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. #
   General Public Identity Robert Hamilton Canada 2013 1:08 5376
   The Negotiating Table Mona Hatoum (et-al) Canada 1982 20:00 1792
   Soap Opera With Chocolates Elizabeth Milton Canada 2014 10:29 4610
   Life and People Barry Doupé Canada 2013 22:00 6098
   Vertical Club Gerard Olivier (et-al) South Africa 2014 3:08 5435
   The Snows Russell Wallace Canada 2013 5:21 5378
   The Common Fag Michael V. Smith (et-al) Canada 2018 4:22 7021
   B Movie Jocelyn Robert Canada 2014 7:42 5400
   Peep Show Eric Metcalfe (et-al) Canada 1985 10:00 1405
   Desire Control Elizabeth Chitty Canada 1980 12:00 1297
   Reality Fragment 160921 七个木 (Qigemu) (et-al) United Kingdom 2017 14:02 7045
   Nash The Slash Stokely Seip Canada 1981 17:00 1021
   Tell The Dogs Lindsay Lorraine Canada 2019 3:16 7131
   The Glow is Gone Ryan Ermacora Canada 2016 16:37 6044
   Phonics Abrogate Erik Zepka Canada 2014 5:22 5427
   This is DVD The Single Dads Canada 2017 1:02 6079
   The Art of Fugue Emilie Crewe Canada 2018 16:16 7048
   Crosscuts Tijmen Hauer (et-al) Canada 2010 4:00 5014
   Olympic Village 1 Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte Canada 2011 15:51 5383c
   Sin∞Fin-Performances at the Core of the Looking-Glass VestAndPage Argentina 2011 45:42 5385