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One of the benefits of being an artist-run centre is having talented artists on our Board. They bring enthusiasm for VIVO’s mission, a dedication to making us more successful, and an artist’s perspective to guide our plans and policies.
Mariane joined VIVO’s Board in February 2014 and has been active on our Fundraising Committee, HR Task Force, and is our PAARC Rep. She’s also the person behind our Operation Yellow Helmet graphics and video.
Thank you Mariane for your commitment to VIVO and for making a difference in Vancouver’s cultural community.
Mariane has donated prints of her piece, I Would Like to Revolutionize But I Am Stuck With Reform, as a perk in our Operation Yellow Helmet Campaign. Help build a better VIVO through your donation.
Purchase I Would Like to Revolutionize But I Am Stuck With Reform
Title: I Would Like to Revolutionize But I Am Stuck With Reform
Size: 12”X 12” diptych (unframed)
Medium: Gouache on paper
Date: 2014/2016
Number available:
Framing Required Perk: 10
Board Bundle Perk: 3
Class Warfare: Up to 5
Donation:
Framing Required Perk: $125
Board Bundle Perk: $300 (also includes works by Matilda Aslizadeh and Gabriela Aceves Sepúlveda.)
Class Warfare: $150 (a diverse collection of perks)
Artist Statement
I Would Like to Revolutionize But I Am Stuck With Reform is part of the ongoing series of print, performance and installation-based works that examines the tensions existing between one’s revolutionary dreams and the realities of the politico-institutional instruments governing social life. The work appropriates a quote from Lucy Lippard and its form plays with the of performativity of activist referents.
Photos from related performances
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.
Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte is an interdisciplinary artist and independent curator. Her work is driven by an interest in notions of movement, embodiment and spatiality, and uses performance as basis for the realization of videos, installations and integrated projects. Recently, her work has been presented at Gallery 1313 (Toronto), Visualeyez Festival (Latitude 53, Edmonton), Le Labo (Toronto), FOFA Gallery (Montreal), and Low Lives 4 International Networked Performance Art Festival. Recent curatorial projects include Collective Walks/Spaces of Contestation presented through UNIT/PITT (Vancouver) and collaborative work with Palindromes, a Montreal-based curatorial collective she co-founded in 2010. Her writing has been published in Inter: art actuel, Decoy Magazine, Esse: art & opinions, and C Magazine. She currently works as Service and Outreach Development Coordinator for the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres.