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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.
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.
False Creek 63
Title
False Creek 63
Keyword
Advertising, City, Ecology
Date
2018-01-22
Description
Image of the side of a building with imagery proclaiming Concord Pacific as "CANADA'S LARGEST COMMUNITY BUILDER."
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.
Stanley Park Video 6
Title
Stanley Park Video 6
Date
2018-01-31
Description
Video of rocks in the water along Stanley Park, near Vancouver Seawall. A bit of shore can be seen at the top of the shot. Duration: 0:38
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.
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.
Tower Beach 19
Title
Tower Beach 19
Keyword
Rocks, Shore, Relationality, Ecology
Date
2018-02-02
Description
Image of rocks of various sizes, some of which have seaweed on them.
Museum of Vancouver 7
Title
Museum of Vancouver 7
Keyword
Mapping, City, Scale, Museums
Date
2018-01-24
Description
Image of a model of Vancouver viewed from the side.
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.
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.
Downtown Vancouver 2
Title
Downtown Vancouver 2: 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 surrounded by other tall buildings.
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.
Stanley Park 99
Title
Stanley Park 99
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.
Guadalupe Martinez Interview 2
Title
Guadalupe Martinez Interview 2: Clip 2
Keyword
Mixed Media Art, Performance Art, Poetic Intervention
Date
2018-01-30
Description
Guadalupe Martinez talks about how both found objects and poetics function in her performance art. She explains that the title of her performances are integral components to the performance. She also emphasises that the found objects she uses have inherent meanings that bring a depth and clarity to her work and serve to create emotion connections.
Museum of Vancouver 9
Title
Museum of Vancouver 9
Keyword
Mapping, Resources, Imperialism, Museums
Date
2018-01-24
Description
Image of a map of Western British Columbia naming the province "GOLD COUNTRY" and "THE NEW EL DORADO."
Cecily Nicholson Clip 2
Title
Cecily Nicholson Clip 2
Keyword
Ecology, Natural World, Poetry, Mobility, Culture, Settler, Language, Economy, Identity, Space, Diasporic, History
Date
2019-06-06
Description
In this second clip of the interview, Nicholson touches on topics such as space, colonial history, poetry, and settler language. The discussion then shifts to comment on language use—in particular thinking of the language used in regards to the non-human elements of space.
Wayde Compton Clip 1
Title
Wayde Compton Clip 1
Keyword
Space, Instability, Maps, Surtsey
Date
2018-01-23
Description
This clip starts with a discussion of Compton's book The Outer Harbour. More specifically, the idea of imagining Canadian spaces being in flux and how Compton’s imagining of spaces is connected to his personal history.
Tower Beach 13
Title
Tower Beach 13
Keyword
Rocks, Shore, Relationality, Ecology
Date
2018-02-02
Description
Image centered on a rock with seaweed on it, surrounded by other rocks of various sizes.
Portside Park 29
Title
Portside Park 29
Keyword
Birds, Trees, Ecology
Date
2018-01-30
Description
Image of birds sitting in bare trees.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tower Beach 12
Title
Tower Beach 12
Keyword
Rocks, Shore, Relationality, Ecology
Date
2018-02-02
Description
Image of rocks of various sizes, one of which is covered by seaweed.
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.
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.
Stanley Park 113
Title
Stanley Park 113
Keyword
Trees, Ecology
Date
2018-01-31
Description
Image of tall trees.
Stanley Park 20
Title
Stanley Park 20
Keyword
Shore, Rocks
Date
2018-01-31
Description
Image of small rocks on a muddy shore.
Cecily Nicholson Clip 3
Title
Cecily Nicholson Clip 3
Keyword
Identity, Language, Poetry, History, Settler, Culture
Date
2019-06-06
Description
In this final clip, Nicholson concludes her discussion on settler-colonialism and language use.
Vancouver Maritime Museum
Title
Vancouver Maritime Museum
Keyword
Museums, History, Colonialism
Date
2018-01-24
Description
Image of the front of the Vancouver Maritime Museum building with multiple Canada flags in front of the building, and with the sun shining through the clouds in the sky behind the building.
Portside Park 30
Title
Portside Park 30
Keyword
Sand, Rocks, Trees, Ecology
Date
2018-01-30
Description
Image of a large log lying on sand and small rocks.
False Creek 61
Title
False Creek 61
Keyword
Shore, Ecology, City
Date
2018-01-22
Description
Image of a long log lying across the rocky shore of False Creek with the TELUS World of Science building in the background.
Canada Place Video 10
Title
Canada Place Video 10
Keyword
Sky, Clouds
Date
2018-01-26
Description
Video looking up at the clouds. Duration: 0:06
TELUS World of Science 8
Title
TELUS World of Science 8
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 1
Title
Portside Park 1
Keyword
Transportation, Shipping Industry, Ecology
Date
2018-01-30
Description
Image of parked semi-trucks and cars with shipping cranes and containers in the background and with a tree on the left side of the shot.
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.
TELUS World of Science 2
Title
TELUS World of Science 2
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.
Portside Park 31
Title
Portside Park 31
Keyword
Birds, Shore, Trees, City, Ecology
Date
2018-01-30
Description
Image of trees and the shore of Portside Park with birds flying in the sky above.