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Writing and Exhibitions
CA SVE SD-04 · Series · 1979 - 2014
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Series consists of records pertaining to writing and exhibitions both produced by and featuring Sara Diamond’s work. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Diamond’s writing was published extensively in Canada. Major topics include labour history in B.C., media art criticism, the anti-censorship movement, and artist-run centre culture in Canada. Throughout this, she curated screenings and exhibitions and produced exhibition essays.

Series also consists of writings about Diamond’s career, and exhibition catalogues for shows her work appeared in.

The series is divided into two subseries:
Textual and photographic records
Audiovisual materials

Sara Diamond
Code Zebra
CA SVE SD-03 · Series · 2000 - 2008
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Series consists of records pertaining to the new media project Code Zebra. Code Zebra was a multi-layered project which Diamond produced as a co-production with BNMI between 2001 - 2004. It investigated visual representation of relationships and social interactions. Elements of the project included performances, exhibitions, workshops, games, fashion shows, and software development. It included the performance series “Habituation Cages,” in which notable artists and scientists would spend 24 hours locked in a monitored room, with all their conversations and actions recorded. Much of the activity was documented on and explored within the interactive website codezebra.net.

The series is divided into two subseries:

  1. Textual and photographic records
  2. Audiovisual materials
Sara Diamond
Code Zebra
CA SVE SD-03-01-002 · File · Predominantly 2000 - 2008
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

1 box of files. Contains journal articles and conference proceedings related to Code Zebra. The bulk of the reseach material is Diamond's own research that informed Code Zebra, and does not directly reference the project. Contains files related to production and planning of Code Zebra; these include grant applications to Telefilm, correspondence with partners in the project, and handwritten notes from Diamond. Contains short texts about animals which later appeared on the Code Zebra website.

Sara Diamond
Code Zebra
CA SVE SD-03-01-004 · File · Approximately 2000 - 2006
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

1 box of administrative and production files related to Code Zebra. Contents include: funding proposals, reports to the Rockefeller Foundation from 1997 - 2004 ; applications and paperwork about the Telefilm New Media Grant; files on coding options for the Code Zebra website; and contracts with computer programmers. Also includes files on Diamond's doctoral thesis.

Sara Diamond
The Banff Centre
CA SVE SD-06 · Series · 1992 - 2005
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Series consists of records pertaining to Diamond's time working at The Banff Institute between 1992 - 2005. In 1992, she was appointed director of the Television and Video Program at Banff. Diamond later led the creation of the Banff New Media Institute (BNMI), which she was the director of from 1995 - 2005. During her time at the BNMI, she oversaw extensive programming of institutes, conferences, recurring workshops, and annual exhibitions. With Sarah Cook, Diamond co-edited the book “Euphoria & Dystopia,” documenting the history of the BNMI and the events which moved through the space. Diamond also produced an unpublished manuscript titled “Flesh Eating Technologies,” containing work presented at a conference of the same title which occurred at the BNMI.

Sara Diamond
CA SVE SD-06-01-002 · File · 2003 - 2005
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

1 box of files related primarily to Diamond's work with the Banff New Media Institute, and book projects related to the BNMI. Contains 2 binders of drafts of "Euphoria/Dystopia: The Banff New Media Institute Dialogues, 1995-2005." 1 binder of a draft of "Flesh Eating Technologies." 5 files related to "Euphoria/Dystopia:" flesh boxes ; co-pro ; events listing ; glossary of terms; notes on content. Transcripts of a talk at the summit "Skinning Our Tools," by Mervin Jarman, Camille Turner, and Sonia Mills. 1 audio-disk, "Soundtrack of exhibition."

Sara Diamond
CA SVE SD-06-01 · Subseries · 1992 - 2005
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Materials include: individual files on summits and events at the BNMI; correspondence; manuscripts of “Euphoria & Dystopia” and “Flesh Eating Technologies”; transcripts of interviews and conference proceedings; personal notes; and flyers.

