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. #
   Desire Control Elizabeth Chitty Canada 1980 12:00 1297
   Ways + Means Leslie Supnet Canada 2014 12:44 5439
   Upstream Russell Wallace Canada 2013 2:23 5380
   Olympic Village 1 Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte Canada 2011 15:51 5383c
   Vertical Club Gerard Olivier (et-al) South Africa 2014 3:08 5435
   4 Paul Wong Canada 1977 45:00 1058
   General Public Identity Robert Hamilton Canada 2013 1:08 5376
   Tell The Dogs Lindsay Lorraine Canada 2019 3:16 7131
   Passer-by Robert Hamilton Canada 1990 14:41 6006
   Signed- K.K. Ken Kuramoto Canada 1978 15:00 887
   Ethereal Pig Lansing Bruce Robertson Canada 2015 3:13 3085
   Journey Ruby Truly Canada 1984 7:30 1484
   Falling Down: A Ballet for My Bedroom Elizabeth Milton Canada 2013 5:07 4611
   Vice Versa Robert Hamilton Canada 2013 2:39 5377
   At the Heart of a Sparrow Barry Doupé Canada 2005 29:00 6092
   The Art of Fugue Emilie Crewe Canada 2018 16:16 7048
   Pixelord - Biorobots Leonid Kalyadin Russia 2013 3:48 5430
   Virga Soundtrack Myles Black Canada 2018 56:21 7018
   Outeretina Daniel Wechsler Israel 2014 4:05 4578
   Trópico Desvaído Valentina Alvarado Spain 2015 6:10 4629