Demo Model
Entry from Acts of Transfer: “…Demo Model is…a demonstration of varieties of communication (an inventory of codes, semiotic analysis), with and through diverse technological devices as…
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Such Sweet Compulsion
“Each of the seven works in such sweet compulsion re-invented the diva in a way that highlights key issues that circulate around the power of…
The Working Move
Western Front Media Arts is pleased to present The Working Move, a new work by Brendan Fernandes. Developed over a six-week production residency, Fernandes worked collaboratively with…
Intermezzo
Intermezzo by Pablo Bronstein uses the conventional format of the lecture as a starting point, transforming a partly informative presentation on the 16th century French painter…
Anne Seagrave & Oscar McLennan: Residency
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. V, no. 2, p. 6, November/December 1993: Oscar McLennan and Anne Seagrave are performance artists from Ireland, whose…
Kyai Madu Sari in Concert
Traditional Indonesian music and dance.
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…
A Sound is Heard in the World
New gamelan and dance collaboration.
Puppies
The Artsong Trio (Irène Aebi, Petia Kaufman and Carol Robinson) performed songs by Mary Frazee, set to music by Steve Lacy, with original choreography and…
Bald, Doubleditch, Poking Grey Matter
Solo performance with elaborate costumes and choreography. From Front Magazine November/December 1989 P.4: Jill Rosenberg: BALD Friday, November 3, 1989 9pm $5 The Western Front is…
X’s and O’s for Canadian Pavilion
Entry from Acts of Transfer: Duration: 26 min 40 sec Format: ¾” Umatic Margaret Dragu began her artistic vocation as a dancer. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan,…
La Tête et les Jambes
The photographic results of the collaboration between a dancer and a photographer. Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, further…
EDAM
The debut of ‘Experimental Dance and Music’ (EDAM) which would soon identify itself as an original voice in the Vancouver dance community and continue as…
Chance
A collaboration between Ernst Reijseger (improv. cello) and Jennifer Mascall (dancer). Audio Recording duration: 1:26:23 Digitized audio of this concert is available through the Western…
Changing Scales
Two dance performances. Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, further information on this project is currently unavailable.
Oeufs Fragile / Off Spring
Two dance performances.
Crash Course
Music, movies, slides and dance in an examination of the interplay between knowledge and action.
Gullible’s Travels
Fusiontap, mime and eccentric dance. Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, further information on this project is currently unavailable.