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.
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Jennifer Abbott
Alex Schlippenbach Trio
Mahara Allbrett
Buff Allen
Gordon Allen
AMM
Bruce Andrews
Steve Arguëlles
Fernando Arias
Martin Arnold
Artists' Union Osaka
Artsong Trio
Roy Ascott
Charles Atlas
C.R. Avery
Avreema
Troy Awassis
Ben Azarm
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Roger Baird
Marie Annhart Baker
Mireille Baril
Mike Barnholden
Wende Bartley
Nancy Barton
Bass Quartet
Roland Bastien
Conrad Bauer
Jennifer Baum
Shauna Beharry
Gregg Bendian
Jim Bengston
Samm Bennett
Paul Bennett
Isabelle Berteletti
Liesbeth Bik
Ian Birse
Harold Birston
Sutapa Biswas
Stephanie Bjornson
Ayanna Black
Black Mage
Rob Blakesly
Blond Kiss
Jaap Blonk
Blouse
Martin Blume
Sam Bob
Marusya Bociurkiw
Tina Louise Bomberry
Michel Bonnemaison
Bruce Boone
Rod Booth
Clemence Boucher
Maureen Bradley
Tim Brady
Tyler Breck
Martin Breindl
Jürgen Brockmann
Broken Shadows
Peter Brötzmann
Chris Brown
Bob Brown
Jean-Pierre Brown
Bruce Freedman Quartet
Tania Bruguera
Chris Burden
Gwek Bure-Soh
Burnaby North Secondary
Michael Bushnell
Sue Bustin
John Butcher
Ted Byrne
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Mark Campbell
Rüdiger Carl
Elaine Carol
Jodey Castricano
Spencer Cathey
Catwrangler
Michael Century
Lache Cercel
Sue Chafe
Nadine Chambers
David Cheong
Sammy Chien
Carl Chinn
Shuichi Chino
Dadang Christanto
Jeff Chute
Domingo Cisneros
Vern Clair
George Clarke
Collective Echoes
Darren Copeland
Cori Coutu
Ivan Coyote
Peter Cummings
John Cussans
Beth Custer
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Yako D'Arborn
D.I.R.T.
Andrew Dadson
Roland Dahinden
Debbie Danbrook
Yanna Dancer
Elizabeth Dancoes
Tai Dang
Pablo de Ocampo
Florence Debeugny
Daisy Del Monte
Benoit Delbecq
Robert Delford Brown
Amy Denio
Diagon
Robert Dick
Alex Diebel
Jacques Diennet
Marilyn Dimont
Gina Diva
Diva Research Team
Blythe Donner
Derek Dowden
Maura Doyle
Dr. Ultra
Paul Dresher
Mark Dresser
Jacques Drouin
Nancy Duff
Tagny Duff
Chantal Dumas
Jack Duncan
Katherine Duncanson
Deborah Dunn
Melvin Dunn
Robert Dyck
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Susan Edelstein
Eric Emery
Ralph Eppel
Patrick Ernst
Bradley Eros
Marilou Esguerra
Jean François Estager
Evergreen Club Gamelan
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Tina Farmilo
Emily Faryna
Andrea Fatona
Ari Feder
Jean-Christophe Feldhandler
Sandra Fellner
Marcelline Filliou
Melva Forsberg
Christopher Fox
Jill Fraser
Freedom Festival Orchestra
Michelle Frey
David Friesen
Melanie Friesen
Mathais Fuchs
Loyd Furnes
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Danielle Gagnier
Margaret Gallagher
Garbo's Hat
Glen Garinther
Tasse Geldart
Monique Genton
William George
Gerry Hemingway Quintet
Chris Gestrin
Ralph Ghoche
Daniel Giantomaso
Susan Gibb
Beth Gibson
Sylvie Gilbert
Nicole Gingras
James Giroudon
Ben Goldberg
Helena Goldwater
Mark Grady
Jocelyn Grant
Frank Gratkowski
Karen Graves
Georg Gräwe
Nelson Gray
Scot Gresham-Lancaster
Jeff Grey
Colin Griffiths
Diane Gromala
Wenda Gu
Gregorio Guillermo
Carlotta Gurl
Gush
Ravi Gutala
Guus Janssen Trio
Barry Guy
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Florent Haladjian
Heather Haley
Goji Hamada
Terrie Hamazaki
Adad Hannah
Bob Harris
Amy Harrison
Alfred Harth
Clay Hastings
Fritz Hauser
Benjamin Heidersberger
Robert Helms
Joy Henley
Mike Hentz
