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.

Index

2023

Archives Access: Margaret Dragu

Jun 12, 2023 Media Artwork, Screening, Talk

Apparition Room

Jan 14 — Apr 1, 2023 Exhibition

Kathy Acker, Abbas Akhavan, Eleanor Antin, Martin Bartlett, Rebecca Belmore, Maggie Boyd, Hank Bull, Nao Bustamante, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Dana Claxton, Kate Craig, Shawna Dempsey, Jane Ellison, Robert Filliou, Coco Fusco, General Idea, Rana Hamadeh, Mona Hatoum, Michael Henry, Gordon Hutchens, Tari Ito, Charmian Johnson, Alison Knowles, Danny Kostyshin, Joan La Barbara, Neil Leonard, Glenn Lewis, James Luna, Lorri Millan, Rita McKeough, Eric Metcalfe, Kate Metten, Michael Morris, Bryan Mulvihill, Antoni Muntadas, Gailan Ngan, Wayne Ngan, Judy Radul, Emily Sheppard, Corin Sworn, Vincent Trasov, Zainub Verjee, Laura Wee Láy Láq, Hildegard Westerkamp, Paul Wong, Cornelia Wyngaarden, T’uy’t’tanat-Cease Wyss, bill bissett

2015

To Build a Better City: Selected Films about Art and Urban Development

Oct 2, 2015 Screening

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

Western Front: London Edition

May 14 — 16, 2010

Sonja Ahlers, Lorna Brown, Cooper Battersby, Aaron Carpenter, Kate Craig, Randy Lee Cutler, Stan Douglas, Michael Drebert, Geoffrey Farmer, General Idea, Rodney Graham, Allison Hrabluik, Hadley+Maxwell, Instant Coffee, Will Kwan, Heidi Nagtegaal, Mark Soo, Kika Thorne, Ron Tran, Emily Vey Duke, Ian Wallace, Paul de Guzman

2008

Perspectives on an Archive: Ghost Dialogues

Dec 3, 2008 Screening

Cioni Carpi, Kate Craig, Dalibor Martinis, Tom Sherman

Delicate Issues: A Roundtable Conversation on the Practice of Kate Craig

Oct 26, 2008 Talk

Hank Bull, Randy Lee Cutler, Eric Metcalfe, Marina Roy, Cornelia Wyngaarden

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

2008 Publication

Allyson Clay, Kate Craig, Margaret Dragu, Shawna Dempsey, Alissa Firth-Eagland, Candice Hopkins, Karen Henry, Deirdre Logue, Lorri Millan, Jillian McDonald, Kristina Lee Podesva, Lisa Robertson, Lisa Steele, Salla Tykkä

Perspective on an Archive

2008 Publication

Kemi Craig, Alissa Firth-Eagland, Liz Park, cheyanne turions

2004

That ’70s Ho: Tribute to Lady Brute

Oct 11 — 23, 2004 Exhibition

2003

Nov 1 — 2, 2003 Program

Kate Armstrong, Julie Andreyev, Jim Colquhoun, Robert Ladislas Derr, John Craig Freeman, Eliza Fernbach, Kevin Hamilton, Ingrid Koivukangas, Karlis Kalnins, Laurie Long, M. Simon Levin, Eileen Matis Wong, Sharilyn Neidhardt, Karen O'Rourke, Matt Smith, Sandra Wintner, [murmur]

30th Anniversary Gala and Art Auction

Mar 8, 2003 Gathering

George Bures Miller, Robert Arndt, William S. Burroughs, Tom Burrows, Kate Craig, Janet Cardiff, Geneviève Cadieux, Stan Douglas, Rodney Graham, Mona Hatoum, Brian Jungen, Geoffrey James, James Lahey, Tim Lee, Eric Metcalfe, Liz Magor, Philippe Raphanel, Rober Racine, Kathy Slade, Jack Shadbolt, Mina Totino, Grazia Toderi, Laura Wee Láy Láq, Gillian Wearing, Ian Wallace, Jeff Wall, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun

2002

Kate Craig Memorial

Sep 14, 2002 Gathering

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

Slowscan Ludwig

Oct 5, 1988 Performance

Hank Bull, Douglas Davis, Maria Vedder

Reading by William S. Burroughs

Jul 5, 1988 Reading, Performance

William S. Burroughs, Phaedra, Judy Radul

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

Rites of Spring

Mar 21, 1987 Gathering

1986

May 1, 1986 Media Artwork

Kate Craig, David Kelln

Clay Cove, Newfoundland

Mar 7 — 27, 1986 Installation, Media Artwork

Luminous Sites Panel Discussion

Mar 6, 1986 Talk

Ian Carr-Harris, Kate Craig, Max Dean, Randy Gledhill, Berenicci Hershorn, David Tomas, Paul Wong, Cornelia Wyngaarden

