This is an archived event from Culture Days 2025.
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Abbas Akhavan, Fatigues (fox), 2017. Photo: Yuula Benivolski
Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years
In-person
Interdisciplinary Visual artsDate and time
This activity runs the duration of Culture Days.
Location
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
1866 Main Mall - Šxʷʔey̓eʔ
Vancouver, BC
Directions: Directions: https://belkin.ubc.ca/visit/.
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.
Gallery attendant.
About
Presenting largely new works, the Belkin exhibition includes site-specific and ephemeral installations, video and sculpture that blur the meanings and distinctions between stage, set, gameboard, studio, and gallery. These works continue Akhavan’s interest in institutional and domestic spaces that contend with the coexistence of hospitality and hostility. Between the institutional and domestic are carceral spaces, fantasy spaces, gaming spaces, and spaces that condition behaviour and operate as civilizing architectures.
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UBC Arts & Culture District
Experience the UBC Arts & Culture District: Immerse yourself in live music, theatre, opera, film, contemporary and fine art, a world-renowned Museum of Anthropology, and more.
The UBC Arts and Culture District educates and showcases student creatives and scholars, presents world-renowned performers, and is home to innovative public programs and international exhibitions. We also offer an annual Artivism Festival and International Women’s Day event.
We hold the creative and performing arts as core to deep disciplinary knowledge and applied research, and as the key to a fulfilled and connected life.
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