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photo: Manuel Vason
PuSh Festival 2019: Race Cards
A provocative art installation invites viewers to think about questions of race: in their lives, in the arts and in the wider world. Read more
PuSh Festival 2019: 100 Keyboards
A deep, immersive sound collage develops over an hour and a half, produced by toy keyboards. Read more
VIFF 2018: "The Proposal"
A documentary by New York artist Jill Magid, depicting her attempts to gain access to the professional archives of Luis Barragán, Mexico’s most famous architect. Read more
VIFF 2018: The Proposal
A searing artistic investigation into who should own and control creative output. Read more
VIFF 2017: "Leaning Into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy"
A look at the recent work of landscape artist Andy Goldsworthy, whose visually stunning works engage with nature, examining time and timelessness, creativity and decay. Read more
Selected Days
On Dorothy Parker Day we wear wool suits and little hats, smoke with cigarette holders and have a liver-coloured dachshund on a lead. Read more
PuSh 2017: Zappa Meets Varèse & Oswald
Three twentieth century composers who add a twist and some kick to their sound and mode. Read more
PuSh 2017: Things a Person is Supposed to Wonder
Surreal. Bizarre. A woman in a shiny pink track suit makes life more difficult while wondering why it is hard. Read more
La Vie en Rose
Pierre Trudeau among the stars—a series of woodblock prints by George Walker. Read more
Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art
A revealing doc about the pioneers of an art revolution which is now so ubiquitous that its history is often forgotten. Read more
PuSh 2016: Decoder 2017
A genuinely idiosyncratic sound and video art performance where versions of the past and future collide. Read more
45 Years of Fooling Around with A. Banana
An exploration of art and pop culture by Anna Banana. Read more
My Father's Picasso
"You know what I think it's worth?" Goldie said. "Fifteen bucks for the frame." Read more
VIFF 2015: Rainbow Island
An optimistic film about tradition and change on a small Iranian island Read more
VIFF 2015: Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
A thoughtful and revealing portrait of a woman of influence. Read more
Snapshot Art
A collection of export paintings, created as souvenirs for Western tourists by Chinese painters who adopted Western painting techniques. Read more
Fist
Alberto Manguel examines the rich symbology of the fist, a primal symbol of rebellion and grief, across cultures and history. Read more
VIFF 2014: Art and Craft
Fantastic documentary about an honest forger and the curator obsessed with him. Read more
VIFF 2014: The Creator of the Jungle
A Spanish man spends decades building monumental structures in the forest in order to escape civilization. Read more
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