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.
| Title | Artist | Duration | Year | Country | Acc. # |
| Vertical Club | Gerard Olivier (et-al) | South Africa | 2014 | 3:08 | 5435 |
| Untitled (Travels) | Maria Antelman | United States | 2009 | 5:36 | 4637 |
| 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 |
| Peep Show | Eric Metcalfe (et-al) | Canada | 1985 | 10:00 | 1405 |
| Ways + Means | Leslie Supnet | Canada | 2014 | 12:44 | 5439 |
| Journey | Ruby Truly | Canada | 1984 | 7:30 | 1484 |
| sin∞fin - Performances at the End of the World | VestAndPage | Chile | 2009 | 38:52 | 5387 |
| Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things | Mark Kenneth Woods (et-al) | Canada | 2015 | 71:00 | 4592 |
| Vancouver Co-op Radio C.R.T.C. Application | Palladin Portapacks | Canada | 1973 | 20:00 | 0182 |
| Every Day is a Gift | Estrail Boiso | United States | 2017 | 2:45 | 6088 |
| Les Barricades Mysterieuses | Stuart Pound | United Kingdom | 2009 | 2:36 | 4069 |
| Presenting Letters of the Alphabet: "P" | Sarah Shamash | Canada | 2017 | 2:02 | 6071 |
| Degeneration | Laurence Chan | United Kingdom | 2014 | 1:00 | 5438 |
| Look Honey...a Guerilla Girl | Dana Claxton | Canada | 1996 | 2:00 | 2249 |
| Subway Loop (installation) | Paul Wong | Canada | 1974 | 11:00 | 1079 |
| Ten Dollars or Nothing | Sara Diamond (et-al) | Canada | 1988 | 12:00 | 1680a |
| Impressions on Filmscapes | Pedro Ferreira | Portugal | 2013 | 7:07 | 4577 |
| 18 Carat Affair – Lonely Eyes | Leonid Kalyadin | Russia | 2014 | 3:29 | 5433 |
| Tell The Dogs | Lindsay Lorraine | Canada | 2019 | 3:16 | 7131 |