Veils of a Bog
Peaty and tannic, soft and saturated with water, a bog is place brimming with life forms, yet built up on a bed of decay. Veils…
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NOW Improvisation Workshops + Concert
Mondays from Sept 17 – Nov 12 @ 4-6pm & 6:30-8:30pm FREE. Donations are welcome. Space is limited, advance registration required. To register contact: now@nowsociety.org __…
lilithlithlithlithlithlith: through spiral upon spiral of the shell
Doors at 7:30pm, performance begins at dusk. As darkness falls around Western Front, lilithlithlithlithlith invites participation in the form of listening to, along, beside and around. Informed…
Bright Moments Series
Coastal Jazz and Blues with Western Front New Music spotlights the newest music in the jazz world with the Bright Moments Series. __ CONCERT September…
The Foreshore Listens
A special event launching a suite of multi-textured podcasts based on and inspired by The Foreshore Sessions: Vanessa Campbell thinking in and about hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and language reclamation, Stacey Ho…
TELEPRESENCE
ARTIST TALK / PRESENTATION Telepresence | Virtual Reality Experience Integrated Motion Studio @ Emily Carr University 520 East 1st Avenue, Vancouver The year-long sound…
Julian Hou
Julian Hou will undertake a residency to further develop practice-based research that is exploratory in nature. Hou’s projects often weave various media together, exploring narrative experiments with sonic…
Jen Shyu Solo: Nine Doors
Tickets: Advance $15/10; Door $20/15 New New Music Curator Aram Bajakian’s first concert in the Luxe nods to DB Boyko’s 24 years of inspiring work…
Trading Places: Un Échange
Montréal saxophonist Ida Toninato and cellist Émilie Girard-Charest are guest artists for a ten-day residency with Vancouver improvising musicians. Stay tuned for various interfaces about…
Mouthfeel
Mouthfeel, presented by Big Rock Candy Mountain, features sticky, pliable, and oral forms that center on the mouth as a means of aesthetic perception and…
Hazel Meyer & Cait McKinney Performing Tape Condition: degraded
Meyer and McKinney’s lecture performance Tape Condition: degraded investigates the community-based work of collecting, preserving, and providing ethical forms of digital access to archives of queer porn. Their…
TOQUE: Western Front’s Annual Fundraiser & Craft Fair
Toque is Western Front’s largest annual community event and fundraiser showcasing a curated selection of designers and artists. Join us for fantastic shopping, a back deck barbecue, and…
the-possible-impossible-thing-of-sound: A Dialogue between Dr. Salomé Voegelin & Juliet Palmer
There possibly is impossible impossibility -things that are really impossible. I felt there was another bit -and that’s where we get to the possible impossible…
I Don’t Get it
Free to the public The final stop on a three-part exhibition tour, I Don’t Get It is a new body of work by Aleesa Cohene. The…
Sound as a Space—an interview with Aki Onda and Akio Suzuki
Media artist-in-residence Elisa Ferrari joined sound artists Akio Suzuki and Aki Onda for a conversation about listening and sound collaboration a few hours before their…
STSTS
Launch Event: Walk followed by a reading and a discussion with Maggie Groat Date and Time: Saturday, June 9th at 2pm ***Special Location Note: The event…
Walking so Slowly that the Bottoms of our Feet Become Ears
Essay by Jorma Kujala On July 18, 2017, the Western Front joined the global chorus honoring the life and legacy of Pauline Oliveros by…
Demo Model
Entry from Acts of Transfer: Duration: 21 min 26 sec Format: ¾” Umatic SP “…Demo Model is…a demonstration of varieties of communication (an inventory of codes,…