The Welfare of Tomás Ó Hallissy
Screening of Campbell’s 2013 film It For Others and dialogue with Jordan Wilson: May 13 @ 2pm Duncan Campbell is known for his films, which…
State of Exceptional Webnation Launch Event – TERMINAL 4.0
State of Exceptional Webnation Launch Event! Friday March 31st @7pm in the Luxe! Announcing the upcoming launch of SOE (State of Exceptional) Webnation, a new…
Gabi Dao
Vancouver-based artist Gabi Dao will undertake a media residency throughout the spring and summer of 2017. Gabi Dao questions the conditions of aesthetic experience through…
A Conversation with Bill Young on “Archipelagio”
Composer Bill Young sits down with New Music Director/Curator DB Boyko to talk about the genesis of his composition Archipelagio premiered on March 9, 2017…
Gabi Dao- Here Nor There
Beginning in May 2017, a sound art ‘festival’ will unfold slowly in and around the Western Front in conversation with the launch of a new…
Adults Are So Last Year
Western Front opens its doors for kids and their adults. Artists and musicians have been commissioned to create works and participatory projects in all mediums…
Housing Society
Join us for a talk with German architect and theorist Andreas Rumpfhuber. His is a research-led practice that focuses on expanding the social, political and…
Leo Goldsmith and Rachael Rakes presenting Peter Watkins’ The Journey
June 9 @ 7pm June 10 and 11 @ 1pm Peter Watkins’ 1987 film The Journey is a documentary charting the geopolitical landscape surrounding the…
World Listening Day: Listening to the Ground
SOUND WALK Meeting Place: Western Front, 303 East 8th Avenue FREE Pre-registration required: newmusicadmin@front.bc.ca “Can we find ground to walk on and can we…
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Feeling So Much Yet Doing So Little
We know that one is never enough and as a colour we are fluorescent pink. We play with inclusion and exclusion equally. When we say…
À Vancouver
The Vancouver premiere of a new work by Toronto-base artist Vincent Chevalier. The screening will be followed by a talk by the artist. “À Vancouver…
John Hupfield’s Woodlands Indian Art + West Coast Indian Art
Performance with Charlene Vickers: March 16 @ 7:30pm Charlene Vickers performing with Assertion on April 22 @7pm In the early 1970s, Maria Hupfield’s father, John…
Bright Moments Series: Gord Grdina’s NYC Quartet
CONCERT TICKETS: $22/19 (all in) Juno award winning oud and guitar player Gordon Grdina showcases his latest ensemble featuring world-renowned New York collaborators Russ Lossing…
Sondra Perry performing Lineage for a Multiple-Monitor Workstation: Number One
In Sondra Perry’s Lineage for a Multiple-Monitor Workstation: Number One, the artist casts various members of her family to play themselves in a fragmented multi-threaded…
Women’s bubbly and some, Cornelia Wyngaarden: Artist File
Join artist Cornelia Wyngaarden and curator Liz Park for an evening of bubbles and conversation to celebrate the launch of Artspeak’s latest publication Cornelia Wyngaarden:…
Sonic Playground Celebrates BC Youth Week
Sonic Playground celebrates youth exploring the creative potential of sound and technology. Teens from the Greater Vancouver Area show off a year of creative thoughts coming…
A Historic Moment
It is impossible to think about the Western Front Society without conjuring an image of the iconic building that has been its home for the…
Help preserve Western Front history!
It takes $5 to preserve one minute of tape. Make a donation to preserve Western Front Media history. The Western Front Media Archive contains over 1700…