Sphaerae is a music video derived from scans and photographic treatments of Pacific Bull Kelp bulbs found on the shores of Galiano Island on BC’s west coast. Originally conceived as a photo series questioning the nature of artistic representations of space, it evolved into a video and is scored by internationally acclaimed Vancouver-based ambient music...Read More
Simply put, this is Adrian Verdejo performing Rodney Sharman’s “In A Room” for solo classical guitar. Adrian is one of Canada’s foremost new music interpreters for the guitar and Rodney is one of the country’s best composers. VR Media interviewed them at Green College over the summer of 2014 and recorded this live and intimate...Read More
An interview with Taras Grescoe, public transit advocate and the author of Straphanger. This was done as a co-production with The Literary Review of Canada and The Spur Festival in May of 2014. It touches on the need for urgent and smart transit planning for the ever-swelling metropolis. Taras is a passionate advocate for the...Read More
Lions Gate Bridge (for George McWhirter) is a poem by Elizabeth Bachinsky and is published by Nightwood Editions in the superb collection The Hottest Summer in Recorded History. This is the second poetry adaptation for video by Vancouver Review Media. A long standing Vancouver landmark, the Lions Gate Bridge has, since 1938, inspired photographers, lovers,...Read More
VR Media sat down with Timothy Taylor to talk about food fashion, toast, a curious home-style approach to making ceviché and much more! His new book, Foodville, is published by Nonvella. Long time supporters of the print version of Vancouver Review may recall reading an earlier version of some of the material. It’s now a...Read More
This is the first VR Media video poetry adaptation. I asked Liz Bachinsky for some poems of hers that were image-rich and, of course, NAILS popped up right away! It’s from her latest collection of poems; The Hottest Summer in Recorded History published by Nightwood Editions. There exists another world here. These places are everywhere...Read More
When you have a chance to talk to an artist whose work you’ve admired for years, it’s tempting to get lost in the details of the work, of discussing the whys and wherefores of particular images and the thinking behind them. But with the nature of Edward Burtynsky’s photography and the thickening onslaught of news...Read More
On New Years Day, 2012, Vancouver band Glass Kites released a self-titled CD. Its spare, haunting final track, Slowly (Home) was picked up by CBC Radio’s The Signal (with Laurie Brown) and along with tracks by Brasstronaut, Patrick Watson and others it remained in steady rotation during a particularly strong year for alternative Canadian pop...Read More
This past summer, VR Media sat down with David Scott Hamilton to talk about his role as a literary translator (French to English). For David it became a calling that, once fully embraced, facilitated huge and positive changes in his life. David is engaging and passionate about the topic and is able to draw interest...Read More
