This year’s Special Collections showcases feature works by artist’s between 1979 and 1993.

Choose a collection to view:

Historic British Columbia Video Art + Documentary Collection
Indigenous Video Art + Documentary Collection
Japanese Video Art Collection
Early Feminist Video
Historical Collection

Early Video Digitization Project Excerpts of selected early BC based documentary and video art from 1973-1985 are now viewable thanks to funding support of the I.K Barber Learning Centre at the University of British Columbia Library.

To view the full work please contact us to request preview DVDs or visit our 4,000+ title collection 11-6 Tuesday through Saturday.

TitleArtistDurationYearCountryAcc. #
   Phonics Abrogate Erik Zepka Canada 2014 5:22 5427
   Passer-by Robert Hamilton Canada 1990 14:41 6006
   Nash The Slash Stokely Seip Canada 1981 17:00 1021
   Desire Control Elizabeth Chitty Canada 1980 12:00 1297
   Virga Soundtrack Myles Black Canada 2018 56:21 7018
   Reality Fragment 160921 七个木 (Qigemu) (et-al) United Kingdom 2017 14:02 7045
   Degeneration Laurence Chan United Kingdom 2014 1:00 5438
   Vertical Club Gerard Olivier (et-al) South Africa 2014 3:08 5435
   Miami Vice – Air Deluxe Leonid Kalyadin Russia 2013 2:30 5429
   The Common Fag Michael V. Smith (et-al) Canada 2018 4:22 7021
   Thalé Barry Doupé Canada 2008 5:00 7000
   My Friend Martin: The Short Story About CineCycle Pedro Ferreira Canada 2013 21:00 4606
   Ten Dollars or Nothing Sara Diamond (et-al) Canada 1988 12:00 1680a
   I Am My Own Laboratory Oliver Hockenhull Canada 2018 43:00 7025
   Sin∞Fin-Performances at the Core of the Looking-Glass VestAndPage Argentina 2011 45:42 5385
   Sketch Christopher Logan Canada 2005 1:13:35 6042
   Interstitial Stillness Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte Canada 2011 93:00 5382
   Twisted Curtain Oliver Hockenhull Canada 2014 11:20 5457
   Ethereal Pig Lansing Bruce Robertson Canada 2015 3:13 3085
   Nobuo Kubota At The Western Front Nobuo Kubota Canada 1990 14:00 1839