FRASER ESTUARY RADIO LAUNCH
At the end of August, 2023, Fraser Estuary Radio was launched online. This is a 24 hour program of audio curated by FERC Sustainability Scholar Viola Provost that is part of Other Sights’ Currents and Waves Platform. Fraser Estuary Radio explores the critical importance of this waterway in sustaining all life in the region. Playing […]
Listening to the Estuary
Join us on August 26th for Session III of Foreshore Immersive: Caring for Whales, Protecting from Floods and Listening to the Estuary. In this session, Fraser Estuary Research Collaborative (FERC) scholars, Tirath Dave and Kim St. Pierre will discuss their current Fraser Estuary related research and work. Over the past few months, Kim St. Pierre […]
HIRING FLEET PROGRAMMING LEAD
Other Sights is hiring a Programming Lead for FLEET Project. FLEET is a creative approach to complement ongoing efforts to build more studio opportunities for artists. Responding to the loss of arts and culture hubs across Vancouver, FLEET is a multi-year project that aspires to plan, design and, pilot a FLEET of moveable studios for […]
QUEERING THE COAST
Join us on May 27th at 1pm at Branscombe House for Queering The Coast. What might it mean to bring queer perspectives to the places where land and water meet? Join Other Sights for a new Foreshore conversation between two coastal scholars. Natasha Fox is a postdoctoral scholar with the Cascadia Copes Hub at Oregon […]
HIRING FLEET PROJECT MANAGER
Other Sights is hiring a project Manager for FLEET Project as we move into the construction of the first mobile studios for the FLEET. FLEET is a creative approach to complement the community’s ongoing efforts to build more studio opportunities for artists. Responding to the loss of arts and culture hubs across Vancouver, FLEET is […]
The Language the Land Remembers
Join us on May 6th, 2023, at 2pm at the Blue Cabin for a talk by Salia Joseph and Faith Sparrow-Crawford from Host Consulting entitled The Language the Land Remembers. This is the first session for Other Sights’ Foreshore Immersive , a conversation series that will run over 2023-2024. The Language the Land Remembers speaks to a re-ordering of […]
FORESHORE IMMERSIVE
The foreshore describes the land along the edge of a body of water that is repeatedly submerged and revealed by the tide. It is a region of constant flux and unclear jurisdiction.It is the wet part of the beach. Generating questions, confluence, and aggregation inspired by the conditions of the foreshore, Other Sights’ past project foreshore […]
Coastal Camera Obscura III
Donald Lawrence who worked with Other Sights in 2017 to create Coastal Camera Obscura is producing a third iteration his obscura in partnership with the Comox Valley Art Gallery. COASTAL CAMERA OBSCURA III Created by Donald Lawrence, a floating camera obscura in the waters surrounding Pelxqikw and K`ómoks — Goose Spit and Comox — is […]
FLEET – PHASE II RECOMMENDATIONS
From November 2022 to February 2023 FLEET working group hosted four half-day sessions with members from the Host Nations on unceded Musqeuam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh territories. Participants included emerging Indigenous artists and students, established artists, designers, teachers and community members. Many thanks to those who joined in helping to further define FLEET’s direction. Below are […]
Bioplastics workshop Branscombe House
Join Blue Cabin Floating Artist in Residence Michelle-Marie Letelier on Saturday April, 22 from 1-4pm for a Bioplastics workshop at Branscombe House on Musqueam, Kwantlen and Tsawwassen territories. Register Here. About the workshop On Saturday, April 22, join current Blue Cabin artist in residence Michelle-Marie Letelier as she leads a hands-on session at the historic […]