Ray Herbert
Robert Herring
Joane Hétu
Paul Hewson
Hewson/Walker
Haruo Higuma
Ian Hinchcliffe
Andreas Hintermaier
Jeremy Holmes
Holy Body Tattoo
Maya Homburger
Anna Hommler
Yoshinobu Honma
Glenn Horiuchi
Earl Howard
Agnes Huang
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Jam. Ismail
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Sheila James
Japanese Graffiti
Jerome Jarvis
Jason Hwang & The Far East Side Band
Catherine Jauniaux
Joe Williamson Quartet
Nathan Johnson
Paul Ramirez Jonas
Alain Joule
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K.J. Holmes
Margot Kane
Pandelis Karayorgis
Katrina Krimsky Trio
Laura Kavanaugh
Euphrosyne Keefer
Damian Keller
Hans Kennel
Laura Kikauka
Hiroko Kikuchi
Rick Kilburn
Warren Knechtel
Knights Of Pythias
Gordon Koch
Leslie Komori
Henry Koo
Kootenay School of Writing
Susan Kozel
Greg Kramer
Robert Kroetsch
Uwe Kropinski
Suzanne Ksinan
Nobuo Kubota
Henry Kucharzyk
Jan Kuiper
Christian Kuras
Lydia Kwa
Robert Kyr
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Manon Labrecque
Diane Labrosse
Suzanne Lacy
Daniel Lapp
Bradlee Larocque
Jacqueline Larson
Catherine Laub
John Law
Leanne Leduc
Meesoo Lee
Evan Lee
Paul Lee
Siaw Kin Lee
Brent Lee
Katherine Lee
Jeff Leese
Urs Leimgruber
Robert Leriche
Les Poules
Geneviève Letarte
Jenn Lewis
Cindy Li
Louise E. Liliefeldt
Jeanne Liotta
Scott Livingston
Sandra Lockwood
Locsil
zachary longboy
David Lopato
Vanessa Lowe
Greg Lowe
Pax Lyle
Lauri Lyster
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M-low
Flora M’mbugu-Schelling
Liam MacDonald
Celso Machado
Lori Macintosh
Heather MacLeod
Bodie MacNeil
Brice MacNeil
Alison Mactaggart
Marlene Madison-Plimley
Lani Maestro
Eva Manly
Jeff Mann
Vera Manuel
George Manupelli
Stacey Marie
Chris Marker
Jenny Marketou
Nathan Marsh
Stuart Marshall
Alain Martin
Sarah Massecar
Paul McCarthy
Lindsay McDonald
Paddi McGrath
Ian McIntosh
J. McLaughlin
Oscar McLennan
Jamie McMurray
Chris McNamara
Oona McOuat
Mearingstone
Fernando Medrano
Chandra Melting Tallow
Moreen Meriden
Christof Migone
Roy Miki
David Milgaard
Laura Huertas Millán
Sam Miller
Jane Milroy
Kazue Mizushima
Louis Moholo
Monster Central
Lexie Montgomery
Michael Moore
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Scott Morrison
Annie Moss
Kelly Moyah
Kathleen Moynahan
Sarah Muff
Bill Mullan
Warren Murfitt
Christian Muthspiel
Myra Melford Trio
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Ian Nagoski
Ravi Naimpally
Nazlie Najafi
Lillian Nakano
Lisa Naugle
Ron Nelson
Linda Nessel
Oleksandor Nestorov
Mark Neufeld
Hayley Newman
News From The Shed
Nhan Duc Nguyen
Olaf Nicolai
Maggie Nicols
Jason Nielsen
Bruce Nielson
Petre Nikoloski
Robert Normandeau
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Stephen O'Connell
Kevin O'Connor
Gunargie O'Sullivan
Larry Ochs
Erik Odijk
Jun Oenoki
Wil Offermans
Dan Oki
Natalie Olanick
Alexandra Oliver
Robin Oppenheimer
Gloria Orangina
Orchid Ensemble
Eric Oriot
Orlan
Kieran Overs
Burcu Ozdemir
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Bradshaw Pack
Patricia Kathleen Page
Bayard Palmer
DJ Paola
Ivo Papasov
Anand Paranjpe
So-Young Park
Zeena Parkins
Pravin Parlay
Nancy Paterson
Paul Plimley Trio
Maggi Payne
Jan Peacock
Tina Pearson
Shannon Peet
Randy Pelles
Paul Perchal
Jaques Perron
Damien Petryshyn
Joachim Pfeufer
Simon Phillips
Carina Piccioni
Alexander Pills
Edward Poitras
Melvyn Poore
Miss Cherry Poptart
