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A spotlit Mo stands at a podium, next to a projected quote by President Andrew Jackson. Still from Racism in Empire by Mo Sa'lemy.

Louise Dubreuil, wearing an animal mask on their head, speaks at the mic with their hands raised. Still from Impure: Reinventing the Word: The Theory, Practice, and Oral History of 'Spoken Word' in Montreal with writers Vincent Tinguely…

Audience members from above at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Still from Mondo Artie Episode #6070 by Glenn Lewis.

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…

A fire juggler performs on Granville Island. Still from The Seven Sauces by Millie Chen and Evelyn Von Michalofski.

Vincent Tinguely and Victoria Stanton hold a large map of the world while Louise Dubreuil tears through it from behind. Still from Impure: Reinventing the Word: The Theory, Practice, and Oral History of 'Spoken Word' in Montreal with…

Giant food, genetically modified organisms, Beckett and Marx (that's the brothers not Karl) combine in fusion cooking's maddest combo yet. Slapstick comedy is mutilated and disemboweled and now the organs are taking over. What happens when…

This 3 hour performance is based on a comedian's 5 minute solo routine taken from a late night talk show. All three artists wore identical clothing and repeating the monologues simultaneously including gestures, emotional expressions, and…

Nathalie Derome, Victoria Stanton, and Louise Dubreuil on stage at Cafe Montmartre. Still from Impure: Reinventing the Word: The Theory, Practice, and Oral History of 'Spoken Word' in Montreal with writers Vincent Tinguely and Victoria…

This is the front side of the certificate for shares, from the Sointula Cooperative Store Limited, issued to Sander Hayrynen.

Photograph of the first Sointula Cooperative Store delivery truck

Item is a newspaper clipping titled, "Identifies Victim." Unknown source and date of clipping.

Projection of Fiona Bowie accompanying Marlene Madison's live performance. Still from Little Miss Mira.

This collection contains objects of general relevance to the LIVE Biennial of Performance Art 2001, including promotional materials, listings, and articles.

Informed by popular culture and situated in contemporary cultural issues, Marlene Madison's Mira investigates multiple performance gestures and takes a humorous look at the phenomenon of cults - from psychoanalysis to those which more subtly…

Rehearsal is part of an ongoing investigation on the conditions which surround "performance". The performance event accompanies a two week installation that attempts to activate the gallery space, blurring lines between performance and non…

Part drive-in theatre, part live radio show, 'Half-a-Tank' took place in a large parking lot at 1st Avenue and Ontario Street, where audience members, seated inside their cars, parked in a large circle facing inward. Inside the circle, a…

Welcome to the home of ARCH – BC, the Archival Records of Ceramic History in British Columbia. Arch-BC is a site dedicated to the newsletters of the Potters Guild of British Columbia (PGBC) the oldest provincial ceramic guild in Canada. The…

Le Chronographe was the newsletter of the Société d’Histoire des Franco-Colombiens, which became the Société d’histoire de Colombie-Britannique in 1992. It was printed in various formats, from Autumn 1983 to March 1988. This is a complete collection…

This is the reverse side of the certificate for shares, from the Sointula Cooperative Store Limited, issued to Willie Ahola.

T. Paul Ste. Marie on stage, with eyes closed, holding the mic with one hand and throwing the other up. Still from Impure: Reinventing the Word: The Theory, Practice, and Oral History of 'Spoken Word' in Montreal with writers Vincent…

View of the Crying Room with groups of people mingling and sharing food. Still from Picnic by Mima Preston and Gareth Moore.

A musician accompanying the performance plays the accordion. Still from Borderline Disorderly.