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Two of the most common questions we get asked by visitors to 15 East Pender are “what is this place?” and “is this the Helen Pitt Gallery?”. I am always reluctant to impose an interpretation, short-circuiting the process by which an observer arrives at a personal understanding of art. However, that sort of (non-) response…

Thanks to our neighbours down the block at 51 East Pender, there’s a screening and party to benefit the Pitt this Friday night. The Rennie Collection are hosting an evening of short films from Francesco Vezzoli, with the films running continuously in one of their spacious rooms, leaving room to drink and mingle in the…

Thanks to everyone who came to the launch of Kate Armstrong’s generative bookwork Path. The installation continues until June 9; during our regular hours (noon to 5pm Wednesday to Saturday) you can browse the printed version of Path, and listen to the Path audiobook (broadcast continuously on ultra-low-power FM radio) at one of the listening…

Here’s a preview of the audiobook version of Path, the 12-volume artists’ book that we will be launching at the Pitt on Friday, May 11. We will be playing the entire audiobook until June 9: you can come in and sample it at listening stations, and read the print version. Outside of open hours, you…

Here’s an advance look at all twelve volumes and 7000-plus pages of Path by Kate Armstrong. Each set is produced by hand at Publication Studio Vancouver. See it, and hear the audiobook version, at UNIT/PITT on Friday, May 11 at 8pm (or during regular hours until June 9).