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. #
   Wind and Snow Leslie Supnet Canada 2010 4:46 5412
   Circular Motion Laurence Chan United Kingdom 2014 5:48 5437
   Pixelord - Biorobots Leonid Kalyadin Russia 2013 3:48 5430
   Nobuo Kubota At The Western Front Nobuo Kubota Canada 1990 14:00 1839
   Upstream Russell Wallace Canada 2013 2:23 5380
   Video Notebook: What is Violence? Aaron Pollard Canada 1991 23:00 1898
   Empire Valley Ryan Ermacora Canada 2016 12:43 6083
   Olympic Village 1 Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte Canada 2011 15:51 5383c
   Les Barricades Mysterieuses Stuart Pound United Kingdom 2009 2:36 4069
   Virga Soundtrack Myles Black Canada 2018 56:21 7018
   VERB FRAU TV: Season 4 (Poland) Margaret Dragu Canada 2015 1:11:27 7084b
   Street Drugs With Nic Puma Richard Ward (et-al) Canada 1981 14:00 1053
   Changing Parts Mona Hatoum (et-al) Canada 1983 24:00 1406
   One Hundred Years Of Aggression Kim Tomczak Canada 1978 19:00 0989a
   Degeneration Laurence Chan United Kingdom 2014 1:00 5438
   Sketch Christopher Logan Canada 2005 1:13:35 6042
   Digit Compilation Elizabeth Vander Zaag Canada 1979 19:30 5026
   The Negotiating Table Mona Hatoum (et-al) Canada 1982 20:00 1792
   North East False Creek Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte Canada 2011 28:11 5383b
   Desire Control Elizabeth Chitty Canada 1980 12:00 1297