Accountability and Care
Acknowledgement In recognition that our work takes place within the shared, unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, we are guided by their leadership in care for the land, air and water. We are committed to ongoing, respectful relationship with communities by continuous learning, honouring protocols, and foregrounding cultural […]
HIRING FLEET GENERAL MANAGER
Other Sights is hiring a General Manager for FLEET Mobile Artists Studios, an innovative project that brings studios on wheels to areas of Metro Vancouver. The FLEET General Manager is a creative planner, implementer, and relationship builder who is responsible for developing this new initiative in conjunction with multiple and diverse communities across the Lower […]
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 […]
I Know What I Want: Open Studio
In July 2013, Other Sights collaborated with The Western Front and 221A on a publicly-sited research intensive about the possible futures of the Kingsway, Broadway and Main Street neighbourhood in Vancouver. The process began by conducting interviews with local independent business people, cultural leaders and members of the design and planning community.
When The Hosts Come Home
After the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic athletes gathered their medals and returned to their respective countries, Vancouver’s Olympic Village reverted from dormitory to “home” as condominium owners began to gradually move into the new “Village on False Creek”.
The Future is Floating 4
As a lead up to the launch of the Bomford’s Deadhead (working title) , a floating sculpture commissioned by Other Sights and Presentation House Gallery, Other Sights’ Communication Office presents the first of a series of conversations about building structures, imaginary, physical or social, at the artists’ GNW studio.
In the research phase of this project the Bomfords initiated a discussion with Geoffrey Carr about his insight into the relationship between the built environment and colonial power on the west coast. For this event, Carr will present some of his research and insight into the authority implicit in the design and construction of residential schools. A discussion between Carr and the Bomfords will follow.
The Future is Floating 3
As a lead up to the launch of the Bomford’s Deadhead (working title), a floating sculpture commissioned by Other Sights and Presentation House Gallery, Other Sights’ Communication Office presents the first of a series of conversations about building structures, imaginary, physical or social, at the artists’ GNW studio.
Art for Eat’s Sake:
Last summer, residents of Vancouver’s Southeast False Creek neighborhood were drawn into an unusual artistic experiment. On a vacant lot littered with the rusty remnants of the neighborhood’s industrial past, artist Holly Schmidt led volunteers in designing, building, planting,and harvesting a thriving container garden.
Informal Communities – pdf
The Grow Project and the Bulkhead Urban Agriculture Lab began germinating long before the first seeds were sown and ended long after the harvesting of carrots, mustards greens, pumpkins, and other crops. A concatenation of performance art, sculpture, social practice and still unnamed forms of emergent creativity, Grow was a year-long event that took up sustainability and knowledge exchange as a fluid process of gardening, workshops, walks and other public events…