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. #
   Ten Dollars or Nothing Sara Diamond (et-al) Canada 1988 12:00 1680a
   Subway Loop (installation) Paul Wong Canada 1974 11:00 1079
   Untitled (Travels) Maria Antelman United States 2009 5:36 4637
   Interstitial Stillness Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte Canada 2011 93:00 5382
   Les Barricades Mysterieuses Stuart Pound United Kingdom 2009 2:36 4069
   The Snows Russell Wallace Canada 2013 5:21 5378
   Digit Compilation Elizabeth Vander Zaag Canada 1979 19:30 5026
   Scissors Cindy Mochizuki Canada 2016 19:38 7007
   My Friend Martin: The Short Story About CineCycle Pedro Ferreira Canada 2013 21:00 4606
   The Splits Allison Hrabluik Canada 2014 15:00 4609
   Ocean Falls Ryan Ermacora (et-al) Canada 2014 13:14 5419
   Vancouver Co-op Radio C.R.T.C. Application Palladin Portapacks Canada 1973 20:00 0182
   Tell The Dogs Lindsay Lorraine Canada 2019 3:16 7131
   Second Sun Leslie Supnet Canada 2013 3:10 5411
   Video Notebook: What is Violence? Aaron Pollard Canada 1991 23:00 1898
   Catalyst Kent Tate Canada 2017 3:30 6045
   Influences of My Mother Sara Diamond Canada 1981 26:00 1052
   Falling Down: A Ballet for My Bedroom Elizabeth Milton Canada 2013 5:07 4611
   Upstream Russell Wallace Canada 2013 2:23 5380
   Passer-by Robert Hamilton Canada 1990 14:41 6006