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. #
   Video Notebook: What is Violence? Aaron Pollard Canada 1991 23:00 1898
   Seven Day Activity Paul Wong Canada 1977 13:00 1023
   Olympic Village 2 Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte Canada 2011 16:39 5383d
   Peep Show Eric Metcalfe (et-al) Canada 1985 10:00 1405
   Dadaloop Francesca Fini Italy 2014 10:00 5413
   Whaty Barry Doupé Canada 2011 00:30 6096
   Ocean Falls Ryan Ermacora (et-al) Canada 2014 13:14 5419
   Changing Parts Mona Hatoum (et-al) Canada 1983 24:00 1406
   Einst Jessica Johnson Canada 2015 11:48 6043
   Empire Valley Ryan Ermacora Canada 2016 12:43 6083
   Digit Compilation Elizabeth Vander Zaag Canada 1979 19:30 5026
   Venus Envy: The House of Venus Story Michael Venus Canada 2022 1:19:00 7207
   Chinese Cafes In Rural Saskatchewan Anthony Chan Canada 1984 26:00 1573
   Circular Motion Laurence Chan United Kingdom 2014 5:48 5437
   Subway Loop (installation) Paul Wong Canada 1974 11:00 1079
   North East False Creek Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte Canada 2011 28:11 5383b
   Nash The Slash Stokely Seip Canada 1981 17:00 1021
   mom and her music Rajee Paña Jeji Shergill Canada 2015 14:56 7020
   Virga Soundtrack Myles Black Canada 2018 56:21 7018
   Impressions on Filmscapes Pedro Ferreira Portugal 2013 7:07 4577