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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
What do we do when a person, object or culture changes or disappears? History is defined as “acts, ideas or events that shape the course of the future.” What do we perceive and remember in order to enact that future? This video adorns Mount Pleasant’s new skyscraper, using marks made by an artist from the neighbourhood’s first tower, one block… Read more →
Artemisia was an art gallery at 156 east 7th ave in Mount Pleasant from July,1992 until July, 1994. It was created by Lisa g and her friend, Rebecca Turner. They initially only wanted to live in this storefront but the owners would only rent to a business venture… so on the spot the two friends decided that they would open… Read more →
Heaven’s Gate is based on the image of a cardboard box from the recycling bin at the Mount Pleasant’s Buy Low grocery store. The cardboard box hangs behind a shadow screen, lit by coloured lights that project a slowly turning, jewel-like image on the screen. Part mobile, part shadow puppet, the humble box opens the way to another dimension. If… Read more →
A collaborative film by Steven Thomas Davies (Coast Salish, Snuneymuxw and European ancestry) with Jeanette Kotowich (Cree Métis) and Dani Zaviceanu (Romanian Canadian), accompanied by a re-mix by artist, DJ, and sound producer Dean Hunt (Heiltsuk Nation). Written In My Blood was created with the intention of challenging the patriarchal and colonial narratives that dominate our urban and rural landscapes… Read more →
Cooking has a strong and historic presence in art from the Futurist Banquets to Walter Benjamin’s Gastro-Constellations to Fausto Grossi’s dinners at LIVE! Biennale, to Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party to Alice B. Toklas’s Cookbook. Margaret Dragu’s Frugal Friday Flyers series of videos appeal to both moms & millennials, high brow & low brow, le gourmet & la gourmande. Dragu reminds us… Read more →
