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Title: Polygon Gallery 4
Keyword: Art, Language, Shape
Date: 2018-02-01
Description: Image of Jordan Abel's "Cartography."

Title: Shazia Hafiz Ramji Interview 1: Clip 1
Keyword: Poetic Intervention, Surveillance, Water
Date: 2018-01-28
Description: In this clip, Shazia Hafiz Ramji discusses the circumstances of beginning to write Port of Being, her debut poetry collection and winner of the 2017 Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry. She recounts a story of seeing a child interact with a public transit cop and how she noticed the various forms of surveillance in such a public space. She also describes visiting the Teck Gallery, where she wrote most of the poems in her collection. At the time of this interview, Ramji's collection was not yet released.

Title: Phinder Dulai Clip 2
Keyword: Ports, Geography, Multicultural, Space, Asian-Canadian, Movement, Globalization, Water, Transnational
Date: 2019-06-06
Description: In this second clip to the interview, the conversation starts with a discussion of Vancouver as a multicultural place. In turn, this leads into the spaces of ports and ships and global infrastructure of such a space.

Title: Guadalupe Martinez Interview 1: Clip 1
Keyword: Embodiment, Performance Art, Poetic Intervention, Water
Date: 2018-01-30
Description: In this clip, Guadalupe Martinez discusses how her Argentinian roots intersect with her current residence in Vancouver through the coast. She talks about how she conceptualises the human body in relation to bodies of water, and how she wants her art to embody this embodied experience.

Title: False Creek Video 4
Keyword: Water, Movement, City, Boats
Date: 2018-01-22
Description: Video of city skyline along False Creek looking first towards Concord Pacific Place and then panning left to show BC Place, surrounding buildings, and docked boats. Duration 0:18

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.

Title: Portside Park 16
Keyword: Ecology, Shore, Rocks, Birds, Water
Date: 2018-01-30
Description: Image of birds standing on the trunk of a fallen tree by the large rocks of a shore with North Vancouver across the water in the background.

Title: Stanley Park Audio 2
Keyword: Sounds, Water, Waves, City, Coast
Date: 2018-01-31
Description: Audio of the ambient sounds at Stanley Park, including the sound of moving water and people talking. Duration: 0:24

Title: Stanley Park Video 25
Keyword: Water, Coast, Shipping Industry, Ships, City, Mountains
Date: 2018-01-31
Description: Video of ships on the water, as seen from Stanley Park near Brockton Point Lighthosue, with North Vancouver in the background. A wall is visible in the foreground. Duration: 0:26

Title: Stanley Park 90
Keyword: Shipping Industry, Water, Language
Date: 2018-01-31
Description: Image of a metal sign titled "CONTAINER CARGO" briefly describing elements of the shipping industry. Water is visible in the background.

Title: Portside Park Video 5
Keyword: Water, Coast, Shore, Sand
Date: 2018-01-30
Description: Video of small waves hitting the rocky sand shore in Portside Park. Duration: 0:24

Title: Portside Park 23
Keyword: Water, Distance, Shipping Industry
Date: 2018-01-30
Description: Image of Vancouver Harbour with shipping area visible on the right side of the shot and North Vancouver in the background.

Title: Stanley Park 106
Keyword: Water, Boats, City
Date: 2018-01-31
Description: Image of water and docked boats with city skyline in the background.

Title: Vancouver Harbour 24
Keyword: Birds, Water
Date: 2018-01-26
Description: Image of birds on a dock.

Title: Stanley Park 33
Keyword: Rocks, Water, Ecology
Date: 2018-01-31
Description: Image of large rock partly covered in plant life and mostly submerged in shallow water.

Title: Rita Wong Interview 1: Clip 1
Keyword: Water, Solidarity, Community, Embodiment
Date: 2018-02-01
Description: Rita Wong discusses her activist work as a water guardian and how her beliefs in reciprocity and interconnections between humans and land resources inform her activism. She speaks about the motivations behind her involvement with water preservation.

Title: Stanley Park 53
Keyword: Water, Boats, City, Ecology
Date: 2018-01-31
Description: Image of water, docked boats, and city skyline with tree branches in the foreground at the top of the shot.

Title: Portside Park 12
Keyword: Ecology, Shore, Rocks, Water
Date: 2018-01-30
Description: Image of the remaining roots and trunk of a fallen tree by the large rocks of a shore.

Title: False Creek Video 6
Keyword: Water, Boats, City
Date: 2018-01-22
Description: Video of a single boat moving slowly on the water with buildings and Cambie Bridge in the background. Duration 0:52

Title: Stanley Park Video 16
Keyword: Water, Shore, Rocks, Ecology
Date: 2018-01-31
Description: Video of water flowing out of a pipe into a body of water below in Stanley Park. A mossy rock is visible at the bottom of the shot. Duration: 0:26

Title: Tower Beach Ambient Sounds
Keyword: Water, Waves, Shore, Sounds
Date: 2018-02-02
Description: Audio of the sound of the waves hitting the shore at Tower Beach. Duration: 0:41

Title: False Creek 55
Keyword: Shore, Ecology, Water
Date: 2018-01-22
Description: Image of plant life on the rocky shore of False Creek.

