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. #
   My Heart the Travel Agent Wayne Yung Canada 2009 1:30 5025
   Journey Ruby Truly Canada 1984 7:30 1484
   Peep Show Eric Metcalfe (et-al) Canada 1985 10:00 1405
   Sunken Cave and a Migrating Bird Qiuli Wu China 2019 10:31 7101
   Changing Parts Mona Hatoum (et-al) Canada 1983 24:00 1406
   18 Carat Affair – Lonely Eyes Leonid Kalyadin Russia 2014 3:29 5433
   mom and her music Rajee Paña Jeji Shergill Canada 2015 14:56 7020
   North East False Creek Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte Canada 2011 28:11 5383b
   Upstream Russell Wallace Canada 2013 2:23 5380
   Tribute to Video Inners or a New Way of Working Collectively Shawn Preus Canada 1978 7:49 7003
   Scissors Cindy Mochizuki Canada 2016 19:38 7007
   A Boy on a Dock Blowing His Nose Barry Doupé Canada 2003 15:43 6090
   The Glow is Gone Ryan Ermacora Canada 2016 16:37 6044
   Falling Down: A Ballet for My Bedroom Elizabeth Milton Canada 2013 5:07 4611
   Outeretina Daniel Wechsler Israel 2014 4:05 4578
   Video Notebook: What is Violence? Aaron Pollard Canada 1991 23:00 1898
   Catalyst Kent Tate Canada 2017 3:30 6045
   Seven Day Activity Paul Wong Canada 1977 13:00 1023
   Sax Island (WF) Western Front Video (et-al) Canada 1983 12:00 1161
   Ten Dollars or Nothing Sara Diamond (et-al) Canada 1988 12:00 1680a