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. #
   Eye Witness Lynn Hershman United States 1985 2:08 1562c
   Degeneration Laurence Chan United Kingdom 2014 1:00 5438
   The Silence Jae Woo Kang Canada 2017 10:28 6083
   They Catherine Dong Canada 2016 30:10 7176
   Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things Mark Kenneth Woods (et-al) Canada 2015 71:00 4592
   South East False Creek Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte Canada 2011 21:11 5383a
   Waterside (The Crossing) Russell Wallace Canada 2013 2:38 5381
   At the Heart of a Sparrow Barry Doupé Canada 2005 29:00 6092
   Soap Opera With Chocolates Elizabeth Milton Canada 2014 10:29 4610
   Ways + Means Leslie Supnet Canada 2014 12:44 5439
   Thalé Barry Doupé Canada 2008 5:00 7000
   Nobuo Kubota At The Western Front Nobuo Kubota Canada 1990 14:00 1839
   Circular Motion Laurence Chan United Kingdom 2014 5:48 5437
   Rio-me porque és da aldeia e vieste de burro ao baile Sandra Araujo Portugal 2013 2:52 5428
   mom and her music Rajee Paña Jeji Shergill Canada 2015 14:56 7020
   The Splits Allison Hrabluik Canada 2014 15:00 4609
   Desire Control Elizabeth Chitty Canada 1980 12:00 1297
   Canada Park Razan AlSalah Canada 2019 8:04 7255
   Reality Fragment 160921 七个木 (Qigemu) (et-al) United Kingdom 2017 14:02 7045
   General Public Identity Robert Hamilton Canada 2013 1:08 5376