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May 17 to July 6, 2013 I.O.U. is a curatorial project developed by Kalli Niedoba, bringing together works by Steven Brekelmans, Colleen Heslin, Devon Knowles, Ben Raymer, Ian Robert Sandilands and Frieda-raye Green. The works selected for this exhibition have been floating together, basely tied to a dock somewhere in the Strait of Georgia. During the months…

Update: open regular hours, noon – 5pm, on Good Friday and on Saturday March 30. This is the last week to catch the Luminous Books|Owl Cave temporary bookshop at UNIT/PITT Projects! Come by this week to check out new additions to the library from Paravion Press. Additions include: The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll,…

Donate Now! Unit/Pitt is pleased to announce that we have just signed a 15-year lease on a new location. The new building, at 236 East Pender Street, was formerly occupied by a grocery (and after that, a herbalist), and will provide us with a larger and better-equipped presentation space (indoor plumbing!), room onsite for our…

ALTERNATIVE ORGANS is an online resource for alternative publishing and book art projects presented by Luminous Books | Owl Cave in conjunction with the Luminous Books residency at UNIT/PITT Projects. . Taking its name from a publication within The Whole Earth Catalog, Alternative Organs draws on the catalog’s original aims to facilitate, reflect and build communities through independent…

Kevin Murphy: Atlantean Timepiece March 22 to May 4, 2013 Opening this Friday, March 22 2013, 8 pm Kevin Murphy’s Atlantean Timepiece is the fourth project in UNIT/PITT’s series What Future. Influenced by widespread concerns surrounding sea level rise, geological instability, earthquakes, and flooding in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, Atlantean Timepiece imagines the future…