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. #
   The Art of Fugue Emilie Crewe Canada 2018 16:16 7048
   Interstitial Stillness Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte Canada 2011 93:00 5382
   Catalyst Kent Tate Canada 2017 3:30 6045
   Soap Opera With Chocolates Elizabeth Milton Canada 2014 10:29 4610
   mom and her music Rajee Paña Jeji Shergill Canada 2015 14:56 7020
   Sunken Cave and a Migrating Bird Qiuli Wu China 2019 10:31 7101
   One Hundred Years Of Aggression Kim Tomczak Canada 1978 19:00 0989a
   A Boy on a Dock Blowing His Nose Barry Doupé Canada 2003 15:43 6090
   Second Sun Leslie Supnet Canada 2013 3:10 5411
   The Splits Allison Hrabluik Canada 2014 15:00 4609
   Lady Crayon goes to Mars Clark Nikolai Canada 2017 9:30 6077
   Les Barricades Mysterieuses Stuart Pound United Kingdom 2009 2:36 4069
   Ways + Means Leslie Supnet Canada 2014 12:44 5439
   Degeneration Laurence Chan United Kingdom 2014 1:00 5438
   Presenting Letters of the Alphabet: "P" Sarah Shamash Canada 2017 2:02 6071
   ComposingYou_Chinatown Judy Jheung Canada 2017 7:44 6065
   Ethereal Pig Lansing Bruce Robertson Canada 2015 3:13 3085
   Passer-by Robert Hamilton Canada 1990 14:41 6006
   In-Between Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte Canada 2011 28:11/21:11/15:51/16:39 5383
   The Glow is Gone Ryan Ermacora Canada 2016 16:37 6044