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Polygon Gallery 4
Title
Polygon Gallery 4
Keyword
Art, Language, Shape
Date
2018-02-01
Description
Image of Jordan Abel's "Cartography."
False Creek 65
Title
False Creek 65
Keyword
Advertising, City, Ecology
Date
2018-01-22
Description
Image of the side of a building advertising "avenue one" with imagery of the Habitat Island area.
Burrard Street
Title
Burrard Street
Keyword
City, Roads, Movement
Date
2018-01-26
Description
Image of tall buildings and people along Burrard Street and at the intersection of Burrard Street and Canada Place.
Museum of Vancouver 10
Title
Museum of Vancouver 10
Keyword
Mapping, City, Industry, Imperialism, Museums
Date
2018-01-24
Description
Image of a map of Vancouver dated 1898.
Canada Place Audio 1
Title
Canada Place Audio 1
Keyword
City, Coast, Boats
Date
2018-01-26
Description
Audio of the ambient sounds at Canada Place, including engine sounds and people talking. Duration: 1:00
Portside Park 2
Title
Portside Park 2
Keyword
Shipping Industry, Ecology, Transportation
Date
2018-01-30
Description
Image of shipping cranes and containers with trees on either side of the shot.
TELUS World of Science 6
Title
TELUS World of Science 6
Keyword
Earth, Waste
Date
2018-01-22
Description
Image of garbage embedded in the top layer of an exhibit of layers of earth.
Portside Park 45
Title
Portside Park 45
Keyword
Shore, Rocks, Sand, Ecology, City
Date
2018-01-30
Description
Image of rock and sand shore with trees and city skyline in the background.
Museum of Vancouver 1
Title
Museum of Vancouver 1
Keyword
Museums, Language, Musqueam Knowledge, Relationality
Date
2018-01-24
Description
Image of a white wall with a welcoming message in the Musqueam language as well as in English and French.
TELUS World of Science 10
Title
TELUS World of Science 10
Keyword
Earth, Waste, City
Date
2018-01-22
Description
Image of garbage embedded in the top layer of an exhibit of layers of earth.
Stanley Park 98
Title
Stanley Park 98
Keyword
Totem Poles, Indigenous Culture, Relationality, Positionality, Trees, Colonialism
Date
2018-01-31
Description
Image of totem poles and trees. There is a sign stating "Please STAY OUT of the Totem Pole Area" at the bottom left of the shot.
Downtown Vancouver 3
Title
Downtown Vancouver 3: Behind Residence Inn
Keyword
City, Construction, Development
Date
2018-01-30
Description
Image of construction being done on the side of a high-rise building.
Polygon Gallery 2
Title
Polygon Gallery 2
Keyword
Art, Language, Shape
Date
2018-02-01
Description
Image of Jordan Abel's "Cartography."
TELUS World of Science 22
Title
TELUS World of Science 22
Keyword
Choices, Transformation, Environmental Impact
Date
2018-01-22
Description
Image of a sign discussing choices in relation to protecting the environment. The sign is covered in drops of water, suggesting that it had recently rained.
Stanley Park 93
Title
Stanley Park 93
Keyword
Totem Poles, Indigenous Culture, Relationality, Positionality, Trees
Date
2018-01-31
Description
Image of totem poles and trees with people walking and cycling on the paths.
Stanley Park Audio 1
Title
Stanley Park Audio 1
Keyword
Sounds, City, Birds
Date
2018-01-31
Description
Audio of the ambient sounds at Stanley Park, including various birds singing and people talking. Duration: 1:07
False Creek 62
Title
False Creek 62
Keyword
Development, Land Use
Date
2018-01-22
Description
Image of a sign on a chain-link fence describing a land development project.
TELUS World of Science 4
Title
TELUS World of Science 4
Keyword
Earth, Systems
Date
2081-01-22
Description
Image of an exhibit involving rocks and waterwheels with BC Place and other buildings along False Creek in the background.
Jordan Abel Interview 1
Title
Jordan Abel Interview 1: Clip 1
Keyword
Colonisation, Landscape / Skyline, Totem Poles
Date
2018-01-19
Description
In this clip, Jordan Abel discusses his relationship to Vancouver as a place and how his family histories and traumas are tied to Vancouver and the legacy of colonial violence. He discusses the placement of Indigenous art throughout Vancouver (and the totem poles in Stanley Park in particular) and the complexities around displaying Indigenous art and tradition in such a public space, weighing accessibility against voyeurism.
