Digitization of the Vancouver Performance Art Objects Collection Complete

Western Front Society and the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery has completed its digitization of the Vancouver Performance Art Objects collection.

The joint project between the Western Front Society and the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery has photographed and digitized 175 items relating to performances by Vancouver Artists in the 1970s. The collection of costumes and ephemera relates to performances and exhibitions at Western Front, UBC Fine Arts Gallery, and elsewhere, showcases the work of some of the most avant-garde Vancouver artists in the 1970s and the unique culture of performance and experimentation that existed in these two crucial hubs of art production at the time.

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For more information about theĀ 2019/2020 BC History Digitization Program Projects, click here.

Black sharp fin shaped hat with gold along the centre

Kate Craig, Shark Fin Swim Cap (c. 1972). HB.11.19 Hank Bull collection. Courtesy of Western Front. Photo:
Rachel Topham Photography. Costume Support: Ken Labun.

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