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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Blue Cabin Resident Michelle-Marie Letelier
In March the Blue Cabin welcomed Michelle-Marie Letelier. Residency: March 24 – May 4, 2023 Michelle-Marie Letelier is a Chilean artist and researcher based in Berlin. Her multidisciplinary work orchestrates transformations of ‘natural resources’, alongside extensive wide-ranging, interdisciplinary research into the sea-landscapes where their exploitation and speculation take place. Through her work, she blends different epochs, […]