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"Exhibit C" Harper, Ellen Reiko

Abstract

I started this project with an interest in secrets, in ideas about history, fiction, curation, and relative truths. Early on in the semester it was suggested that I take a look at the York Theatre. When I first started investigating it I wasn’t quite sure what I was looking for. Initially, I was intrigued by the disconnect between the storied history of the building and the systems in place that protect it. As I continued digging, I began to discover a series of incongruencies — moments that don’t quite fit into a clean narrative of the theatre’s past. I continued looking into these incongruencies, and I began trying to piece together some of these fragments. I don’t know if they can ever be fully assembled, but this is what I’ve discovered so far.

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Title
"Exhibit C"
Alternate Title
A Brief History of the York Theatre (aka The Alcazar Theatre aka The Palace Theatre aka The Little Theatre aka The New York Theatre aka The Raja Theatre)
Creator
Harper, Ellen Reiko
Date Issued
2021-12
Description
I started this project with an interest in secrets, in ideas about history, fiction, curation, and relative truths. Early on in the semester it was suggested that I take a look at the York Theatre. When I first started investigating it I wasn’t quite sure what I was looking for. Initially, I was intrigued by the disconnect between the storied history of the building and the systems in place that protect it. As I continued digging, I began to discover a series of incongruencies — moments that don’t quite fit into a clean narrative of the theatre’s past. I continued looking into these incongruencies, and I began trying to piece together some of these fragments. I don’t know if they can ever be fully assembled, but this is what I’ve discovered so far.
Subject
theatre; storytelling; history; fiction; memory; exploration
Geographic Location
Grandview-Woodlands (Vancouver, B.C.)
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. ARCH 549
Date Available
2022-01-21
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0406322
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/80698
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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