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. #
   Vancouver Co-op Radio C.R.T.C. Application Palladin Portapacks Canada 1973 20:00 0182
   Ten Dollars or Nothing Sara Diamond (et-al) Canada 1988 12:00 1680a
   Catalyst Kent Tate Canada 2017 3:30 6045
   Nobuo Kubota At The Western Front Nobuo Kubota Canada 1990 14:00 1839
   Tell The Dogs Lindsay Lorraine Canada 2019 3:16 7131
   Eye Witness Lynn Hershman United States 1985 2:08 1562c
   PC Museum – Model Version Leonid Kalyadin Russia 2013 2:20 5432
   Digit Compilation Elizabeth Vander Zaag Canada 1979 19:30 5026
   Olympic Village 2 Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte Canada 2011 16:39 5383d
   Waterside (The Crossing) Russell Wallace Canada 2013 2:38 5381
   Influences of My Mother Sara Diamond Canada 1981 26:00 1052
   Ethereal Pig Lansing Bruce Robertson Canada 2015 3:13 3085
   They Catherine Dong Canada 2016 30:10 7176
   ComposingYou_Chinatown Judy Jheung Canada 2017 7:44 6065
   Pixelord - Biorobots Leonid Kalyadin Russia 2013 3:48 5430
   Sketch Christopher Logan Canada 2005 1:13:35 6042
   Crosscuts Tijmen Hauer (et-al) Canada 2010 4:00 5014
   Video Notebook: What is Violence? Aaron Pollard Canada 1991 23:00 1898
   Falling Down: A Ballet for My Bedroom Elizabeth Milton Canada 2013 5:07 4611
   Sax Island (WF) Western Front Video (et-al) Canada 1983 12:00 1161