Sara Diamond
CA SVE SD-06-01-001 · File · 1995 - 2005
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

1 box of files related primarily to Diamond's work with the Banff New Media Institute. Includes files on the Banff Office of Research, grants ant funding for the BNMI. Specific files on Nomad Theory, the Inside/Outside Fashion Show, and Drum Beats to Drum Bytes. Also includes files covering BNMI Summits and Workshops from 1995 - 2005; these include agendas, schedules, descriptions of events and workshops, and biographies of instructors.

Sara Diamond
BNMI
CA SVE SD-06-01-003 · File · 1998 - 2004
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

1 binder of photographs and photographic slides; primarily documentation of events at the BNMI. 1 binder of transcripts and notes related to Euphoria & Dystopia. 1 file of flyers and programs from Banff, 1998 - 2004. 3 files of internal Banff documents, research plans and SSRCH applications.

Sara Diamond
Audiovisual materials
CA SVE SD-03-02 · Subseries · 2001 - 2004
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

For access to a complete database of this subseries, please contact the archivist at the CDMLA.

Sara Diamond
Code Zebra
CA SVE SD-03-01-005 · File · Predominantly 2000 - 2004
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

1 box of administrative, production, and research files related to Code Zebra. Includes: a co-production agreement with the Banff Centre and related correspondence; promotional material for festivals and events; notes and correspondence on coding and website design; large sheets of paper with handwritten brainstorming notes; and background research in the form of relevant journal articles and publications.

Sara Diamond
CA SVE SD-03-01-001 · File · 2002 - 2003
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

1 box of files and binders. Contains 2 binders of documentation of the Code Zebra Habituation Cages; includes promotional material, correspondence, and transcriptions of conversations which happened during the events. Also includes materials relating to conferences including schedules, proceedings, and Diamond's notes, and correspondence about the Code Zebra project.

Sara Diamond
BNMI
CA SVE SD-06-01-004 · File · 1997 - 2003
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Contains material relating to Diamond's time at Banff. Includes professional correspondence, drafts of articles, and notebooks. Includes 3 files on Code Zebra.

Sara Diamond
Code Zebra
CA SVE SD-03-01-003 · File · 2000 - 2002
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

1 box of files. Contains materials about the production of Code Zebra including funding proposals and correspondence. Contains material about the Code Zebra Habituation Cages, and Code Zebra's participation in the DEA03 / DEAF festival. Contains release forms and contracts with participants and computer programmers.

Sara Diamond
Videos and installations
CA SVE SD-02 · Series · 1980 - 2001
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Series consists of records pertaining to Diamond’s video art production unrelated to The Women’s Labour History Project. Diamond’s art practice heavily incorporates elements of docudrama and memoir. Collectively, this work has been broadly screened and collected by galleries and museums. Diamond's artistic career was the subject of a retrospective at The National Gallery of Canada in 1992.

The series is divided into two subseries:

Textual and photographic records
Audiovisual materials

Sara Diamond
Patternity
Subseries · 1986-2001, bulk 1991-1992
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Materials in this subseries relate to Diamond's video installation "Patternity" (1992). Video description from V Tape: “Patternity is a 3-channel installation with furniture and photography curtains. Patternity makes use of the landscapes of New York, memories recalled in a five day intensive studio shoot, gestures and text. It places these in juxtaposition in a humorous, touching and critical inquiry about fathers and daughters, the passing on of language and narrative, and the problem of nostalgia. The history of an individual, Jerome D. Diamond, stands against the collective struggles of radical union, Jewish and other groups.“

These materials includes editing logs; original photographs of the production; transcripts of interviews with family members; promotional material; correspondence with curators; and technical installation notes. Includes material on the installation of "Patternity" at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1991, inclusion in the National Gallery of Canada in 1992, and the Biennial of Sydney in 1993.

Sara Diamond
Audiovisual materials
CA SVE SD-02-02 · Subseries · 1981 - 2000
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

For access to a complete database of this subseries, please contact the archivist at the CDMLA.

Sara Diamond