Title: Portside Park 40
Keyword: Barriers, Ecology, Shipping Industry
Date: 2018-01-30
Description: Image of a rusting chainlink fence with shipping area and North Vancouver in the background.

Title: Cindy Mochizuki Clip 1
Keyword: Site-specific, Memory, Migration, Space, Water, Ecology, Family, Boat, Globalization, Displacement
Date: 2019-06-07
Description: In this clip, visual artist Cindy Mochizuki comments on her work called Paper. Mochizuki outlines the inspiration and history of this project and this discussion leads to topics of space, globalization, ecology, memory, and the trans-Pacific.

Title: Stanley Park 67
Keyword: Shore, Coast, Rocks, Water, City
Date: 2018-01-31
Description: Image of rock shore by Vancouver Seawall with Canada Place across the water in the background.

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.

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.

Title: Stanley Park 88
Keyword: Resources, Trade, Water, Language
Date: 2018-01-31
Description: Image of a metal sign titled "AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS" briefly describing the movement and trade of resources. Water is visible in the background.

Title: Vancouver Harbour 11
Keyword: Water, Reflection
Date: 2018-01-26
Description: Image of water from the Vancouver Harbour.

Title: Stanley Park 109
Keyword: Water, Boats, City, Trees
Date: 2018-01-31
Description: Image of water with trees, docked boats, and city skyline in the background.

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.

Title: Portside Park 21
Keyword: Water, Distance
Date: 2018-01-30
Description: Image of Vancouver Harbour with North Vancouver across the water in the background.

Title: Stanley Park 51
Keyword: Water, Shore, Coast, Movement
Date: 2018-01-31
Description: Image of a small set of stairs from the path along Vancouver Seawall down to the shore.

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.

Title: Canada Place Video 1
Keyword: Water, Skyline, Helicopters, Mountains, Coast
Date: 2018-01-26
Description: Video looking across the water towards North Vancouver as a helicopter flies by; Stanley Park is visible on the left side. Duration: 0:56

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.

Title: Stanley Park Video 3
Keyword: Water, Coast, Boats
Date: 2018-01-31
Description: Video of water with docked boats at the top corners of the shot. Duration: 0:28

Title: Vancouver Harbour 5
Keyword: Water, Distance
Date: 2018-01-26
Description: Image of Vancouver Harbour with North Vancouver--including pile of yellow sulphur powder--across the water.

Title: Stanley Park 34
Keyword: Water, Rocks, Shells, Ecology
Date: 2018-01-31
Description: Image of shallow water with sand, plant life, shells, and a large rock visible.

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.

Title: Stanley Park 19
Keyword: Water, Rocks
Date: 2018-01-31
Description: Image of rocks in the water.

Title: Stanley Park 32
Keyword: Water, Rocks, Ecology
Date: 2018-01-31
Description: Image of shallow water with rocks, sand, and plant life visible.

Title: Canada Place Video 10
Keyword: Sky, Clouds
Date: 2018-01-26
Description: Video looking up at the clouds. Duration: 0:06

Title: Lonsdale Ferry Video 1
Keyword: Water, City, Boats, Skyline, Shipping Industry
Date: 2018-01-30
Description: Video of foamy water behind the Seabus as it moves away from Waterfront to Lonsdale Quay. The city skyline is visible in the background; harbour cranes come into view on the left side at around 1:40. Duration: 2:00

Title: Polygon Gallery 7
Keyword: Art, Language, Shape
Date: 2018-02-01
Description: Image of Jordan Abel's "Cartography."

Title: Wayde Compton Clip 3
Keyword: Ecosystem, Land, Law, Power, Language
Date: 2018-01-23
Description: This section of the interview starts by discussing the way Compton integrates multiple genres into his works. The conversation then ties in the topic of genre theory with a discussion of discourse and language use.

Title: Shazia Hafiz Ramji Interview 2: Clip 2
Keyword: economy, Water, Environmental Degradation, transnational trade
Date: 2018-01-28
Description: Shazia Hafiz Ramji and Dr. Joanne Leow have a conversation about the ideas of bodies of water and human bodies, particularly regarding transportation and transnational flow. This progresses to a discussion about waterfront development and the way condo developers co-opt artistic / poetic language and use of imagery to sell properties.

Title: Stanley Park Video 10
Keyword: Water, Boats, Birds, City, Skyline, Sound
Date: 2018-01-31
Description: Video of two birds floating on the water by Stanley Park; several boats and city skyline are visible in the background. Duration: 0:23

Title: False Creek 64
Keyword: Advertising, City, Ecology
Date: 2018-01-22
Description: Image of the side of a building advertising "The Arc" with imagery of the False Creek area.

Title: Stanley Park 80
Keyword: Water, Shipping Industry, Distance
Date: 2018-01-31
Description: Image of water with shipping cranes in the background.

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