Downtown Eastside Vancouver 4
Title
Downtown Eastside Vancouver 4: Gore Avenue
Keyword
Shipping Industry, Transportation, Trees
Date
2018-01-30
Description
Image of shipping cranes and containers with trees and cars in the foreground.
Portside Park Video 1
Title
Portside Park Video 1
Keyword
City, Movement
Date
2018-01-30
Description
Video by Terminal Avenue in Vancouver looking out the window at the buildings as the SkyTrain moves past them. Duration: 0:32
Downtown Vancouver Skyline 2
Title
Downtown Vancouver Skyline 2: As Seen from Residence Inn
Keyword
City, Skyline
Date
2018-01-22
Description
Image of the view behind the Residence Inn hotel in Downtown Vancouver showing multiple tall buildings.
Stanley Park 96
Title
Stanley Park 96
Keyword
Totem Poles, Indigenous Culture, Relationality, Positionality, Trees
Date
2018-01-31
Description
Image of totem poles and trees with two people standing nearby.
Museum of Vancouver 2
Title
Museum of Vancouver 2
Keyword
Musqueam Knowledge, Colonialism, History, Museums, Relationality
Date
2018-01-24
Description
Image of a wooden wall with a message describing how the area has changed from Musqueam space to Vancouver and introducing a museum section about Musqueam history.
TELUS World of Science 7
Title
TELUS World of Science 7
Keyword
Earth, Waste
Date
2018-01-22
Description
Image of garbage embedded in the top layer of an exhibit of layers of earth.
W Waterfront Road
Title
W Waterfront Road
Keyword
Transportation, City, Skyline
Date
2018-01-30
Description
Image of a train and city skyline.
TELUS World of Science 21
Title
TELUS World of Science 21
Keyword
Development, Knowledge, Industry, Pollution, Ecology
Date
2018-01-22
Description
Image of a sign discussing Vancouver's shift from "a city of gas (and coal, and lumber, and concrete, and metal...)" to a "city of glass," claiming that "pollution levels are [now] much lower" and that "wildlife is returning to the area." The sign is covered in drops of water, suggesting that it had recently rained.
Downtown Vancouver Skyline 4
Title
Downtown Vancouver Skyline 4: As Seen from Residence Inn
Keyword
City, Skyline
Date
2018-01-22
Description
Image of the view behind the Residence Inn hotel in Downtown Vancouver showing tall buildings and trees.
Downtown Vancouver Skyline 12
Title
Downtown Vancouver Skyline 12: As Seen from Residence Inn
Keyword
City, Skyline
Date
2018-01-30
Description
Image of the city skyline behind the Residence Inn Hotel in the early morning.
Downtown Eastside Vancouver 1
Title
Downtown Eastside Vancouver 1: Alexander Street and Gore Avenue
Keyword
City, Roads, Shipping Industry, Movement, Ecology
Date
2018-01-30
Description
Image of the intersection of Alexander Street and Gore Avenue with shipping cranes and containers in the background.
Museum of Vancouver 8
Title
Museum of Vancouver 8
Keyword
Mapping, City, Scale, Museums
Date
2018-01-24
Description
Image of a model of Vancouver viewed from the side.
Stanley Park 73
Title
Stanley Park 73
Keyword
History, Violence, Colonialism
Date
2018-01-31
Description
Image of a plaque on stone describing the Nine O'Clock Gun.
Wayde Compton Reading
Title
Wayde Compton Reading: Excerpt from "The Lost Island" found in The Outer Harbour
Keyword
Colonisation, Landscape / Skyline
Date
2018-01-23
Description
Wayde Compton reads a scene from his short story "The Lost Island." In this scene, the characters Jean and Fletcher consider the newly emerged volcanic island off Vancouver's coast and Fletcher proposes they go to the island as an act of anti-colonisation. This story appears in Compton's 2014 book of interconnected short stories The Outer Harbour.
