The Western Front

15 Results for 2012

1. • Exhibitions >
   • January 10 – February 10, 2012
   • 1. New Exhibitions Curator
   • We are pleased to welcome Jesse Birch as the new Exhibitions Curator at the Western Front. Birch brings a wealth of local and international experience to the position. He has produced exhibitions in Canada, the Netherlands, Australia and Japan, and he was Co-Director/Curato…  MORE >
2. • New Music >
   • January 20 – January 21, 2012
   • 2. Circle of Sleep
   • Two performances: Friday January 20 & Saturday January 21, 10pm to 6am Circle of Sleep is an overnight concert, a meditation on sleep and dreaming that’s also a marathon of cutting-edge Canadian electronic music. Featuring nine artists from ambient music, new media, c…  MORE >
3. • Media Arts >
   • January 26, 2012 6.30PM
   • 3. Jeremy Bailey: Artist Talk + Performance
   • Jeremy Bailey
   • Thursday, January 26 – 6.30PM Western Front Media Arts is pleased to present a performance by Toronto based media artist Jeremy Bailey. Bailey will present an talk and performance in the Grande Luxe Hall, as part of Western Front Media Arts ongoing engagement with n…  MORE >
4. • Exhibitions >
   • February 8, 2012 
   • 4. Auction Preview Evening
   • Preview of Western Front 39th Annual Art Auction CLICK HERE TO VIEW AUCTION CATALOGUE Meet the artists, free admission, cash bar Wednesday, February 29, 2012 7:00 – 9:30 pm MEMBERS PREVIEW from 6:00-7:00pm featuring an open bar, light fare, and guided tour of the works…  MORE >
5. • Exhibitions & Media Arts >
   • February 17 – April 7, 2012
   • 5. Instant Coffee: Feeling So Much Yet Doing So Little
   • As any good collective would, in 2005 the members of Instant Coffee drafted a “manifesto” of sorts. In it, they define themselves and their objectives in terms of their caffeinated namesake: Instant Coffee “mimics the real thing without the pretense of being better. I…  MORE >
6. • Exhibitions >
   • March 3, 2012 6PM
   • 6. LET THERE BE LIGHT: 39th Anniversary Gala Dinner and Auction
   • LET THERE BE LIGHT: Western Front’s 39th Annual Gala Dinner and Art Auction Public Preview: February 29th at 7pm Member’s Preview: February 29th from 6 till 7pm Art Auction: Saturday, March 3rd at 6pm AUCTION CATALOGUE NOW ONLINE CLICK HERE TO VIEW Western Fron…  MORE >

1. • Exhibitions & Media Arts >
   • March 10, 2012 8PM
   • 7. Bild n Sound
   • Goethe Satellite @ Instant Coffee 
Instant Coffee and Bernd Milla program a selection of silent videos by German artists inviting Canadian musicians to play a live score. Silent videos by Andreas Lorenschat, Mirko Martin, Pia Maria Martin, Gabriela Oberkofler, Patrick F…  MORE >
2. • New Music >
   • March 11, 2012 8PM
   • 8. suddenlyLISTEN: Lee / Adams / Donovan
   • Halifax-based suddenlyLISTEN’s mission is to bring new and improvised chamber music to a wide variety of intimate settings. Pianist Lee Pui Ming, cellist Norman Adams, and percussionist Erin Donovan present collaborative improvisation and original composition in rich,…  MORE >
3. • Exhibitions >
   • March 31, 2012 3PM
   • 9. New Star Books Firebombing Benefit
   • A reading to celebrate New Star’s defiance of the March 7, 2012 firebombing. Organized by Clint Burnham with readings by George Stanley, Larissa Lai, Roger Farr, Jamie Reid, Steve Collis, Fred Wah, Donato Mancini, Daphne Marlatt, David Chariandy, Clint Burnham, Jacq…  MORE >
4. • New Music >
   • April 15, 2012 3:30PM
   • 10. Acoustic Cartographies
   • The result of dynamic collaboration between the undergrads of UBC geography and the sonic environment of Vancouver, Acoustic Cartographies is a geographic inquiry into art as spatial practice. One group is listening to the relationship between gender and public space. On…  MORE >