PuSh Blog

Declarations

November 04, 2015

Declarations, Jordan Tannahill, 2016 PuSh Festival

Created by Club PuSh Curator-in-Residence Jordan Tannahill, in collaboration with 15 Vancouver residents, this is a performance for a party. The performers, dispersed through the crowd, each make declarations they hold to be true. Their […]

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A Living Documentary

November 04, 2015

A Living Documentary, Cynthia Hopkins, 2016 PuSh Festival

A raw comedic reflection by Cynthia Hopkins on earning a living as a professional theatre artist, this stripped-down, one-woman show introduces us to a tickle trunk of eclectic semi-fictional characters. Watch them navigate the stark […]

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Decoder 2017

November 04, 2015

Decoder 2017, Mallory Catlett/Restless NYC, 2016 PuSh Festival

“When you cut up the present the future leaks in,” William Burroughs claimed. Now Mallory Catlett puts you in the reality studio to watch the cuts unfold. Sound artist G. Lucas Crane generates an alternate […]

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The Society of the Spectacle

November 03, 2015

The Society of the Spectacle (Director: Guy Debord), DJ Spooky, 2016 PuSh Festival

DJ Spooky is a composer and multimedia artist who’s worked with Metallica, Steve Reich and Yoko Ono. Here he is joined by locals Peggy Lee and Mark Ferris to rescore Situationist International founder Guy Debord’s […]

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Songs of Resilience

November 03, 2015

Songs of Resilience, Queer Songbook Orchestra, 2016 PuSh Festival

Queer Songbook Orchestra, the Toronto 11-piece chamber pop orchestra, makes their West Coast debut and takes a look back at the last century of popular music through a queer lens. They shed new light on […]

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An Evening with Fond of Tigers

November 03, 2015

Fond of Tigers, 2016 PuSh Festival

Behind the Juno Award-winning band Fond of Tigers are seven of Vancouver’s leading musical creatives, led by Stephen Lyons and including members Jesse Zubot and JP Carter. Their avant-garde sound textures and post-rock structures hover […]

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Let’s Not Beat Each Other to Death

November 03, 2015

Let's Not Beat Each Other to Death, Accidental Mechanics Group, 2016 PuSh Festival

Inspired by tragedy and driven by hope, Halifax’s Stewart Legere and his company The Accidental Mechanics Company pay tribute in this provocative, participatory work to queer people around the world who have suffered bigotry and […]

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An Evening with Harold Budd

November 03, 2015

Harold Budd, 2016 PuSh Festival

Harold Budd‘s music eludes classification, though it has been described as “like the Southwest desert landscapes of his youth, possessing a thin veneer of serenity, yet masking a mood that is dark and dangerous.” During […]

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