Reverie
Jean Routhier is a sound-based artist residing in Vancouver. He has been producing electroacoustic works since the 1990′s. Whether for concert, gallery, web or in…
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Songs of Place
Steve Heimbecker is an interdisciplinary artist and performer specializing in audio art, electro-acoustics, installation, and sculpture. He studied fine art at the Alberta College of…
Feeling So Much Yet Doing So Little
As any good collective would, in 2005 the members of Instant Coffee drafted a manifesto of sorts. In it, they define themselves and their objectives…
Artist in Residence
Darsha Hewitt is a Canadian artist from Ottawa, Ontario, interested in experimenting with electronics in order to capture traces of the invisible ethereal realm. By…
Interrogation
Heri Dono is a celebrated contemporary artist from Indonesia noted for paintings, installations and performance that incorporate myth, politics and imagination. He is one of…
Artists in Residence
Based in Syracuse, New York, Cooper Battersby and Emily Vey Duke have been working collaboratively since 1994. They work in printed matter, installation, curation and…
Ujino Muneteru Exhibition
Western Front Exhibitions is pleased to present a new large-scale installation by renowned Tokyo-based visual artist, performer, and musician Ujino Muneteru in conjunction with SWARM.…
Sign Singing, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Joy Division, 1979, Deaf Choir, 2009
Western Front Exhibitions and Media Arts are pleased to present a new project by Ian Skedd entitled, Sign-Singing, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Joy Division 1979,…
Speaking in Landscape Tongues / Speaking to the Old Ones
Western Front Speaking in Landscape Tongues, September 10 – October 17 Performance by Cheryl L’Hirondelle and Scott Thomson: September 10, 7:30pm Faye HeavyShield, Cheryl L’Hirondelle, Marianne…
Sonic Playground Celebrates BC Youth Week
Sonic Playground celebrates youth exploring the creative potential of sound and technology. Teens from King George Secondary and Burnaby North High show off a year of…
Artists in Residence
Instant Places is a series of audio/video environments created on site using software tools built with MAX/MSP/Jitter. Audio samples and digital images are gathered in…
Sonic Playground returns!
Presented in partnership with the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and the Roundhouse Community Centre. Sound Installations, Instruments, and Performances Downtown Jazz Family Zone | June…
Industrial Ear
A festival of sound art. Presenting three installations and a performance at the Ironworks, 235 Alexander St.
Artist in Residence
Jeux is a complete environment including sculptural interfaces image and sound. A space devoted to experiment with the human movement. Jeux as it’s title says…
Artist Residency
Reverieis a virtual urban landscape (on the Web). Inside this city, an ever-expanding group of international sound artists will build venues for their work. Reverie…
Sonic Playground
SONIC INSTALLATIONS & INSTRUMENTS Hands on! Ears on! Explore the world of sound. 11AM-5PM during the Jazz Festival at the Roundhouse Community Centre 181 Roundhouse…
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…
Slow Wave Pt. 2 & Here Nor There, Season 1 Podcast Launch
Slow Wave Pt 2. All the Little Objectiles by Michelle Mackenzie & Here Nor There Season 1 launch, Gabi Dao with guests Friday, October 13th at 7pm RSVP…