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. #
   Desire Control Elizabeth Chitty Canada 1980 12:00 1297
   18 Carat Affair – Lonely Eyes Leonid Kalyadin Russia 2014 3:29 5433
   Tribute to Video Inners or a New Way of Working Collectively Shawn Preus Canada 1978 7:49 7003
   Einst Jessica Johnson Canada 2015 11:48 6043
   Ten Dollars or Nothing Sara Diamond (et-al) Canada 1988 12:00 1680a
   Rio-me porque és da aldeia e vieste de burro ao baile Sandra Araujo Portugal 2013 2:52 5428
   Nobuo Kubota At The Western Front Nobuo Kubota Canada 1990 14:00 1839
   Tell The Dogs Lindsay Lorraine Canada 2019 3:16 7131
   The Common Fag Michael V. Smith (et-al) Canada 2018 4:22 7021
   Trópico Desvaído Valentina Alvarado Spain 2015 6:10 4629
   Gutter Paul Wong (et-al) Canada 1975 8:00 0773a
   My Heart the Travel Agent Wayne Yung Canada 2009 1:30 5025
   The Negotiating Table Mona Hatoum (et-al) Canada 1982 20:00 1792
   In-Between Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte Canada 2011 28:11/21:11/15:51/16:39 5383
   Eye Witness Lynn Hershman United States 1985 2:08 1562c
   Dadaloop Francesca Fini Italy 2014 10:00 5413
   General Public Identity Robert Hamilton Canada 2013 1:08 5376
   They Catherine Dong Canada 2016 30:10 7176
   Every Day is a Gift Estrail Boiso United States 2017 2:45 6088
   Lady Crayon goes to Mars Clark Nikolai Canada 2017 9:30 6077