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. #
   The Splits Allison Hrabluik Canada 2014 15:00 4609
   Catalyst Kent Tate Canada 2017 3:30 6045
   Sax Island (WF) Western Front Video (et-al) Canada 1983 12:00 1161
   Crossing Over​ Oliver Hockenhull Canada 2018 2:32 7022
   Olympic Village 1 Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte Canada 2011 15:51 5383c
   Every Day is a Gift Estrail Boiso United States 2017 2:45 6088
   Steveston Ken Kuramoto Canada 1977 20:43 0888b
   Reality Fragment 160921 七个木 (Qigemu) (et-al) United Kingdom 2017 14:02 7045
   Tell The Dogs Lindsay Lorraine Canada 2019 3:16 7131
   Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things Mark Kenneth Woods (et-al) Canada 2015 71:00 4592
   18 Carat Affair – Lonely Eyes Leonid Kalyadin Russia 2014 3:29 5433
   Seven Day Activity Paul Wong Canada 1977 13:00 1023
   This is DVD The Single Dads Canada 2017 1:02 6079
   Peep Show Eric Metcalfe (et-al) Canada 1985 10:00 1405
   Ways + Means Leslie Supnet Canada 2014 12:44 5439
   Duster Eric Metcalfe (et-al) Canada 1991 37:00 1857
   Chinese Cafes In Rural Saskatchewan Anthony Chan Canada 1984 26:00 1573
   Interstitial Stillness Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte Canada 2011 93:00 5382
   The Art of Fugue Emilie Crewe Canada 2018 16:16 7048
   Falling Down: A Ballet for My Bedroom Elizabeth Milton Canada 2013 5:07 4611