Flavourcel’s M.A.S.H is a series of animated rooms. Through these imaginary spaces the collective creates a response to their frustration of feeling boxed-in as a result of the disappearance of accessible spaces to commune in. Each room is unique and involves a blend of animation techniques that showcase the potential of the medium. Read more →
Time Lapse is the latest iteration of David Vaisbord’s documentary project: The Little Mountain Project. This short video, Time Lapse, focuses on the landscape of The Little Mountain Housing Project as a construction site, a playground, and home of a generation of youth, a battleground for a neighbourhood under siege and ultimately, a graveyard for the housing dreams of Vancouver. Vaisbord… Read more →
A recollection of personal thoughts on immigration, intergenerational trauma, gentrification, and what it means to seek refuge on the stolen land that is Vancouver. Located amidst dissonances of language and translation, between what is (not) seen and what is (not) heard, the film is a self-reflexive act of resistance, a quiet mourning for the perpetuating dreams of generations of Vietnamese… Read more →
Living in a city, change is simply inevitable. But the pace of change around Mount Pleasant in the last few years seems totally unprecedented. The affordability crisis that has affected residential living around the city has now made its way into the commercial sector. Escalating property values mean more expensive leases and higher rents for small business owners. Since 2015… Read more →
Grocery Stores is a series of eleven paintings of the exteriors of former and current small grocery stores in East Vancouver and Burnaby. These structures boast individuality and resilience to the urban redevelopment that surrounds them as neighbourhoods become consumed by gentrification. Read more →
GREEN is a series of text-based images that address Fevral’s observation of anxiety in Vancouver’s young artists who worry about their ability to stay in the city and the pressure of attaining immediate success as they work long hours in the service industry to pay their rent. GREEN is about the feeling of being on a time crunch, trying to… Read more →
This animation work revolves around a large and seemingly autonomous window displaying a highly curated scene for its viewer. In this window, the higher powers of machine technology and algorithms determine, manipulate and present a highly aestheticised image to the viewer. The image presented by the window is one that is overpowering and all-consuming for the viewer, who appears minuscule… Read more →
Cementing Presence is a short flickering of images that captures a rapidly changing Mount Pleasant through the work of strangers. It’s an overcast, sunny day at two construction sites. The cement is lifted into the sky and poured into forms. Who knows these workers? They sweat and pour concrete, twist wire and hammer nails all day, over and over. What have… Read more →
Proponents of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics promised that the billions spent would leave a “legacy” of public infrastructure, such as affordable housing at the athlete’s village. In February 2011, a year after games, I photographed the Olympic Village in Southeast False Creek. Read more →
The Mount Pleasant Community Art Screen at Kingsway and Broadway marks both the entryway and terminus of Kingsway. Few of the original structures along this stretch of thoroughfare remain, but those that have survived are reminiscent of a time when the road was the only route into and out of the city. In the latter half of the 20th century,… Read more →
