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The AFS provides programs and activities for the Francophones of Surrey. It is based in L’École Gabrielle-Roy, in Surrey. When it changed its name to the AFFGVFV, it encompassed the Francophones of the Fraser Valley. Its first publication was L’Écho…

The hole of the female genital organs may appear in another part of the body, the penis as a stiffness or as a piece of wood somewhere else. The artist takes on the role of patient and survivor of psychaitry, and attempts to convey the experience of…

Accompanying an exhibit at Artspeak of the same name, Cop Puppet employs stuffed animals as narrative vehicles that critique the darker side of state power and popular culture. The stuffed animal impart a pleasant familiarity and provide an…

A joint production of Western Front and grunt gallery, this fundraiser featured performance and video documentation, a live performance by Velveeta Krisp and an auction of performance props and related artworks.

This series includes publications and magazines that were collected by John Vance because they contained stories about his career and forensics work. Includes True Crime magazines. Digitized pages include the specific article about Vance.

Ablakela, meaning 'calm' in the Lakota language, is a performance work by Dana Claxton, accompanied by Peyote Singers Johnny Mike and Verdell Primeaux of The Native American Church. The performance employs a large video projection of…

"I am fascinated by memory...a subtle tone in the voice, a colour, a smell or a sudden light end up being part of our memories and, ultimately, being part of us." Jocelyn Robert is a multidisciplinary artist from Quebec City. Known for his…

Larry Krone (b. Chicago, 1970) is based in New York and has been exhibiting drawings, sculptures, installations, and videos since the early 1990s. His work has been shown widely, including at the Whitney Museum of American Art, The New Museum, The…

The Bulletin Mensuel was the monthly pubication of the SFV from May 1985, probably to Aug. 1986, when the SFV’s publication Le Phare begins publication. The collection is incomplete. The format was folded 8 ½ in. x 14 in. pages.   Le Phare was the…

Talent Hut, established in 1989, is rearing its ugly head once more after an extended run in hell. Mainstays MC Jimmi Schmmoz, Orlan Fortrel, Big Glory (guitar) Hole, Ina Pavolvina, Jean Poole, Boofka Putz, Countess Turnoff, and new recruits take…

Artist and educator Andrea Fraser gives a talk on her performance practice, critical interrogation of art history, and institutional critique of exhibition spaces as addressed through one of her best known works, Museum Highlights: A Gallery Talk,…

A three-day online performance exchange between Sydney, Australia, Vancouver, Canada, and Lancaster, UK. Chiasma presented live streams of Léa Donnan's Adult Female, Rebecca Belmore's Tent City, and Hester Reeve's The British Umpire…

A performance piece further exploring the persona La Abortada, who performed the previous piece "Western Lard: Fall of the American Hamburger." In this new piece, Ramírez-Figueroa explores Freudian theories of sexuality and modernist…

Meredith Monk is a legendary composer, singer, director/choreographer, and creator of new opera, musical theatre works, films, and installations. A pioneer in interdisciplinary performance work, her ground-breaking exploration of the voice as an…

We step into the year 1929 and the big crash is looming ahead. We see him. perhaps mad in the surrounding whirlwind and we see her who shapes his destiny. The Players flit in and out of his mind, and as the paranoia grows does anyone know where to…

The LIVE Biennial of Performance Art was founded and produced by grunt gallery for its first four iterations 1999 - 2005. Initially conceived of and organized by Brice Canyon and Glenn Alteen, LIVE sought to highlight the well established but often…

An illustrated lecture and presentation by guest British curator Rob La Frenais at grunt gallery. A chance to inspire future co-productions and idea exchanges between the art world and the scientific community in the ever-fascinating realm of space…

pucker is the story of how one woman's sexuality revolves around and inside her mouth. With falling ice, secreted hairnets and golden handbags, Goldwater revels in the pleasure of words as they roll off the tongue.