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VIVO presents NOTHING HAPPENING, a three-hour live performance by French Artist in Residence Nicolas Boone, alongside LIQUIDATION, a retrospective exhibition of his video works. Both events are presented in conjunction with PAARC’s Swarm Festival of Artist Run Culture on Thursday September 8 from 7-10pm. The performance serves as a set for Boone’s next video production, to be presented with a live soundtrack by Philippe Pasquier on Wednesday September 21 during the LIVE International Performance Biennale Sept 15-25, hosted by VIVO. Two of Boone’s works, TRANSBUP and LA TRANSHUMANCE FANTASTIQUE will be presented by DIM Cinema at the Pacific Cinematheque on Monday September 19.
NOTHING HAPPENING is where the language of the construction site and the film set converge. NOTHING HAPPENING is organized chaos; a crowd of construction workers shares the stage with a concrete truck, steamroller, excavator, barricades, orange cones, and traffic control tape. NOTHING HAPPENING addresses the savage economic development that is steamrolling cultural spaces, bohemia and marginality to create a condo wonderland. It is a mirror reflecting our city’s relationship to territory, land, and frontiers of economic and political power. NOTHING HAPPENING is a video loop of hand shakes between City Hall, land speculators and private enterprises. NOTHING HAPPENING is an artist preaching upside down from a scissor lift over the deserted notion of revolution. NOTHING HAPPENING is a lack of resistance, the laisser-faire, a paralyzed will against a soundscape of generators, jackhammers and an invisible authority marching on our present and manufacturing our future by deleting our past. NOTHING HAPPENING is an opportunity to make space for something to happen.
NICOLAS BOONE
Curated by Marie-Hélène Tessier
NOTHING HAPPENING (Performance) + LIQUIDATION
Thursday September 8, 7-10pm (Swarm) FREE
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TRANSBUP + LA TRANSHUMANCE FANTASTIQUE (Screening)
Monday September 19, 7:30pm ($9/$10.50+$3membership)
OFFSITE DIM Cinema at the Pacific Cinematheque 1131 Howe St.
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NOTHING HAPPENING (Video Presentation) with Philippe Pasquier
Wednesday September 21, 8pm (0-10$)
NOTHING HAPPENING AND LIQUIDATION are co-presented by LIVE International Performance Biennale, DIM Cinema and the Pacific Cinematheque. Nicolas Boone’s Artist Residency and Exhibition is generously supported by the Consulate General of France in Vancouver and Institut Français. NOTHING HAPPENING is sponsored by Kerrisdale Equipment, Lafarge, Western One, A+B Tool Rentals, Rona and Home Depot. The installation of LIQUIDATION is generously supported by The Grunt Gallery and The Western Front.
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.