Pictograms from the Interior of B.C.

Apr 1, 1974
Field:

Reading, Performance

Location:

Grand Luxe Hall, Western Front

Description:

Fred Wah read a selection of poems drawn from his book Pictograms from the Interior of B.C. (1975) in the Grand Luxe Hall as part of Western Front’s weekly Monday Night Reading Series. The texts were accompanied by projections of Secwepemc and Okanagan pictographs sourced from John Corner’s book Pictographs (Indian Rock Paintings) in the Interior of British Columbia (1968). Wah also read poems from his pamphlets Tree (1972), Kootenay Place Anthology (1973), and Earth (1974). 

Curated by Gerry Gilbert.

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Western Front is a non-profit
artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.