The Western Front Society is one of Canada’s first artist-run-centres. For over 30 years, it has developed an international reputation as a centre for experimental art practice and performance. Five programs focus on the production and presentation of exhibitions, performance art, new music, media art, and an arts magazine.
Currently at the Front
- Exhibitions >
- August 30 – August 30, 2012
- Website Launch: A Small Gathering for the Healing of Our Aboriginal Languages
- *A Small Gathering for the Healing of Our Aboriginal Languages* is a website by Tahltan artist and curator Peter Morin. An extension of his 2009 exhibition projects _Speaking in Landscape Tongues / Speaking to the Old Ones_, the website is a collection of new texts that build on conversations initiated through the two exhibitions at the Western Front and Museum of Anthropology. Morin has commis… MORE >
- Media Arts >
- May 4, 2012 7.30PMPM
- Kuchar/ Rudnick - POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
- Kuchar/ Rudnick Friday May 4 7.30PM Western Front Grande Luxe Hall Co-produced by The Apartment and Western Front Medi… MORE >
- Media Arts >
- April 26 – August 26, 2011
- Momentarily: Learning from Mega-Events now Available Online
- Momentarily: Learning from Mega-Events, Western Front’s latest publication is available in its entirety online at http://front.bc.ca/momentarily/momentarily.pdf and for download at the right of the screen. Momentarily: Learning from Mega-Events Strategic, simplified, spotless, homogenizing representations require a pluralistic response which engages the visual tactically. Unlike the ima… MORE >
- Exhibitions >
- April 27 – June 2, 2012
Opening: April 26, 2012 7PM - Sans Song
- Introducing new works by Nathan McNinch and by Joshua Bonnetta, in conjunction with two pieces released in 1976 by Joan La Barbara, the artworks in Sans Song investigate the tools and instruments of vocal sonic production and reception. In 1976, during a time when she was the leading practitioner of ‘extended vocal techniques’, American singer, Joan La Barbara released the album Voice is the Original Instrument. Sans So… MORE >
- New Music >
- June 30 – July 1, 2012
- Sonic Playground returns!
- Sound Installations, Instruments, and Performances Roundhouse Community Centre and David Lam Park Hands on! Ears wide open! Re-imagine spatulas, pop cans, a… MORE >