Archives

Western Front’s archives began with the visionary efforts of Kate Craig and other founders who embraced new technologies to document performance and create media art. Since 1973, the collection has grown to encompass nearly all of Western Front’s contemporary art initiatives.

Our archives include around 2,000 video tapes and 500 audio recordings on magnetic media, 30 meters of textual and graphic material, and legacy technical equipment, performance props, and artworks.

In addition to institutional records, the collection features the Kate Craig fonds, Hank Bull fonds, and the Knights of the Pythias collection.


Access and Use

Browse our archives below. Please note that our online database currently reflects only a portion of our collection as we transition from a legacy system. For further research inquiries, feel free to contact us. Appointments to visit the archives onsite are available Thursdays and Fridays.

Use of archival materials beyond private research and study requires permission. Fees may apply for exhibition, reproduction, or other usage requests, whether online, digital, or print.

If you appear in an online record and wish to have it removed, you have the right to request its removal. We may ask for additional information to better understand and process your request.

For all archive-related inquiries, please contact our archivist Anna Tidlund.

2023
2015
2013
40th Anniversary Open House
Jun 16, 2013 Gathering
John Brennan, Cedric Bomford, Collage Collage, Bruce Emmett, Jacob Gleeson, Instant Coffee, Germaine Koh, Publik Secrets, Leslie Ross, Square One, Scant Intone, VOICE OVER mind Choir, Ian Verchere
2010
2008
The F Word
Oct 18 — Nov 22, 2008 Exhibition
Allyson Clay, Kate Craig, Margaret Dragu, Shawna Dempsey, Karen Henry, Deirdre Logue, Maria Legault, Lorri Millan, Jillian McDonald, Kristina Lee Podesva, Lisa Robertson, Lisa Steele, Salla Tykkä
2004
2003
2002
1997
Kate Craig in Residence
Nov 1 — Dec 31, 1997 Residency
Kate Craig
Through the Soles of My Mother's Feet
Sep 17, 1997 Installation, Media Artwork
Zainub Verjee
1993
Souvenir de la Chine
Dec 9, 1993 Media Artwork
Hank Bull, Kate Craig
Mz. Frankenstein
Sep 17, 1993 Performance
Tanya Mars
Big Fat Slenderella (The Big Fat Short)
Jul 31, 1993 Media Artwork
Lorna Boschman
1991
Interviews with Yvonne Parent
Dec 7, 1991 Performance
Yvonne Parent
1989
Mary-Lou
May 26, 1989 Installation
Kate Craig
Declining Nude
Apr 1, 1989 Media Artwork
Brice Canyon
1988
Joy Ride™
Feb 25, 1988 Media Artwork
Constance DeJong, Tony Oursler
Inside / Out
Jan 29, 1988 Performance
Cathy Quinn
The Nature of the Prey
1988 Media Artwork
Susi Milne
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
Interview for the Birds
Oct 13, 1977 Media Artwork
Cioni Carpi
1976
1975
1974
1973

Western Front is a non-profit artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.