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. #
   A Boy on a Dock Blowing His Nose Barry Doupé Canada 2003 15:43 6090
   Ocean Falls Ryan Ermacora (et-al) Canada 2014 13:14 5419
   Changing Parts Mona Hatoum (et-al) Canada 1983 24:00 1406
   Upstream Russell Wallace Canada 2013 2:23 5380
   Pixelord - Biorobots Leonid Kalyadin Russia 2013 3:48 5430
   Outeretina Daniel Wechsler Israel 2014 4:05 4578
   At the Heart of a Sparrow Barry Doupé Canada 2005 29:00 6092
   Rio-me porque és da aldeia e vieste de burro ao baile Sandra Araujo Portugal 2013 2:52 5428
   The Common Fag Michael V. Smith (et-al) Canada 2018 4:22 7021
   Venus Envy: The House of Venus Story Michael Venus Canada 2022 1:19:00 7207
   sin∞fin - Performances at the Holy Centre VestAndPage India 2010 37:14 5386
   Crosscuts Tijmen Hauer (et-al) Canada 2010 4:00 5014
   The Art of Fugue Emilie Crewe Canada 2018 16:16 7048
   The Negotiating Table Mona Hatoum (et-al) Canada 1982 20:00 1792
   Steveston Ken Kuramoto Canada 1977 20:43 0888b
   So Much I Want To Say Mona Hatoum (et-al) Canada 1982 5:00 1655
   Waterside (The Crossing) Russell Wallace Canada 2013 2:38 5381
   Nobuo Kubota At The Western Front Nobuo Kubota Canada 1990 14:00 1839
   Passer-by Robert Hamilton Canada 1990 14:41 6006
   ComposingYou_Chinatown Judy Jheung Canada 2017 7:44 6065