Window Project (2006 to 2010) was a public art space situated in the centre of downtown Victoria, at the intersection of Government Street and Johnson Street, just steps away from the Chinatown and the… Continue reading
Alan Kollins defines himself less as an artist than he does an arts administrator, former academic and generic misfit still pursuing the rock and roll lifestyle. Alan serves on the board of directors at… Continue reading
Letters from Beirut is a collection of email letters sent to friends (later forwarded by her friends to others and hence reached the hands of Window Project). Documenting the time period from the Israeli… Continue reading
Jon Baturin is an Associate Professor at York University in Toronto. He has spent much of the last decade investigating ideological constructs and the formation of dogmatic systems as they relate to notions of… Continue reading
Mark Prier‘s eclectic practice ranges from installation and performance to audio art and electronic music, often exploring themes of mapping, wilderness, and survival. He has presented exhibitions at Redhead Gallery, Toronto Free Gallery (Toronto, Ontario), White… Continue reading
Toronto based artist Libby Hague was born in St. Thomas, Ontario but grew up in the suburbs of Montreal. Using combinations of print, video and installation she looks at the risks of living in a… Continue reading
Calgary-based artist Kim Huynh was born and raised in Sai Gon, Vietnam and immigrated to Canada in 1980. She studied art history, philosophy, painting and drawing before going on to receive a Bachelor of Fine… Continue reading
Barb Hunt’s art practice is based in textiles, with focus on the rituals of mourning, particularly those of Newfoundland. Her current work is about the devastation of war: knitting anti-personnel land mines in… Continue reading
Window Project re-opens with Victoria artist Ho Tam‘s “Go For The Gold!” – an installation that continues the Olympic spirit and explores the ambition of the Asian men. The installation will coincide with his solo exhibition “Confessions… Continue reading
(Efendi Sheikh Muzaffer and the Halveti Jerrahi Dervishes performing the Sufi Ceremony of Dhikr in New York City, 1980) “This photograph of the circling Ceremony of Dhikr (Remembrance) has hung on my wall… Continue reading
Assume Nothing: New Social Practice is an international contemporary exhibition staged by the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. In 115 days of 2009, our city is introduced to art that intersect the social and political… Continue reading
Largely derived from found and manipulated drawings from old Boy Scout manuals, A Boy’s Will explores a world where young boys create rituals, form bonds and explore dubious notions of morality. Adults are scorned and… Continue reading
My recent painting proceeds from looking at film, and by extension digital video. I am interested in the possibilities that open up in the translation of cinematic episodes into painting, because I have found, that… Continue reading
We Expected Hysteria is a series of three panoramic prints from The Further Adventures of Girl. The Girl is the central character in an ongoing series of narrative prints and animations that examine representations of militarism… Continue reading
“The political or cultural aspects of history are the mere surface of history; that in preference to, and deeper than these, the reality of history lies in biological power, in pure vitality, in… Continue reading
Co-curated by Dr. Tang Ying-chi Stella & Tam Isabella Contemporary Art Research Centre (CARC), Hong Kong (www.artreaders.org) In search of a dialogue between Victoria and Hong Kong (once also named Victoria in honour of the… Continue reading
SEVENZEROTWOSEVENTHREEis a visual tapestry to the forgotten. The piece is an intricate geometric pattern comprised of 70,273 black and white crutches. Each crutch represents one of the disabled infants, children and adults labeled… Continue reading
