Reflections and Refractions Along the Citified Shore
October 2nd, 2024 at 6 PM FLEET: Granville Island 1425 Anderson St, Vancouver Walk and reflect together along the waterfront places so impacted by colonial industrialization, urbanization, and ‘place making’ on these Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh lands and waters. What assumptions can we read from the ways these lands and waters have been treated, shaped, decided […]
Intertidal Kinning Festival
August 2, 3, 9, 10 & 11 Intertidal Kinning: Celebrating & Protecting the Fraser EstuaryThe Fraser Estuary is a vital ecosystem that sustains a diverse array of marine and land-based species, including humans. Recognizing the importance of caring for this precious and endangered place, this event series aims to celebrate the estuary’s splendor, encourage diverse […]
PURCHASE A SOVEREIGN WATERWAYS PRINT
Sovereign Waterways, centres the values, relations and visions of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) artists. Each of the three large-scale artworks installed on the Blue Cabin and Residency Deckhouse originated from a sketch and/or digital design by Chase Gray, Jonas Jones and Calvin Charlie-Dawson. As a way of celebrating the origins of each […]
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS FOR FLEET
FLEET STUDIO ELEVATION DESIGNS, 2023 Construction for FLEET Mobile Artist Studios One and Two begins at the end of the month on Granville Island. The build site is located on Granville Island behind Granville Island Brewery, come and say hellow, and stay tuned for more updates on this project in the coming months.
SOVEREIGN WATERWAYS PRINT EDITION LAUNCH
All three Sovereign Waterways artworks installed, Calvin Charlie-Dawson’s salmon and roe, Jonas Jones spinning blue orcas, and Chase Gray’s Salish wooly dogs. Other Sights and the Blue Cabin invite you to celebrate Sovereign Waterways, a project that centres the values, relations and visions of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) communities. Each of the […]
Everything Exists in Darkness
Join us on October 11 for Session IV of Foreshore Immersive: Everything Exists in Darkness. In the search for answers around the climate emergency, everything exists in darkness. It is a matter of shining the torch in the right direction. Scottish-Métis artist and researcher Jen Rae along with Aboriginal Australian artists Kamara Bell-Wykes and Claire […]
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 […]