Kate Craig: Residency
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. IX, no. 2, p. 7, November/December 1997: Kate Craig is one of Vancouver’s most prominent video artists. Founder…
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Results filed under: multimedia works
Media Mini Residencies
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VIII, no. 3, p. 9, January/February 1997: The mini residency program allows local artists to explore the media…
La Femme Écran – The Reflexive Woman
This exhibition featured Sisler’s video works, as well as an audio installation and sculptural pieces. “This work focuses on the body, a broken and marginalized…
Housesitting
In the video installation Housesitting, tension between the domestic and the wild appeared in the guise of house pets. The following text is taken from Front…
Three Hands Clapping
Martin Gotfrit performs at the Western Front. The piece is entitled “Three Hands Clapping” and was for a computer and interactive system with zither built…
Sparks
This event is a part of the 1996 Electronic Arts Festival. The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VII, no. 4, p. 8, March/April 1996:…
Ken Gregory: Residency
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VII, no. 4, p. 9, March/April 1996: Ken Gregory, an audio artist from Winnipeg, will be coming to…
Bodymaps: Artifacts of Mortality
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VII, no. 4, p. 7, March/April 1996: Join us for an opening reception on Tuesday, March 19 at…
Fernando Arias Gaviria: Residency
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VII, no. 1, p. 7, September/October 1995: In residence September to October will be Colombian artist Fernando Arias,…
Electronic Eve
The Electronic Eve juxtaposed photographic and video images to create a portrait of the Electronic Eve. Photographic panels depicted images of a segmented female body,…
George Lewis: Residency
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VI, no. 5, p. 10, May/June 1995: George Lewis is a jazz musician from the USA. As a well…
The Dark Pool
The Dark Pool employed interactive audio, video and photographic elements in combination with objects that pursued the artists’ interests in narrative structure and how narrative…
The Fragility of Origins
The Fragility of Origins is a multi-channel video-based installation exploring issues concerning women and their bodies in relation to art and historical practice and theoretical…
Die Laughing: A Commedietta
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. V, no. 5, p. 8, Spring/Summer 1994: This exhibition by D.I.R.T., entitled Commedietta, will be a video/installation/propaganda piece dealing…
A New Human Relationship
Lecture: Friday, February 4, 8 pm Workshop: Saturday, February 5, 2 pm Performance: Saturday, February 12, 9 pm Artist in Residence, February 1 – 14,…
Imag(in)ing Network: Art’s Birthday Celebrations
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. V, no. 3, p. 6, January/February 1994: – French Fax (01/13/94) This year’s celebration of Art’s Birthday will…
Re-Titled (Are You Coming Home?)
This piece is part of the special project, Progression, curated by Dana Claxton in 1993. The following text is taken from Front Magazine vol. IV, no. 5, p. 10,…
Progression
A special project curated by Dana Claxton with assistance from the Vancouver City Cross-Cultural Initiative. – Melvin Dunn, Betrayal of Earth, May 18-July 2 – Tai Dang, Re-Titled (Are…