Events at: Western Front

Learning from Vancouver

January 30 to March 6, 2010 Learning from Vancouver Exhibition and Symposium Bik Van der Pol and Urban Subjects: in dialogue Curated by Alissa Firth-Eagland and Johan Lundh Exhibition: January 30 to March 6, 2010 Opening reception: January 29, 2010, 8 PM Symposium: January 29 to 31, 2010 According to a recent survey prepared by […]

Terrestrial/Celestial: Artist Talk by Diane Borsato

Access Gallery presents an artist talk by Sobey award nominated artist Diane Borsato at the Western Front Lux, 2pm Sunday May 9th. Terrestrial/Celestial: Artist Talk by Diane Borsato Sunday May 9th, 2pm Access Gallery presents an artist talk by Sobey award nominated artist Diane Borsato at the Western Front Lux, 2pm Sunday May 9th. In […]

Rehearsal Research: curated by CCST candidate Sarah Todd

Justine Chambers, Holly Ward, Paul Kajander. Curated and coordinated by Sarah Todd. Closing reception and performance by Justine Chambers, April 28, 6 -9 PM. Tuesday April 19 – Thursday April 28 Open Tuesday – Saturday 12pm -5pm Rehearsal Research is a presentation of work made during the Rehearsal Research residency, an interdisciplinary visual art and […]

Sans Song: curated by CCST candidate Jenny Walton

Opening reception: 26th April 2012 at 7pm. Exhibition runs to June 2, 2012. Introducing new works by Nathan McNinch and by Joshua Bonnetta, in conjunction with two pieces released in 1976 by Joan La Barbara, the artworks in Sans Song investigate the tools and instruments of vocal sonic production and reception. In 1976, during a […]

Text to Speech: A Stiegler Primer

Please join us for the next Text to Speech media reading group, “A Stiegler Primer,” which will be led by T’ai Smith and hosted by the Western Front. Focused on writing about media, media art, and the surrounding concepts and frameworks of the mediated world, Text to Speech gatherings aim to build stronger community ties […]

Bernard Stiegler Lecture

About the Neganthropocene and Its Economy Tickets available at: https://neganthropocene.eventbrite.com Further info: http://front.bc.ca/events/about-the-neganthropocene-and-its-economy/ Venue: 303 East 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC We live in the Anthropocene. But is the Anthropocene bearable – that is: viable? Of course not. The Anthropocene is an Entropocene. Bernard Stiegler will show why and how it is necessary and possible to overcome […]

Thought, outside

November 12, 2020 – January 30, 2021 Western Front Curated by Amy Kazymerchyk Thought, outside is composed with an eye to how each artwork thinks the phenomenon of the outside. This concept is variably expressed as the condition of being out-of-doors, beyond a geographic delineation, without legal recognition or unfamiliar with social custom. It is […]

No Single Dancer

June 17 – July 31, 2021 Western Front Virtual installation by visual artist Anna Firth – June 17 Online writing workshop with Ma̱lidi Webb – June 22 Performance by Justine A. Chambers – June 25 Curated by Jasmine Hynes https://nosingledancer.com/ While visiting Vancouver from New York, the experimental choreographer Deborah Hay, in collaboration with the Box Eighty […]