ProgrammingCall for SubmissionsNewsBecome a Member
Rentals + Services
About VIVO
Archive
Video Out Distribution
DonateBuy VIVO Totes
Ambient social. Second Friday of the month. Free
Videos by Bruce LaBruce, Clark Nikolai, Claudio Rivera and Ken Anderlini. Music by DJ Tapes, DJ Mamabear and Ghettocracker. Performance by Mangina.
Programmed by Frederick Cummings.
image: Claudio Rivera, Transamericana (2012)
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.
Bruce LaBruce is a Toronto based filmmaker, writer, director, photographer, and artist. He began his career in the mid eighties making a series of short experimental super 8 films and co-editing a punk fanzine called J.D.s, which begat the queercore movement. His most recent features include, The Raspberry Reich (2004), Otto; or, Up with Dead People (2008), and L.A. Zombie (2010). The Video Bar will be screening L.A. Zombie (2010).
Clark Nikolai lives and creates art in Vancouver. Originally from Saskatchewan, where he made films and videos in Saskatoon’s vibrant punk and parallel art scenes. His work covers all genres and often combines found footage, music and experimental visual effects, stylized staging and dream-like experimental narratives. He is an early pioneer of video art in the Canadian prairies, and was a founding member of both the Open Air Audio Visual Co-op (1984) and Video Vérité Artist Centre (1989) of Saskatoon (now PAVED). Since 1981, he has produced over fifty videos and films, which have screened and received awards around the world. His practice has also included still photography and experimental music.
Claudio Rivera-Seguel is a multi-disciplinary artist, curator and consultant specializing in cultural and social initiatives that focus on the intersection of art, science and technology. His practice incorporates drawing, digital graphics, video, installation, and performance art. Presently, he works in the field of immersive telepresence and physical computing. The Video Bar will feature videos from an interdisciplinary project called Transamericana (2012).
Ken Anderlini (c.1962–2007) was a media artist, educator and curator. He worked in film, video and installation. Dealing with themes of identity, representation, and desire, his films were widely shown in both gay and academic festival contexts. The Video Bar will be presenting Ken’s video Hose (1998).
DJ Tapes is a project by Aja Rose Bond (Diadem, Her Jazz Noise Collective) that utilizes cassette tapes as a musical and conceptual basis for new sonic explosions. Performances vary greatly, covering territory as diverse as live DJ sets at dance parties, Harsh Noise experiments, and highly developed compositions.
DJ Mamabear. Music Producer, Performer, and International Lover– Shane Bodie is back! And after a two-year hiatus, his DJ alter ego, MamaBear is along for the ride. Expect the sickest tracks featuring the best in R&B, Hip-Hop, Disco, Funk and Motown–basically anything that’s HOT! Variety is the right spice to make a party nice and MamaBear’s bringing heat in the kitchen ya’ll.
Ghettocracker is the easiest, laziest DJ on earth. Living on burgers and broke down beats, this DJ spins the realest in Hip-Hop, Soul, Old School. Guaranteed to rock the body beautiful, turn the reality out, and rotate the essential soundtrack for head-bobbing, knob-gobbling, gag-reflexing music realness worldwide. Ghetto Cracker is Vancouver’s most undiscovered gem… Yours to discover!
Mangina, the eclectic Vancouver-based duo of Frederick Cummings & James Diamond, perform a spectacular two-song set. After opening for Ryan Trecartin at ECUAD in 2009, they’ve strutted their stuff at a Girls Rock Camp benefit, Centre A during the 2010 Winter Olympics, BLIM for Music Waste, Fake Jazz at the Astoria and most recently at Not Sent Letters & Guests at VIVO.