TELUS World of Science 17
Title
TELUS World of Science 17
Keyword
Earth, Waste, Geology
Date
2018-01-22
Description
Image of an exhibit of layers of earth with garbage embedded in the top layer and with a sign describing each different layer.
Stanley Park 43
Title
Stanley Park 43
Keyword
Coast, Ecology, Rocks, Sand
Date
2018-01-31
Description
Image of moss on the top of Vancouver Seawall with tree branches on a sand shore in the background.
Portside Park 41
Title
Portside Park 41
Keyword
Barriers, Ecology, Shipping Industry
Date
2018-01-30
Description
Image of a chainlink fence with shipping area in the background.
Kitsilano Beach 34
Title
Kitsilano Beach 34
Keyword
Shore, Coast, Ecology, City
Date
2018-01-24
Description
Image of sand beach and rock seawall with city skyline in the background.
TELUS World of Science 14
Title
TELUS World of Science 14
Keyword
Questions, Art, City
Date
2018-01-22
Description
Image of a giant red question mark symbol tilted towards the right side of the shot with False Creek and city skyline in the background.
Stanley Park 113
Title
Stanley Park 113
Keyword
Trees, Ecology
Date
2018-01-31
Description
Image of tall trees.
Waterfront Station 1
Title
Waterfront Station 1
Keyword
Movement, Transportation, City
Date
2018-02-01
Description
Image of trains and train tracks with city skyline along the right side.
Phinder Dulai Clip 1
Title
Phinder Dulai Clip 1
Keyword
History, Poetry, Polyphony, Archives, Transnationalism, Archives, Colonial, Voices, Refugee, Reality
Date
2019-06-06
Description
In this audio clip, Phinder Dulai discusses his work Dreams/Arteries. He comments on his use of archives, the form of poetry, refugees, and the polyphony of voices in his work.
Portside Park 38
Title
Portside Park 38
Keyword
City, Skyline, Ecology
Date
2018-01-30
Description
Image of an empty parking lot with city skyline in the background.
Vancouver Convention Centre 2
Title
Vancouver Convention Centre 2
Keyword
Fish, Art, Relationality, Representation, Event
Date
2018-01-26
Description
Image of metal fish hanging from a skylight in the ceiling with Vancouver 2010 Olympic podium and medal exhibit in the background.
Polygon Gallery 8
Title
Polygon Gallery 8
Keyword
Art, Language, Shape
Date
2018-02-01
Description
Image of Jordan Abel's "Cartography."
Jordan Abel Interview 4
Title
Jordan Abel Interview 4: Clip 4
Keyword
Landscape / Skyline
Date
2018-01-19
Description
In this conclusion of Jordan Abel's interview, he restates the complexity of places like Vancouver, and acknowledges that a place can be simultaneously beautiful and devastating.
TELUS World of Science 9
Title
TELUS World of Science 9
Keyword
Earth, Waste
Date
2018-01-22
Description
Image of garbage embedded in the top layer of an exhibit of layers of earth.
Cindy Mochizuki Clip 3
Title
Cindy Mochizuki Clip 3
Keyword
Art, History, Space, Audio, Displacement
Date
2019-06-07
Description
This final clip of the interview discusses translating history into art and the use of multiple media forms in Mochizuki’s projects. She comments on her position as an artist and how it influences her representation of history in her work. The conversation then shifts to the role of audio in creating a space for the audience to stop and think.
Downtown Vancouver Skyline 7
Title
Downtown Vancouver Skyline 7: As Seen from Residence Inn
Keyword
City, Skyline
Date
2018-01-30
Description
Image of the city skyline behind the Residence Inn Hotel in the early morning.
TELUS World of Science 18
Title
TELUS World of Science 18
Keyword
Development, Knowledge, Colonialism
Date
2018-01-22
Description
Image of a sign discussing the "CHANGING LANDSCAPES" around False Creek. The sign is covered in drops of water, suggesting that it had recently rained.
Wayde Compton Clip 4
Title
Wayde Compton Clip 4
Keyword
Advertisement, Language, Power, Manipulation, Government
Date
2018-01-23
Description
In this final clip of the interview, Compton discusses the nature of the conclusion to The Outer Harbour. It then shifts to a discussion of land claims and diasporic and Indigenous politics, and the experience of writing within such a political landscape.

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