Storytelling and performance reveal Vancouver histories

For co-curators Chris Bose and David McIntosh, it was the contrast between their Vancouver stories that inspired Walking Projects: Vancouver, Crawling, Weeping, Betting, a new co-presentation by UNIT/PITT Projects and Battery opera performance. In the fall of 2012, multi-disciplinary artist Bose and Battery opera cofounder McIntosh met at a pub in Kamloops after being introduced by…

Cultures, languages and contemporary art

In order to foster interest and understanding in the arts, the Contemporary Art Gallery (CAG) offers guided tours in various languages, including French, Spanish and Mandarin, to audiences who may not normally interact with art.

The knowledge network: Encyclonospace Iranica explores computer networks and the production of knowledge

As the presence of computer devices constantly increases in daily life, the network that connects these devices grows wider, more complex, and indisputably consequential. Encyclonospace Iranica, the current exhibition at Access Gallery, focuses on networked computers and how they affect the production of contemporary knowledge. The exhibition is curated by Mohammad Salemy, an independent curator…