Feb 25 — Mar 13, 1986 Exhibition

Jan 18 — 19, 1986 Screening

Hank Bull, Canada Shadows, Kate Craig, Margaret Dragu, Tom Dean, Fraser Finlayson, Margaret Fabrizio, Robert Filliou, Randy Gledhill, General Idea, Berenicci Hershorn, Mona Hatoum, Andrew Keating, Eric Metcalfe, Kō Nakajima, Andrew James Paterson, Ulrike Rosenbach, Rober Racine, Tom Sherman, Kim Tomczak, Elizabeth Vander Zaag, Værkstedet Værst

Jan 1, 1986 Media Artwork

Irene Aebi, Hank Bull, Eric Metcalfe, Alan Matheson, John Oswald, Robert Richardson, Ross Taggart, Alex Varty

1985

Nov 26, 1985 Media Artwork

TISH - A Celebration

Oct 11, 1985 Gathering, Performance

Peter Auxier, George Bowering, David Dawson, Frank Davey, Gladys Maria Hindmarch, Lionel Kearns, Daphne Marlatt, Warren Tallman, Fred Wah

Corpus Colossus

Jun 16, 1985 Performance

1984

J'aurais dit Glenn Gould

Nov 15, 1984 Media Artwork

Apr 3, 1984 Media Artwork

Margaret Fabrizio

1983

Dec 4, 1983 Concert, Performance

Robert Adrian X, Hank Bull, Bolero Lava, Elizabeth Fischer, Mona Hatoum, Halofern, MHSK, Pas Paravant, Quasi Trevor, The Haters

So Much I Want to Say

Dec 4, 1983 Performance, Media Artwork

Oct 31, 1983 Media Artwork

Hank Bull, Martin Bartlett, Canada Shadows, Kate Craig, Glenn Lewis, Patrick Ready

A Postcard from Victoria

Oct 31, 1983 Media Artwork

Lorraine Dufour, Robert Morin

Western Front Archaeology

Oct 11 — Nov 5, 1983 Exhibition

Kate Craig, Randy Gledhill, General Idea, Berenicci Hershorn, Image Bank, Knights Of Pythias, Glenn Lewis, Eric Metcalfe, New York Corres-Sponge Dance School of Vancouver

Mar 22, 1983 Media Artwork

Judith Doyle, Ondine

1982

Dec 17 — 18, 1982 Performance

Unbashed Heroics

Sep 30, 1982 Media Artwork

Randy Gledhill, Berenicci Hershorn

Jun 13, 1982 Media Artwork

Elizabeth Vander Zaag

1981

Nov 23, 1981 Performance

Hank Bull, Kate Craig

1980

WF Video Screening

Dec 1, 1980 Screening

Susan Britton, Kate Craig, Elizabeth Vander Zaag

Sep 15, 1980 Screening

Straight Jacket

Aug 1, 1980 Media Artwork

Sounds and Shadows

Mar 21, 1980 Concert, Performance

Hank Bull, Martin Bartlett, Kate Craig, Al Mattes, Al Neil

Music From the New Wilderness

Mar 14 — 30, 1980 Program

Mar 1, 1980 Performance

Julie Abbott, Don Druick, Lisle Ellis

1979

Saint Ayatollah After the End of the World

Dec 21, 1979 Performance

Hank Bull, Kate Craig, Andy Graffiti, Glenn Lewis, Bryan Mulvihill, Annie Moss, Emmy MacKenzie, Andrew James Paterson, Mary Ready, Su Schnee, Michael Wonderful

The Second Independent Video Open

Dec 6, 1979 Screening

Hélène Bourgault, Kate Craig, Colin Campbell, Helen Doyle, Marshalore, Nancy Nicol

Urban Skills #5: Secretarial

Nov 12, 1979 Media Artwork

Margaret Dragu, Cornelia Wyngaarden

Mondo Arte Cabaret: A Decade of Artwear

Sep 27, 1979 Performance

AKA, Hank Bull, Gary Bourgeois, Byron Black, Anna Banana, Kate Craig, Jim Cummins, Gina Daniels, Jane Ellison, Deborah Fong, Randy Gledhill, William Gaglione, Berenicci Hershorn, Carol Hackett, Carole Itter, Glenn Lewis, Michael Morris, John Mitchell, Eric Metcalfe, Fabio Mauri, Sid Morosoff, Hermann Nitsch, Lola Ryan, Jeanette Reinhardt, Vincent Trasov, The Girls Club, Paul Wong

