Front 1 and 2: Stories for Video
A special production. “We detect the isolation of subjectivity only when the work is finished, discrepancy is retrospective and respected, integration is therefore a byproduct.…
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Wayne Horvitz: Residency & Concert
With Butch Morris, Bobby Previte and participants in the Vancouver Workshop ensemble. Audio Recording duration: 01:35:28 Digitized audio of this concert is available through the…
Robert Filliou: Residency
Member of the Fluxus movement, Filliou’s visit affirmed and aquainted the Western Front with some social principles. Filliou had dedicated his Principles of Poetic Economy…
Social Studies
Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, information on this project is currently unavailable.
Media Mini Residencies
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VIII, no. 3, p. 9, January/February 1997: The mini residency program allows local artists to explore the media…
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…
Daniel Scheidt / Robert Kyr: Residency
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VI, no. 1, p. 23, September/October 1994: For the last three years, Daniel Scheidt and Robert Kyr have…
En Attendant la Pluie, Leurs Mains
A special production. En Attendant la Pluie (Waiting for the Rain): In voice-over, Alice Jeffrey recounts the history of the Flood in Gitksan (a Native language…
Murmur
Artist in residence. Murmur is a two-channel installation, commissioned by the IKON Gallery in Birmingham, England for the exhibition Beyond Distinction. Murmur was shot largely…
Mother May I?
A special production. Though the use of matriarchal and spiritual symbols, this work presents the relationship between two young girls and the artist with herself.…
666 O’Clock News
A special production. A computer generated animation (Cubi-Comp computer) of a bad news broadcast, with channel changes featuring James Bond type music, cowboys and Indians,…
Jeff Mann: Residency, Workshop & Performance
FREE TV, round table discussion, April 11 TV FREE NET, performance, April 22 The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. V, no. 4, p. 8,…
Jürgen Brockmann: Residency
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. IX, no. 1, p. 9, September/October 1997: Media artist-in-residence; Fall, 1997. Jürgen Brockmann is an interdisciplinary artist from…
Ideology and Nature
Slowly and methodically, a woman in the garb of Italian fascist youth repeatedly disrobes and dresses, accompanied by an audiotape of music and propaganda recorded…
Henry Tsang: Residency
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VII, no. 1, p. 6, September/October 1995: Once upon a time, in 1990, the Western Front Lux was…
T.V. Translate Waiting
Artist-in-residence. Special production. Commenting on the video, Brunner states, “[t]he association I deliver calls up in the view a definite symbol. I, the deliverer, the cause…
George Lewis: Residency
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VI, no. 5, p. 10, May/June 1995: George Lewis is a jazz musician from the USA. As a well…
A New Human Relationship
Lecture: Friday, February 4, 8 pm Workshop: Saturday, February 5, 2 pm Performance: Saturday, February 12, 9 pm Artist in Residence, February 1 – 14,…