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Clark Nikolai \| Galactic Docking Company Clark Nikolai has been making films since the early 1980s. His work plays all over the world. He is known as a pioneer in the exploration of video as an art form.
Dana Claxton \| The Hill Dana Claxton works in video, film, photography, performance and pedagogy.
Donna Lee \| Enter the Mullet Donna Lee is a high school educator, third generation Chinese-Canadian, and proud Yima. Enter the Mullet was a very fun, first film-making experience.
James Diamond \| The Man from Venus A multi-media artist, he has won several awards including the Gerry Brunet Memorial Award. An Indigenous/Jewish Canadian born in Montreal, he has been based in Vancouver circa 1994.
John Greyson \| Perils of Pedagogy Known for his experimental, documentary and fiction films on queer themes, Greyson is a video artist, writer, activist and professor at York University.
Ivan Coyote \| Transmission Ivan Coyote was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. An award-winning author of six collections of short stories, one novel, three CD’s, four short films and a renowned performer.
lisa g \| My Sweet Prince Charming Lisa g is a multidisciplinary artist. Currently obsessed with collecting real stories by real people, Lisa g is working with a team of artists collecting stories of Vancouverites.
Lorna Boschmann \| Butch/Femme in Paradise Boschman's Butch/Femme in Paradise was an early film with sexually explicit content. Currently, Lorna's completing her PhD in Interactive Arts and Technology at SFU.
Meg Torwl \| where have the lesbians gone Meg Torwl works with Writing/Performance, Radio, Video, New Media, Arts Advocacy. Her work has been published, performed, broadcast in Canada, USA, UK, and NZ.
Michael Venus \| Supa Girl a.k.a. Miss Cotton. Creator of wearable art/wig fest, Wiggle, co-creator of The House of Venus. He works internationally with artists; Douglas Copeland, INXS, Bruce Labruce, Lady Bunny and others.
Michael V. Smith \| Femme Michael V. Smith is a film-maker, author and performer. His new novel, Progress, was released by Cormorant Books. He teaches creative writing in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at UBC.
Paul Wong \| 60 Unit : Bruise A pioneer of video art, Paul Wong is a master of large-scale installations, performance and site-specific media art events. Represented by the Winsor Gallery, Vancouver and Vtape, Toronto.

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Clark Nikolai \| Galactic Docking Company Clark Nikolai has been making films since the early 1980s. His work plays all over the world. He is known as a pioneer in the exploration of video as an art form.
Dana Claxton \| The Hill Dana Claxton works in video, film, photography, performance and pedagogy.
Donna Lee \| Enter the Mullet Donna Lee is a high school educator, third generation Chinese-Canadian, and proud Yima. Enter the Mullet was a very fun, first film-making experience.
James Diamond \| The Man from Venus A multi-media artist, he has won several awards including the Gerry Brunet Memorial Award. An Indigenous/Jewish Canadian born in Montreal, he has been based in Vancouver circa 1994.
John Greyson \| Perils of Pedagogy Known for his experimental, documentary and fiction films on queer themes, Greyson is a video artist, writer, activist and professor at York University.
Ivan Coyote \| Transmission Ivan Coyote was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. An award-winning author of six collections of short stories, one novel, three CD’s, four short films and a renowned performer.
lisa g \| My Sweet Prince Charming Lisa g is a multidisciplinary artist. Currently obsessed with collecting real stories by real people, Lisa g is working with a team of artists collecting stories of Vancouverites.
Lorna Boschmann \| Butch/Femme in Paradise Boschman's Butch/Femme in Paradise was an early film with sexually explicit content. Currently, Lorna's completing her PhD in Interactive Arts and Technology at SFU.
Meg Torwl \| where have the lesbians gone Meg Torwl works with Writing/Performance, Radio, Video, New Media, Arts Advocacy. Her work has been published, performed, broadcast in Canada, USA, UK, and NZ.
Michael Venus \| Supa Girl a.k.a. Miss Cotton. Creator of wearable art/wig fest, Wiggle, co-creator of The House of Venus. He works internationally with artists; Douglas Copeland, INXS, Bruce Labruce, Lady Bunny and others.
Michael V. Smith \| Femme Michael V. Smith is a film-maker, author and performer. His new novel, Progress, was released by Cormorant Books. He teaches creative writing in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at UBC.
Paul Wong \| 60 Unit : Bruise A pioneer of video art, Paul Wong is a master of large-scale installations, performance and site-specific media art events. Represented by the Winsor Gallery, Vancouver and Vtape, Toronto.