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
   Thalé Barry Doupé Canada 2008 5:00 7000
   Olympic Village 2 Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte Canada 2011 16:39 5383d
   Chinese Cafes In Rural Saskatchewan Anthony Chan Canada 1984 26:00 1573
   Reality Fragment 160921 七个木 (Qigemu) (et-al) United Kingdom 2017 14:02 7045
   Seven Day Activity Paul Wong Canada 1977 13:00 1023
   Presenting Letters of the Alphabet: "P" Sarah Shamash Canada 2017 2:02 6071
   Upstream Russell Wallace Canada 2013 2:23 5380
   Vancouver Co-op Radio C.R.T.C. Application Palladin Portapacks Canada 1973 20:00 0182
   The Negotiating Table Mona Hatoum (et-al) Canada 1982 20:00 1792
   Duster Eric Metcalfe (et-al) Canada 1991 37:00 1857
   Ocean Falls Ryan Ermacora (et-al) Canada 2014 13:14 5419
   The Snows Russell Wallace Canada 2013 5:21 5378
   Subway Loop (installation) Paul Wong Canada 1974 11:00 1079
   Lady Crayon goes to Mars Clark Nikolai Canada 2017 9:30 6077
   Vertical Club Gerard Olivier (et-al) South Africa 2014 3:08 5435
   Ways + Means Leslie Supnet Canada 2014 12:44 5439
   Einst Jessica Johnson Canada 2015 11:48 6043
   The Splits Allison Hrabluik Canada 2014 15:00 4609
   So Much I Want To Say Mona Hatoum (et-al) Canada 1982 5:00 1655