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Curatorial Statements

Spartacus & Cassandra – A Curatorial Statement by Dorothy Woodend

January 22, 2016

Spartacus and Cassandra, Film Series, 2016 PuSh Festival

In the previous DOXA Festival we offered a very special program called French French, which encompassed seven new French documentaries and seven archival films drawn from the legendary series Cinema, de notré temps. This collection, curated […]

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Booming with 25 electrifying years of music, culture, and politics – A Curatorial Statement by Bill Millerd

January 20, 2016

BOOM, Rick Miller/Kidoons, 2016 PuSh Festival

Watching Rick Miller perform his one-person show in this breathtaking and mixed-media spectacle is astounding.  Yes the show, BOOM, explores the impact of the baby boom generation by transporting us through 25 electrifying years of […]

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Vu: A spectacular work for both children and adults – A Curatorial Statement by Katharine Carol

January 20, 2016

Vu, Compagnie Sacékripa/Etienne Manceau, 2016 PuSh Festival

The mandate of the Vancouver International Children’s Festival Society is to present work that transforms a child’s understanding of the world around them and what is creatively possible. So, when Norman Armour approached me to discuss […]

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A Tumblr-inspired response to Let’s Not Beat Each Other to Death, by Jordan Tannahill

January 18, 2016

Untitled by DW: photography and paint

A gay hate crime on a New York City subway. 2013. YouTube screen grab. Baring witness.     ———       Untitled, n.d. and Untitled (6 Panel of 6 Panel Series), 1982 by David […]

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On Harold Budd – A Curatorial Statement by Paul Whitney

January 18, 2016

Photo of Harold Budd

  His music has a toughness behind this beautiful veneer. –Gavin Bryars   Harold Budd’s appearance at Club PuSh on January 23rd offers a rare opportunity to hear a unique musical visionary with an unconventional […]

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This is monumental – A Curatorial Statement by Norman Armour

January 18, 2016

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say again. This is big. I mean really big. Like the title, this is monumental. The launch of a world tour by one of the city’s, most revered and […]

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Meaningful conversations held at Human Library – A Curatorial Statement by Dave Deveau

January 16, 2016

Human Library, Stop the Violence/Zee Zee Theatre, 2016 PuSh Festival

What a rare gift to be able to curate this project for a fourth year. The PuSh Festival version of Human Library was supposed to happen over nine days during the 2013 festival. Based on […]

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Intimacy: Beautiful and touching devised theatre – A Curatorial Statement by Norman Armour

January 07, 2016

Intimacy, Ranters Theatre, 2016 PuSh Festival

Some shows scream for attention. Others are far quieter—they whisper in your ear. At first not being sure of what you’re hearing, or even the direction from which you are being beckoned, the work subtly, […]

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