Apr 15, 1979 Media Artwork

Me$$age to China

Feb 15, 1979 Media Artwork

Feb 15, 1979 Media Artwork

1978

Individual Release

Dec 15, 1978 Media Artwork

Dalibor Martinis Talks to Dalibor Martinis

Oct 27, 1978 Media Artwork

Dalibor Martinis

Oct 7, 1978 Media Artwork

Hank Bull, Jane Ellison, Eric Metcalfe

Vis à Vis: Shadow Opera in 3 Acts

May 31, 1978 Performance

Apr 20, 1978 Media Artwork

Kate Craig, Margaret Dragu

Cabaret Voltaire

Apr 15 — May 14, 1978 Program

Michael Dean, Mike Malone, Steve McCaffery, Ted Moses, Steven Smith, Vincent Trasov

Mar 30, 1978 Media Artwork, Performance

1977

Interview for the Birds

Oct 13, 1977 Media Artwork

Cioni Carpi

Jul 1, 1977 Media Artwork

The Young Adults

Howard Hughes Inc.

May 22, 1977 Media Artwork

Telepathic Music No. 7: The Principle of Equivalence Carried to a Series of 5

May 15, 1977 Media Artwork

May 1, 1977 Performance

The Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll

Mar 13, 1977 Performance

On Being Invisible

Feb 28, 1977 Concert, Performance

David Rosenboom

Hollywood Archaeology

Feb 13 — 28, 1977 Exhibition

1976

Did the Real Van Gogh Stand Up?

Nov 1 — 30, 1976 Media Artwork

Kate Craig, Lowell Darling

Colour Xerox Open Exhibition

Oct 31 — Nov 21, 1976 Exhibition

Banker's Holiday

Sep 19, 1976 Media Artwork

Fielding Dawson

Still Life: A Moving Portrait

Aug 15, 1976 Media Artwork

Jun 9, 1976 Performance

Lux Radio Players

Wind Blowing in Trees

May 13, 1976 Media Artwork

An Existential Definition of Religion at the Western Front

Feb 2, 1976 Performance

1975

The HP Shadow Play

Dec 10, 1975 Performance

Hank Bull, Patrick Ready

Sep 11 — 13, 1975 Performance

Hank Bull, Kate Craig, Victor Coleman, Peter Fraser, Hummer Sisters, Gretchen Haywire, Diane Lawrence, Eric Metcalfe, Granada Venne

Western Front at A Space

Sep 11 — 13, 1975

Hank Bull, Martin Bartlett, Kate Craig, Glenn Lewis, Lux Radio Players, Eric Metcalfe

Planet of the Whales

May 5, 1975 Performance

Lux Radio Players

Apr 4, 1975 Media Artwork

Amy Vanderbilt's Valentine's Ball

Feb 14, 1975 Performance

Lin Bennett, Kate Craig, Anne Geach, Glenn Lewis, Eric Metcalfe, Paul Wong

1974

A Clear Cut Case

Dec 22, 1974 Performance

Lux Radio Players

Mr. Peanut Mayoral Campaign

Nov 20, 1974 Performance

John Mitchell, Vincent Trasov

Images from Infinity: "BC Wildlife"

Jul 1, 1974 Media Artwork

Jun 26, 1974 Performance

Jun 19, 1974 Performance, Media Artwork

Surfacing on the Subliminal

Apr 21, 1974 Performance, Screening

Hank Bull, Kate Craig, Kerry Colonna, Andy Graffiti, Chip Lord, Glenn Lewis, Michael Morris, Eric Metcalfe, Annie Siegel, Vincent Trasov

Mar 27, 1974 Performance

Art's Birthday and the Hollywood Decca Dance

Jan 17, 1974 Concert, Performance

Dana Atchley, Ant Farm, Gordon Allen, Hank Bull, John Baylin, Anna Banana, Kate Craig, Robert Cumming, Kerry Colonna, Victor Coleman, Sam Carter, John Dowd, Irene Dogmatic, Rae Davis, Don Davis, Lowell Darling, Peter Fraser, General Idea, Andy Graffiti, Glenn Lewis, Les Petites Bon-Bons, Eric Metcalfe, Michael Morris, Opal L. Nations, Pascal, David Rimmer, Sandy Stagg, Notary Sojac, Curtis Schreier, Vincent Trasov, T.R. Uthco, Granada Venne, David Young

Giggles at the Western Front

1974 Media Artwork

Chip Lord, Megan Williams

1973

Spots Before Your Eyes

Sep 11, 1973 Installation

Kate Craig, Eric Metcalfe

New York Corres Sponge Dance School of Vancouver at the Blue Horizons Swimming Pool

Sep 8, 1973 Performance

Ant Farm in Residence

Aug 1 — 31, 1973 Residency

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