• Wrong Wave 2 / quick preview #1

    This week, from Wednesday the 14th through Saturday the 17th, UNIT/PITT and The Music Appreciation Society are presenting Wrong Wave, a festival of art bands and music by artists. Wednesday night at The Waldorf Hotel, the line-up will include MYTHS. Here’s a preview of what you can expect. Admission only $5! For the rest of…


  • Mathew Sawyer profiled in the Guardian

    Mathew Sawyer’s exhibition, There is no royal road (curated by Cate Rimmer) opens tonight at UNIT/PITT. Just in time for that, he has been profiled in the Guardian. If you miss the opening (part of SWARM), you can try to catch his performance at UNIT/PITT next Friday, September 16, part of Wrong Wave 2. Space…


  • Mathew Sawyer opening for SWARM 12, Friday Sept 9

    Mathew Sawyer opening for SWARM 12, Friday Sept 9

    If you haven’t looked at the full schedule for SWARM 12, check it out. Thursday, September 8 and Friday September 9 are going to be packed with events around Vancouver. UNIT/PITT will be opening a show by UK artist Mathew Sawyer on Friday the 9th, and he’ll be in Vancouver for a week or so…


  • This fall

    We’re closed for a little while right now, recuperating from a busy spring and summer. This fall is going to be pretty amazing though, starting with SWARM in early September: Opening September 9, an exhibition, residency and performance by UK artist Mathew Sawyer, curated by Cate Rimmer Wrong Wave II: Art rock is dead. Long…


  • History of 15 E Pender Street

    UNIT/PITT’s location since April 2011 has been here in the Chinese Times building. Our sub-500ft2 storefront, with no plumbing, is one of a dwindling number of affordable main-floor spaces in the central area of Vancouver. The building was completed in 1902, and includes a top floor with bay windows and high ceilings, and a technically…