BODYGlass
Co. ERASGA, Dancing on the Edge Festival and Centre A present BODYGlass world premiere of installation art and dance performances Wednesday – Saturday, July 11-14 at Centre A, 2 West Hastings Street Alvin Tolentino and Peter Chin, choreographers Jeina Morosoff, glass artist Katherine Soucie, textile designer Ted Hamilton, composer Larisa Fayad, lighting Don Cunningham, […]
Limits of Tolerance: Re-framing Multicultural State Policy
Centre A presents Limits of Tolerance: Re-framing Multicultural State Policy 18 May – 23 June 2007 Centre A, 2 West Hastings, Vancouver Curated by Liz Park Symposium Challenging the Limits of Tolerance. Saturday, May 26, 2007 In a country that has touted its multicultural policies, the resurgence of racist attitudes after 9/11 prompts critical assessment […]
Shen Yuan
Shen Yuan Solo Exhibition Exhibition: April 6 – May 5, 2007 Opening: Friday, April 6, 8pm Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 11:00 -18:00 Sunday-Monday closed Curators: Hank Bull, Makiko Hara With thanks to Zheng Shengtian Patrons: Mark Allison & Stephanie Holmquist Sponsor: Alliance Française de Vancouver, Chinese Cultural Centre, Select Wine A significant exhibition […]
FANTASTIC
FANTASTIC Sally Lee and Bernadette Phan Curated by Hank Bull and Joni Low Opening Friday March 2, 8pm Conversation with the artists Wednesday, March 14, 6-8pm Exhibition runs to Saturday March 31 Fantastic examines the contemporary studio as a vibrant instrument of artistic practice. With a personal and playful approach, Sally Lee and Bernadette […]
Overflow
For Overflow, Koh recycles bottles that are collected by binners, people who roam the streets and alleys of Vancouver, picking up recyclable material – be it bottles, cans, scrap metal, clothing – and then trading or selling the items to for-profit or non-profit agencies. Koh is working with United We Can, well known in […]
Silk City
Centre A is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Vancouver textile artist Joanna Staniszkis, featuring installation, sculpture, and multimedia works. “Silk City” is a continuation of the artist’s ongoing investigation into the history, aesthetic potential, and ecology of silk. In “Silk City”, the juxtaposition of giant cocoons, architectural models and live […]
Elemental Forces
Centre A is proud to present “Elemental Forces,” a solo exhibition by the Toronto-based artist, Ed Pien. Featuring the artist’s most recent works, “Elemental Forces” presents Pien’s unique approach to drawing as installation. Influenced by Asian mythology and Western history, Pien’s hybrid assemblages of drawing, video, and sound draw from both Eastern and Western […]
Emergency Biennale in Chechnya
Curated by Evelyne Jouanno, founder and artistic director of Emergency Biennale in Chechnya Opening: Friday, July 7, 8pm Symposium: July 8, 2006, 2:00-5:00pm “Emergency Biennale in Chechnya” is crossing the Atlantic for the 7th stop of its world tour. This suitcase exhibition has already been seen in Paris, Brussels, Bolzano, Milan, Riga (Latvia) […]
Mending Peace
In conjunction with the 2006 World Peace Forum in Vancouver, June 23-28, and explorASIAN 2006, www.explorasian.org. “MENDING PEACE” brings together three selected works by Yoko Ono that speak to the theme of imagining peace. In Wish Tree, audience members are invited to write wishes and attach them to trees in the gallery. In Mending Peace, […]
Container Culture in[ ]ex: Vancouver
Centre A is proud to present Container Culture: IN[ ]EX, a new interactive, city-wide collaborative media art project involving a shipping container and thousand of smaller modules. IN[ ]EX is a distributed audio sculpture in which thousands of wooden blocks with embedded technology are released into the city to engage the public as active […]