Andrew Power
Carla Powers
David Prentice
Joko Purwanto
Boofka Putz
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Peter Quartermain
Quatuor Helios
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Ania Rachmat
Ronald Ramage
Anne Ramsden
Lalith Rao
Ian Rashid
Mary Ready
Dean Reca
Crissy Red
Ben Reeder
Paul Renaud
Alain-Martin Richard
Sylvia Rickard
Coco Rico
Yannick Rieu
Kirsten Robek
Jocelyn Robert
Donald Robinson
Mike Robison
Carmen Rodriguez
Tony Romano
Tamar Rosenberg
Nadia Ross
Ned Rothenberg
Paul Ruskay
Dione Russell
Paul Rutherford
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Pietro Sammarco
Mike Sanguedolce
Steve Sanguedolce
Trichy Sankaran
Carles Santos
Heinz Sauer
Ronnie Sauve
Sharla Sava
Mady Schenkel
Johnathan Scherk
Elisabeth Schimana
Thecla Schiphorst
Andrew Schloss
Patti Schmidt
Vicki Schmooz
Jimmi Schmooz
Carolee Schneemann
Tom Schoen
Kathleen Schoen
Claude Schryer
Polly Schulke
Robyn Schulkowsky
Susan Schuppli
Irène Schweizer
Stefano Scodanibbio
Sylvia Scott
Andrew Scott
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Anne Seagrave
Sandra Seekins
Shamina Senaratne
Doris Shadbolt
M.C. Shankhini
Rattan Mohan Sharma
Jeremy Shaw
Barbara Sherman
Todd Shillington
Yasuhiso Shirao
Shweta Jhaveri Trio
Jimy Sidlar
Constanza Silva
Cathy Sisler
Six From Seattle
Connie Skerl
Holly Small
Teri Snelgrove
Notary Sojac
Mohamed Somani
Laetitia Sonami
Sonny Day and the Forecasters
Aruna Srivastava
Marc St. Pierre
Toni Stanick
Erin Stanley
Johanna Stark
Elaine Stef
Stellar Sax Quartet
Russel Stephens
Nathalie Stephens
Kay Stockholder
Catriona Strang
Taylor Stutchbury
Vivan Sundaram
Andi Sutton
Al Suwardi
Michelle Sylliboy
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Yuji Takahashi
Yoko Takashima
Yoshimichi Takei
Ellen Tallman
Talonbooks
Lay Tuan Tan
Pierre Tanguay
Scott Tate
Brian Tate
Christine Taylor
Barry Taylor
Nell Tenhaaf
The Carma Bums
The Recyclers
The Schismatics
The Vulgares
Thee Holle See
Alain Thibault
Andrea Thompson
Lorraine Thompson
Joshua Thorpe
Joël Tibbits
Alvin Tolentino
Petro Tovstukha
Amalia Townsend
Trio Cerberus
Trio Stanza
Randy Trottier
Kim Truchan
Trevor Tureski
Sarah Turner
Carolyn Tweedle
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Junko Ueda
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V. Vecker Ensemble
V.I.E.W. Ensemble
Værkstedet Værst
Lisa Valencia-Svensson
Jos Van der Pol
Van Gogh TV
Aritha van Herk
Fred Van Hove
Paul van Kemenade
Ed Varney
Elliot Vaughan
Jacqueline Verkley
Lisa Von Strummer
Jack Vorvis
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Phil Wachsmann
Linda Walker
Noah Walker
Kathryn Walter
Djoko Walujo
Ross Watkins
Petra Rigby Watson
Glenn Watts
Thomas Waugh
Wayne Horvitz Trio
Jill Weaving
Marshall Weber
Andrew Wedman
Jonathan Wells
Chris Welsby
What We Live (Four)
Nancy White
Joyce Wieland
Wolter Wierbos
I Wayan Wija
Andrew Wilson
Dermot Wilson
Scott D. Wilson
William Winant
Benjamin Wolfe
Lorena Wolffer
Melissa Wolsak
Michael Wonderful
Rita Wong
Francis Wong
Alan Wood
Bud Wood
Laurel Woodcock
Wes Wregget
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Bodo Yamamoto
Yasmin
Yaz-Kazu
Kathleen Yearwood
James Young
Young Braised
Andrew Younghusband
Gu Yu
Anika Yuzak
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Zeellia
E. Centime Zeleke
Carlos Zingaro
Ricardo Estanislao Zulueta
Steven Zur
Marina Zurkow
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.