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Empire is an allegory about the establishment of one of the largest corporations in the world. Au pair explores the often hilarious relationships of adventure-seeking childcare workers from Europe with their affluent American employers. A screening…

La Boussole is a resource centre for Francophones in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Its publication is Le Journal La Boussole. The collection includes only one issue, from April 1995 (no.6). It seems to have appeared in April and in September.

Using two record players in a DJ-like manner, Diane Landry conducts a true circle of casual objects: various kitchen tools, toys, shoes, skates, for example, randomly take their turn on the plates one after another. Caught in a kind of merry-go-…

LIVE Biennial of Performance Art 2005 is the final festival featured in this collection. Coordinated by Jeremy Turner, LIVE 2005 saw the launch of a dedicated website listing festival events and the decentralization of photography duties from grunt…

The third LIVE Biennial of Performance Art once again saw the convergence of local, national, and international performance artists, scholars, curators, and audiences in Vancouver. Directed by David Yonge, LIVE 2003 featured a special emphasis on…

The second LIVE Biennial of Performance Art took place from October 13 to November 30 2001, and engaged seventeen Vancouver arts organizations and dozens of artists, curators, writers, academics, and others in the production of Vancouver's…

LIVE at the End of the Century 1999 was the first LIVE Biennial of Performance Art and was conceived of and coordinated by Glenn Alteen and Brice Canyon. Eleven Vancouver arts organizations and countless individuals collaborated to produce five…

Stiles, Robert, Arcand, and Alteen and the audience discuss the nature and veracity of performance art documentation, the impulse to document and publish as a function of arts institutions, and the interplay of theory born of intuition and…

Judy Radul and Geoffrey Farmer's collaborative work resulting from their excursions to Vancouver courtrooms. The artists examined the "cultural performance" that takes place within the court of law, a fertile 'stage' because…

"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.

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.

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…

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…