This work began by stitching together a patchwork chronicle of the past five centuries on the marble floor of the rotunda of the former provincial courthouse ― now the Vancouver Art Gallery ― as part of Gallery Gachet’s Nothing About Us Without Us project. The documents include letters from Columbus, Vespucci and Cabot announcing their discoveries of the New World;… Read more →
bruha:chou, a Tagalog:Cantonese word ratio, translates to “witch:clown” – a brown witch:clown ventures through the gallery, alien-izes and de-neutralizes whiteness, attempts to wear whiteness (with a simultaneous nod to painted Cantonese opera clown aesthetic), explores the puzzling white box that humans refer to as the Vancouver Art Gallery. bruha:chou responds, ponders, releases, and takes nothing for granted. Flailing, going through… Read more →
Performance by Thirza Cuthand, October 19, 1999. Curated by Lynn Hill as part of the Havana Series from LIVE at the End of the Century. Video documentation by Mike MacDonald. Image: Merle Addison, 1999. Read more →
