioned by Video Inn and shot in part at the Western Front during Bódy’s 1984 residency. Based on Danish philosopher Søren Kierkega’s Diary…
Ideas are Linked
Anna Banana and Jurgen Olbrich performed a variety of short pieces in which they interacted amongst one another and with the audience. The performances were…
La Plissure du Texte
Co-ordinated in Vancouver by Hank Bull. In the context of Electra, an exhibition of electronic arts at the Musee d’art moderne de la ville de…
The Negotiating Table
From Whispered Art History: The first of several visits by Hatoum. The performance took the form of an installation. Under a single light, the artist…
Wiencouver IV
Artist-in-residence. Live sound and image (telecommunications) exchange between Vancouver and Vienna, with Hank Bull, Bill Bartlett, Mona Hatoum, David Kelln. Live music by Trevor Arntzen,…
Great Moments in Modern Art #2 – Beuys Crashes His Stuka
Installation. Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, information on this project is currently unavailable.
Performance/Space
A festival to explore the interaction between music, sculpture, performance art and the idea of ‘space’. – Alvin Lucier (USA), Music on a Long Thin…
Sung Paintings
Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, information on this project is currently unavailable.
Celebration: A Benefit for MacLeod’s Bookstore
Readings by twenty-three poets in support of the bookstore, which had been accidentally bombed. Featuring Christopher Dewdney, David Phillips, Peter Trower, Lionel Kearns, Sharon Thesen,…
Western Front Archaeology
Objects and documents from the archives (and the basement), timed to coincide with the opening of the new Vancouver Art Gallery.
WC4 Box ’83
One hundred pieces of mail art. Artists made 100 originals each and mailed them to 100 targets.
Artists’ Union Osaka (Japan)
Original Japanese lanterns, paintings, assemblage and installations by sixteen members of the Artists’ Union, coordinated by Hiromi Katayama.
A Postcard from Victoria
Artists-in-residence. Special production. A portrait of a lady, reconstructing her first day of work as a guide in Ann Hathaway’s Cottage in Victoria. It is…
Shockabilly
“Covers of 60′s/70′s tunes done in an outrageous country style. Good rake solos too. After the gig there was an all night party that ended…