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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.

Title: Singapore Maritime Gallery 1
Keyword: Documentation, Re/development
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: A white wall with a quote from Lee Kuan Yew (2007) about Singapore's Maritime development.

Title: Clarke Quay 8: Singapore River Cruise
Keyword: erosion
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Stone wall and edge of Read Bridge / Malacca Bridge. Turquoise border visible on top.

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.

Title: Cecily Nicholson Interview: Clip 1
Keyword: Poetics, Individual, Collective, Art, Space, Materials, History, Land, Fragmented
Date: 2019-06-06
Description: Cecily Nicholson talks about her role in art--in particular her concern with space. The conversation then shifts to a discussion on poetics. Nicholson discusses the complex relationship between individuality and collectivity and how she confronts it within her own work.

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

Title: Marina Coastal Expressway 1
Keyword: Landscape / Skyline, Culture, economy
Date: 2018-02-25
Description: Trees in front of tall buildings by Marina One. Marina Bay Sands in the background on the right side.

Title: Roadway 1
Keyword: Landscape / Skyline, Industry, Construction
Date: 2018-02-25
Description: Trees along the road and a line of harbour cranes on the right side.

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.

Title: Water Tour 81
Keyword: Cemetery, Landscape, Forest
Date: 2018-03-13
Description: Close-up image of Junk Bay Chinese Permanent Cemetery on the mountain side.

Title: Marina Barrage 23
Keyword: Landscape / Skyline, Construction, liminality
Date: 2018-02-26
Description: Construction site and ships in the background. Walking path near Marina Barrage in the foreground.

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.

Title: Singapore Maritime Gallery 27
Keyword: transnational trade
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Infographic showing what can fit within a 20 foot shipping container, such as "48,000 Bananas."

Title: Clara Chow Reading Excerpts from “The Wheel”
Keyword: Space, Nation, Economy, Myth, Politics
Date: 2018-02-23
Description: Clara Chow reads excerpts from her short story “The Wheel” from Dream Storeys. The story ties together themes of economy, space, politics, and nationhood that all come together in Chow's reading of the text.

Title: Raffles Landing Site 2: Singapore River Cruise
Keyword: Art, Architecture, Landscape / Skyline
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Trees and buildings surrounding Raffles statue.

Title: Singapore Maritime Gallery 51
Keyword: Land Reclamation, transnational trade, Industry, Education
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: A screen with information about the Next Generation Port.

Title: Clarke Quay 4: Singapore River Cruise
Keyword: Growth, Rocks
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Stone wall with plants growing up the side. Bright pink border on top of the wall.

Title: The Elgin Bridge: As Seen from the Singapore River Cruise
Keyword: Landscape, Skyline
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Image of Singapore River and Elgin Bridge with city skyline including One North Bridge apartment building. Taken while on the Singapore River Cruise.

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

Title: ArtScience Museum 8: Singapore River Cruise
Keyword: Architecture, Art, economy
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Looking up at the ArtScience Museum. Marina Bay Sands in the background.

Title: Labrador Park 73
Keyword: Surveillance, shore
Date: 2018-02-25
Description: A sign stating that one should call 999 if one sees any "suspicious activity" such as "Boats landing on beach with suspicious persons onboard," "Suspicious vehicles parked near shorelines," and "Unloading of goods at beach front."

Title: Roadway 5
Keyword: Culture, Surveillance
Date: 2018-02-28
Description: A pink sign stating "There your heart goes again ponging from point A to point B like some silly little pinball" in a way that makes your eyes move back and forth like the pinball being described. Sign is mounted on a grassy hill.

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.

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.

Title: Singapore Maritime Gallery 29
Keyword: Growth, Education, boundary, economy
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: A blue wall introducing a section of the gallery about the "changes to Singapore's coastline" titled "The Growth of our Port."

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.

