Potatoes
Artist-in-residence. Special production. The fragmentation of the video screen by the macro process is carried into language. Nouns are taken out of context and the…
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Wiencouver IV
Artist-in-residence. Live sound and image (telecommunications) exchange between Vancouver and Vienna, with Hank Bull, Bill Bartlett, Mona Hatoum, David Kelln. Live music by Trevor Arntzen,…
Sybaris
A special production. An adaptation of literal imaginings inspired by descriptions in a short story written by Giorgio de Chirico in 1929 entitled Hebdomeros. Passages in…
Elisa Ferrari
Throughout the fall and winter of 2017/2018 Elisa Ferrari will develop lilithlithlithlithlithlith, a sound-based research and performance project that considers different energetic phenomena that revolve around sites of power…
Santiago Bose: Residency
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VII, no. 4, p. 6, March/April 1996: Reception and video installation on Sunday, April 14 The art world…
In bocca al lupo (In the Mouth of the Wolf)
An opera that involved the construction of an elaborate two-storey set, roughly the shape of a body, which took up the entire Lux. The audience…
Back Up
Artist-in-residence. Special production. A smorgasbord of lifestyles (called modes) of two women intercut with a suspense murder drama that takes place in a private girls’…
Artist in Residence: Granada Gazelle
Granada Gazelle was a member of General Idea and worked closely with them throughout the 1970′s.
Private Eyes
A special production. “Privatization has become trendy” reads the text which underscores the tape’s storyline: the Canadian Gallery of Art is being taken over by…
Artists in Residence
Past is Prologue Researchers in Residence Western Front Media Art is pleased to present artist collective Project Rainbow as Past is Prologue researchers-in-residence. Past is…
Dalibor Martinis Talks to Dalibor Martinis
Artist-in-residence. Special production. The tape is the first part of a 22 year long interview project. It is about all the differences / similarities between…
Object/Subject of Desire
Artists in residence. This video tape is a triptich about love and desire. The artists also produced a video of the performance Mary Medusa. A…
Feminist Land Art Retreat
Feminist Land Art Retreat (FLAR) will take up a post-production residency to complete a new video that uses strategies of equestrianism, science fiction and land…
Marie Chien Noir
Artist-in-residence. Special Production. Shot and edited by Michael Brodie. A presentation of three solo works: Mimas Lune de Saturne (1980); Plaisirs de Tous Les Sens dans…
Tania Bruguera: Residency
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VIII, no. 4, p. 12, March/April 1997: Performance Saturday March 22nd, 10:30pm Cuban performance artist, Tania Bruguera, born…
Fear of Blue
Artist-in-residence. Special production. A metaphoric text on the meaning of the colour blue is illustrated with images of sky and sea. The soundtrack includes original…
Marusya Bociurkiw with Natalie Olanick: Residency
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VII, no. 5, p. 9, Summer 1996: The genre of girls’ mystery writing has long been a powerful…
Aktion 58
Video produced by Image Bank. Nitsch’s use of blood, animal entrails and nude bodies in his performance works prompted a horrified response in the Vancouver…