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Co-presented with the Kootenay School of Writing and Urban Subjects
march
small pond hold up
in a sickly greenback battered manufacturing blue steak in a two-lane truck stop
fine dark carbon particles form or release during combustion
scarce cords tempered tuning
suck city
sprawl has consumed quiet woodlots
elms grow sparse
black-spotted parasols
accessed central came from the dirt hills
home is where the cart is
* CECILY NICHOLSON
on the docks workers move in
measured steps
and motions
to extract as
extract
the cranes overhead
spin from an axis
point
on the ground
point
point
point of contact
with the ground
with
the soil
dancing in workboots
not meant for dance
with people
meant to dance
the life
out of the necropolis
the dead capital
the polis of warehousing
wall st vs main st tonight
extended over all
* IVAN DRURY
VIVO is located in the homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples in a warehouse space at 2625 Kaslo Street south of East Broadway at the end of E 10th. Transit line 9 stops at Kaslo Street on Broadway. From the bus stop, the path is paved, curbless, and on a slight decline. The closest skytrain station is Renfrew Station, which is three blocks south-east of VIVO and has an elevator. From there, the path is paved, curbless, and on a slight incline. There is parking available at VIVO, including wheelchair access parking. There is a bike rack at the entrance. The front entrance leads indoors to a set of 7 stairs to the lobby.
A wheelchair ramp is located at the west side of the main entrance. The ramp has two runs: the first run is 20 feet long, and the second run is 26 feet. The ramp is 60 inches wide. The slope is 1:12. The ramp itself is concrete and has handrails on both sides. There is an outward swinging door (34 inch width) at the top of the ramp leading to a vestibule. A second outward swinging door (33 inch width) opens into the exhibition space. Buzzers and intercoms are located at both doors to notify staff during regular office hours or events to unlock the doors. Once unlocked, visitors can use automatic operators to open the doors.
There are two all-gender washrooms. One has a stall and is not wheelchair accessible. The other is a single room with a urinal and is wheelchair accessible: the door is 33 inches wide and inward swinging, without automation. The toilet has 11 inch clearance on the left side and a handrail.
To reach the bathrooms from the studio, exit through the double doors and proceed straight through the lobby and down the hall . Turn left, and the two bathrooms will be on your right side. The closest one has a stall and is not wheelchair accessible. The far bathroom is accessible.
Cecily Nicholson is a Vancouver and Surrey-based organizer. She has worked with women of the downtown eastside community of Vancouver for the past decade and is currently the Coordinator of Funds with the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre. Cecily has collaborated most recently as a member of the VIVO Media Arts collective, Press Release poetry collective and No One is Illegal, Vancouver collective. Triage, a book of poetry, is forthcoming from Talonbooks in Spring 2011.
Ivan Drury is an organizer on the elected board of directors of the DTES Neighbourhood Council and a member of SFU Against Goldcorp and Gentrification. He is pursuing a master’s degree in history at SFU. He has published some poetry, prose, and polemics in West Coast Line and some online magazines. His reading will be about the identity of the cultural critic in Vancouver.