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. #
   Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things Mark Kenneth Woods (et-al) Canada 2015 71:00 4592
   Virga Soundtrack Myles Black Canada 2018 56:21 7018
   Thalé Barry Doupé Canada 2008 5:00 7000
   Apophatic Oliver Hockenhull Canada 2018 4:17 7023
   Nash The Slash Stokely Seip Canada 1981 17:00 1021
   Sunken Cave and a Migrating Bird Qiuli Wu China 2019 10:31 7101
   Steveston Ken Kuramoto Canada 1977 20:43 0888b
   Ten Dollars or Nothing Sara Diamond (et-al) Canada 1988 12:00 1680a
   Interstitial Stillness Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte Canada 2011 93:00 5382
   Falling Down: A Ballet for My Bedroom Elizabeth Milton Canada 2013 5:07 4611
   Waterside (The Crossing) Russell Wallace Canada 2013 2:38 5381
   The Negotiating Table Mona Hatoum (et-al) Canada 1982 20:00 1792
   Rio-me porque és da aldeia e vieste de burro ao baile Sandra Araujo Portugal 2013 2:52 5428
   Circular Motion Laurence Chan United Kingdom 2014 5:48 5437
   I'm Crazy Blair Bogin United States 2015 1:00 4594
   The Common Fag Michael V. Smith (et-al) Canada 2018 4:22 7021
   18 Carat Affair – Lonely Eyes Leonid Kalyadin Russia 2014 3:29 5433
   Scissors Cindy Mochizuki Canada 2016 19:38 7007
   Presenting Letters of the Alphabet: "P" Sarah Shamash Canada 2017 2:02 6071
   Eye Witness Lynn Hershman United States 1985 2:08 1562c