At long last we bring you The Victoria Guitar Trio performing composer Scott Edward Godin’s exquisite re-imagining of a classic Blind Willie Johnson blues tune made semi-famous by Ry Cooder for the soundtrack of Wim Wenders’ 1984 classic film, Paris, Texas. The full title of the piece is: Melos (melody); Dianoia (thought) and is a...Read More
We recently sat down with Timothy Taylor on the occasion of the publication of his new novel “The Rule of Stephens” to talk about how one’s world can sometimes seem to oscillate between being governed by the cosmology of Stephen Hawking…or that of Stephen King.Read More
As part of the 2016 Capture Photography Festival, Ligwilda’xw/Kwakwaka’wakw artist Sonny Assu was commissioned to create a new site-specific installation for the Surrey Art Gallery’s offsite programming venue UrbanScreen located on the west wall of Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre. The result is the bold and delicious 1UP! You can read more in depth about the...Read More
We are very pleased to present another in the series of VR Media music videos. This edition features a solo oud improvisation by one of Vancouver’s great musical treasures, Gordon Grdina. Gordon may be most widely known for his role as the guitarist in Dan Mangan’s group but those with their ears tuned to the...Read More
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
