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"Take that paint!! Put it there!! You can do it!! Cause you care!!" After quitting art school, Gifford committed to a year-long regimen of physical training for cheerleading. She performs her "opening cheers" designed to unite…

Established in 1983, the Centre for Socialist Education is a community-based society working to popularize the principles of socialism through political and cultural events.

Réseau-Femmes Colombie-Britannique provides programming for Francophone women in the province.   RFCB celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2010 with the publication of À 20 ans, toute est possible! [sic]. It celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2015…

The CCFV was situated on 16th Ave. at the corner of Willow. The present version is in the Maison de la Francophonie on W. 7 Ave. The Bulletin was its publication. This is an incomplete collection, ranging from Feb.-Mar.-Apr. 1998 to May-Aug. 2003 Le…

The Vancouver Police Museum & Archives is an independent museum run by the Vancouver Police Historical Society, a registered charity. The museum’s foundations began in celebration of the Vancouver Police Department’s centennial anniversary in…

Two performances occurred simultaneously in adjoining rooms. Each performance reflects the disparate bodies of work that the two artists pursue separately. When they interface with each other (either purposefully or accidentally) a third performance…

This durational performance explores notions of fluidity in identity through a series of costumes, wigs, and make-up. Each costume or 'persona' of popular housewives (both real and fictional) was documented and produced as a series of…

This collection contains objects of general relevance to LIVE at the End of the Century 1999, including promotional materials, listings, and articles.

Alice was performed as part of ALA's Havana Gallery series and was curated by Lynn Hill. A monologue rich with moments of reflection and humour, Thirza Cuthand's Alice examines survival, visibility, and intersecting Queer and Indigenous…

Roi Vaara has been most active in Finland, becoming one of the country's most internationally recognized performance artists. His work since 1982 emphasizes an aesthetic discourse between the artwork and its specific place or situation.

The Bulletin de Nouvelles de l’Élémentaire was the newsletter of the elementary Brodeur school. This is an incomplete collection, from Nov. 22 1993 to Mar. 4 1998, with gaps. It has appeared in both 8 ½ in. x 14 in. and 8 ½ in. x 11 in. formats. The…

Parizeau dedicates her work to freedom and the demystification of enlightenment. In this piece she represents the dream state and explores themes of death and rebirth symbolically through the psychological hysteria of a clown. This piece unfolds…

In A Simple Truth, Belmore discusses her process of creating work through a narrative involving her connection to the suicide of a student with whom she worked with during a residency. During the performance, she lies down while being surrounded by…

Matching outfits and brightly coloured dance shoes were Norma's uniform for this performance that emphasized and undermined the boundaries that separate audience and performer. This performance was presented by Access Gallery.

Named after William Burroughs' novel, Nova Express, the Nova Library attempts to share the creative process with the community and represent the spirit, ideas, and creativity of current and former drug users in the Downtown Eastside. Working…

The fourth in a series of panel discussions on performance art organized for LIVE 2003. This panel engaged practitioners within, adjacent to, and outside of the performance discipline in a discussion on artistic process.