Title: Marina Barrage 19
Keyword: Landscape / Skyline, Industry, economy, Sustainability
Date: 2018-02-26
Description: Sustainable Singapore Gallery area with the city skyline including the Marina Bay Sands and the Singapore Flyer Ferris Wheel in the background.

Title: Roadway 2
Keyword: boundary, Mapping
Date: 2018-02-25
Description: Photo taken from inside a car. Looking through the windscreen at the road.

Title: Labrador Park 37
Keyword: Landscape / Skyline, Park, Industry
Date: 2018-02-25
Description: Grass with trees on the right-hand side with harbour cranes in the background.

Title: Lamma Island 42
Keyword: Sand, Rocks, Glass, Waste, Ecology
Date: 2018-03-18
Description: Image of sand, rocks (some of which are tinged green), and pieces of broken glass bottles.

Title: ArtScience Museum 6: Singapore River Cruise
Keyword: Architecture, Art, Culture
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Close-up of the ArtScience Museum building.

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.

Title: Labrador Park 44
Keyword: Landscape / Skyline, Housing, Re/development, Park
Date: 2018-02-25
Description: Bukit Chermin boardwalk with Reflections at Keppel Bay (residential towers) in background.

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."

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.

Title: Labrador Park 57
Keyword: Landscape / Skyline, Industry, transnational trade, economy
Date: 2018-02-25
Description: Photo of a hand using a cell phone to take a picture of harbour cranes 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: Raffles Landing Site 1: Singapore River Cruise
Keyword: Art, Landscape / Skyline, Architecture
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Trees and buildings around Raffles statue.

Title: ArtScience Museum 9: Singapore River Cruise
Keyword: Industry, Architecture, Art, economy, Culture
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Looking up at the ArtScience Museum. Marina Bay Sands in the background.

Title: Juria Toramae Reading Excerpts From “Notes from some outlying islands and reefs of Singapore”
Keyword: Land Reclamation, Space, Reefs, Ecology, Industry, Material, Marine Life, Biodiversity, Islands, Manipulation of the environment
Date: 2018-02-24
Description: In this audio recording, Juria Toramae reads excerpts from her essay “Notes from some outlying islands and reefs of Singapore” that brings together a discussion of space, ecology, coastlines, manipulation of the environment, and change.

Title: Singapore Maritime Gallery 21
Keyword: Industry, transnational trade
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: A video screen mounted between two other screens. One screen explains "containerisation" and the other is titled "The Bold Step."

Title: Kusu Island 34
Keyword: Islands, Sand, Rocks
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Small rocks, shells, leaves, and other debris on a sandy beach. A thin strip of rope with a frayed end.

Title: Jason Wee 1: Clip 1
Keyword: Embodiment, Photography, Mixed Media Art
Date: 2018-02-23
Description: Jason Wee discusses his artistic practice and how he moves between mediums.

Title: Portside Park 29
Keyword: Birds, Trees, Ecology
Date: 2018-01-30
Description: Image of birds sitting in bare trees.

Title: Nuraliah Norasid Reading an Excerpt from The Gatekeeper
Keyword: Migration, Language, Diversity, Culture, Community, Convergence, Arrival, Settlement, Land, Space, Colonialism, Movement, Government, Displacement, Accelerated Change, Singapore, Communication, Modernization, Discrimination, Stratification, Marginalization, Writing
Date: 2018-02-27
Description: In this recording, Nuraliah Norasid reads an excerpt from her novel The GateKeeper. Norasid raises topics of culture, settlement, discrimination, and development--depicting the colonial reality of spaces and the accelerated changes such a reality brings with it.

Title: Singapore Maritime Gallery 35
Keyword: Biodiversity, Education
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Top-down view of exhibit of corals.

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

Title: Singapore Maritime Gallery 8
Keyword: Education, Mapping
Date: 2018-03-01
Description: Close-up shot of a map under the "Dutch and Portuguese Accounts" section of the parchment-styled wall (header for this map only partially visible as "Dutch and Por--").

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.

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