Event Category Archives: Arts & Culture District

Decolonization Tour

  In collaboration with ARTIVISM join us for a Decolonization Tour hosted and facilitated by the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery on October 4 from 1-2:30 PM. The Decolonization Tour highlights site-specific artworks by Indigenous artists and raises questions around issues of place, space and identity. Considering how these works address urgent social and […]

Every Body Must Dance

  Blank Vinyl Project showcases some of UBC’s most amazing student talent. In tune with the ARTIVISM theme, Politics of the Body, Blank Vinyl Project is bringing an incredible lineup of IBPOC and 2SLGBTQIA+ musicians. The beautiful Telus Studio is fully accessible for ‘all bodies’. Grab your friends and reserve ahead to secure your spot! […]

Film: Joyland (Online Screening)

ARTIVISM is proud to yet again partner with the 41st Vancouver International Film Festival with a ground breaking, award-winning new film from Pakistan addressing politics of the body as they are strained under expectations of tradition. In Joyland, a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line, while […]

ARTIVISM 2022: Bodymapping – The Stories We Carry

Create art in response to reflections around Politics of the Body, exploring the stories we carry. In this workshop we will use grounding exercises and expressive arts therapy prompts to delve into these topics as facilitated by Jotika Chaudhary Samant. Materials provided but you are welcome to bring your own markers, felts, pastels, crayons etc […]

Vessels in Motion

No experience necessary + all abilities encouraged to drop into this dance workshop with UBC Dance Horizons. Instructors will guide movement discovery derived from the experiences and stories contained within participants bodies. Dance Workshop | Venue: Life Building 26 | October 7, 4:00pm – 5:00pm | FREE Drop-In

ARTIVISM 2022: Opening Party – Body

From the spiritual to the sensational, a transdisciplinary art exhibition for absolutely every body. Established in 1970, Hatch Art Gallery is UBC’s only student-run exhibition space. Dedicated to stimulating the exchange of art and ideas between artists, students, and the community, the Hatch Art Gallery showcases diverse practices. Opening Party (Cash Bar) + performance: October […]

Dissolve

Following a college girl on a night out, moving back and forth from bedroom to bar scenes, one actress plays 16 characters, both comic and dramatic. Night turns to morning, and “Anygirl” awakens from her ordeal, disoriented. Dissolve addresses the serious issues of sexual consent, drink spiking and drug-facilitated sexual assault from a darkly humorous perspective. […]