The Western Front

11 Results for 2010

1. • Media Arts >
   • January 1 – February 3, 2010
   • 1. Artists-in-Residence Bik Van der Pol
   • The Western Front warmly welcomes back Bik Van der Pol, an artist duo who have been working collectively since 1995. They live and work in Rotterdam. Bik Van der Pol explore the potential of art to produce and transmit knowledge. Their cooperative research and creative meth…  MORE >
2. • Media Arts >
   • January 16, 2010 2PM
   • 2. Ho Tam - Artist Presentation
   • February 2005, Ho Tam traveled with the Canadian Navy on the HMCS Calgary from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii back to the Esquimalt Naval Base, BC. Tam will talk about his experiences spending time with the Navy and his recent work stemming from footage collected during his participa…  MORE >
3. • Media Arts >
   • January 17, 2010 8PM
   • 3. Art's Birthday
   • Bring your Art’s Birthday Presence FREE EVENT with cash bar Welcome All! Noise, performance and experimental music with Soressa Gardner, Prophecy Sun, Glaciers, and Stephen Lyons’ new group Fr…  MORE >
4. • Media Arts >
   • January 29 – January 31, 2010
   • 4. Learning from Vancouver - Symposium
   • According to a recent survey prepared by Mercer Consulting, the world’s largest human resource firm specializing in investments and outsourcing, Vancouver is now the fourth most livable city in the world establishing it as an increasingly popular model for urban developme…  MORE >
5. • Media Arts & Exhibitions >
   • January 30 – March 6, 2010
   • 5. Learning from Vancouver
   • Learning from Vancouver Exhibition and Symposium Bik Van der Pol and Urban Subjects: in dialogue Curated by Alissa Firth-Eagland and Johan Lundh Exhibition: January 30 to March 6, 2010 Opening reception: January 29, 2010, 8 PM Symposium: January 29 to 31, 2010 According…  MORE >
6. • Media Arts >
   • March 27 – May 4, 2010
   • 6. Artist-in-Residence Toril Johannessen
   • Bergen based artist Toril Johannessen works across various media such as photography, text, drawing, sculpture, storytelling and installation. Johannessen’s interdisciplinary practice often engages a scientific thematic through empirical and theoretical investigation of t…  MORE >

1. • Media Arts >
   • Date of Posting: April 20/ Application Deadline: May 17
   • 7. Employment Opportunity: Media Arts Curator
   • Position Type: Full-time contract, 35 hours/week Date of Posting: April 20, 2010 Application Deadline: May 17, 2010 Years Experience: 2+ Salary: $31,000/year DESCRIPTION The Western Front Society seeks an outstanding, highly motivated arts professional to step into the r…  MORE >
2. • Media Arts >
   • May 1, 2010 2PM
   • 8. Toril Johannessen Artist Presentation
   • Toril Johannessen – Artist Presentation Saturday 1 May 2010 | 2 PM Location: Western Front, Luxe Hall 303 East 8th Avenue, Vancouver Please join Bergen-based artist Toril Johannesen for a discussion of her recent work. She will be speaking about a series of drawings w…  MORE >
3. • Exhibitions & Media Arts >
   • Tuesday May 4th, 7-9pm. Artist talk at 7:30.
   • 9. Sonja Ahlers Book Launch
   • Every year, when you’re a child, you become a different person — Alice Munro And I’m a million different people from one day to the next / I can’t change my mold — The Verve From these two quotes emerges a unifying motif of Sonja Ahlers’ new book *The Selves*…  MORE >
4. • Media Arts & Exhibitions >
   • May 14 – May 16, 2010
   • 10. Western Front: London Edition
   • Western Front: London Bureau No Soul For Sale, 2nd Edition, 5/14 to 5/16/2010 at the Tate Modern (London, UK) www.nosoulforsale.com This May, Western Front will participate in No Soul For Sale – A Festival of Independents, part of the 10th anniversary celebrations of t…  MORE >