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Videographics is a major video installation and exhibition of 200 posters curated by Paul Wong. For VIVO’s 40th anniversary Wong has delved deeply into the Crista Dahl Media Library & Archive to present a privileged glimpse into the extraordinary collection of graphics that touch on every era of VIVO’s history from 1970 to the present.
The BIG DOTS, BOLD LINES event will be a celebration of multimedia art forms including video screenings, silkscreen printing, and a thermal paper frame grab photobooth.
For this occasion Wong has created a special print that encapsulates the hybridization between technologies by combining both digital and traditional silkscreen technologies.
A work inspired by early video feedback graphics, Feedback Vortex (13″X19″) will be printed in a limited signed edition of 40 and available for purchase for $60. All proceeds will go towards preservation of the posters collection. Screen printmaker Meagan Lenover will be applying the final hot pink layer as part of this ‘live event.’ Paul Wong will be signing the prints.
We will screen two early Video Inn productions. Holy Joe (1987, 10 mins.) is a video work by Joe Sarahan, an active staff member from 1983 to the late 1990’s who was responsible for the majority of the graphic design, branding and posters during that period.
We will also feature Either/Or In Chinatown (1984, 37 mins.) by the important and influential Hungarian media artist Gabor Body, a significant production created as part of a residency by a frequent visitor to Vancouver. This will be a unique opportunity to view two significant video art works, re-digitized for the event.
For an extra bit of fun we have discovered in the equipment archive/graveyard an ancient thermal printing machine that allows frame grabs from a video source. This will be set up as a photobooth in the front room for your enjoyment and to help record what promises to be an exciting Friday night.
VIVO is located in the homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples in a warehouse space at 2625 Kaslo Street south of East Broadway at the end of E 10th. Transit line 9 stops at Kaslo Street on Broadway. From the bus stop, the path is paved, curbless, and on a slight decline. The closest skytrain station is Renfrew Station, which is three blocks south-east of VIVO and has an elevator. From there, the path is paved, curbless, and on a slight incline. There is parking available at VIVO, including wheelchair access parking. There is a bike rack at the entrance. The front entrance leads indoors to a set of 7 stairs to the lobby.
A wheelchair ramp is located at the west side of the main entrance. The ramp has two runs: the first run is 20 feet long, and the second run is 26 feet. The ramp is 60 inches wide. The slope is 1:12. The ramp itself is concrete and has handrails on both sides. There is an outward swinging door (34 inch width) at the top of the ramp leading to a vestibule. A second outward swinging door (33 inch width) opens into the exhibition space. Buzzers and intercoms are located at both doors to notify staff during regular office hours or events to unlock the doors. Once unlocked, visitors can use automatic operators to open the doors.
There are two all-gender washrooms. One has a stall and is not wheelchair accessible. The other is a single room with a urinal and is wheelchair accessible: the door is 33 inches wide and inward swinging, without automation. The toilet has 11 inch clearance on the left side and a handrail.
To reach the bathrooms from the studio, exit through the double doors and proceed straight through the lobby and down the hall . Turn left, and the two bathrooms will be on your right side. The closest one has a stall and is not wheelchair accessible. The far bathroom is accessible.