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Barabas illustrates the body as a vessel for energy, essence, and idea. A tattoo excavates the seamline between the front and back of the artist's body. The artist asks, what is the connection? what do we contain? and what is the nature of the…

Select works from Gregory's series How to Predict the Weather Using a Pig Spleen were presented at Video In. For the month of November the studio was turned into a four week long working space as Gregory reworked technical elements of this…

Volt is "the electric body and its kinetic charge, the language used to depict acquisition - what attracts and repels desire. A continuing fascination, exploration, and re-invention of identity, the past, present, and future self..." -…

Certificates of Shares of the Capital Stock, dated 1912-1920.

Dynamo presented Liminal's original production, Objects for the Emancipated Consumer, a multimedia spy drama and interactive performance and installation. Six characters searched for answers to an ambiguous series of past, present, and future…

Cabaret diva-comedienne and performance artist, Astrid Hadad, already a legend in her native Mexico City and across the world, is known for her ravishing voice and outrageous stage presence. Astrid's show is a fusion of song, theatre and…

Reservoir was a durational work by Rebecca Belmore. The artist used recycled jars to collect water and stockpiled it in the space. The reservoir remained in grunt gallery as an installation for a week following the performance.

The opening reception for Peter Conlin's Freedom, a performative exhibition that ran for for the following two weeks. Conlin used the gallery as a studio to create installations in an improvisational way, setting up several different zones to…

This performance is equal parts professional wrestling and sound assault. The costume (as well as some of the theatrics) is a replica of a 1970's Mexican wrestler. The Yellow Diablo appears in costume preparing for a match and wired with 15…

Wong Mon Hong was born in Van Winkle in 1901. From 1917 until 1943 he was active in mining, and the operation of two grocery stores and a cafe. He worked for two years in Vancouver, then returned to the Cariboo to continue mining. He died in 1985.…

This event brings a fresh approach and current elements of urban youth culture into the dialogue of spectatorship and performance. The 1990s saw an explosion of technologized culture. Turntablism, music producers/arrangers, video, and multimedia…

Le Journal Jeunesse was the newsletter of the Club Jeunesse de Kelowna. We only have a single issue, no.2, [1985].  La Grenouillère en ballade was the newsletter of the Club Jeunesse de Kelowna. This is an icomplete collection, from Nov. 1985 to Oct…

Billy Barker’s legendary gold strike on Williams Creek triggered a multi-billion dollar industrial revolution that literally built a province. Today, the extraordinary historic town of Barkerville stands as a living testament to BC’s golden…

re: live was a two part event combining a video screening (November 17, 2001) and a subsequent panel discussion, addressing both the historical and contemporary relationship between performance and video art. Performance and video find a common…

Spencer’s mail order catalogues, a subsidiary of David Spencer Limited, aimed to bring affordable fashion, extensive household goods, and myriad services to those residing outside of Vancouver and Victoria. Although its focus was British Columbia,…

Thundering Word Heard, the weekly spoken word/music fusion open mic series, presented the Vancouver book launch of 'Impure: Reinventing the Word: The Theory, Practice, and Oral History of 'Spoken Word' in Montreal'. Word-sters…

Transition : Bulletin d’information was published by the CSFCB. This is an incomplete collection, from April-May 1996 to June 1996, with gaps. It was printed in folded 8 ½ in. x 14 in. format. The Rapport annuel is the CSFCB’s annual report. This is…

Based in Kelowna, the CCFO provides programs and activities for the Francophones of the Okanagan. Its publication, L’Écho de l’Okanagan, appeared in several formats. This incomplete collection ranges from Oct. 1979 to Jan. 1990. L’Anse-aux-Sables…

Lesbian art collective Kiss & Tell's Borderline Disorderly draws on their experiences as artists and activists to confront the complexity of making art as queer Canadians. This performance is about artistic process, censorship, the gulf…