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X's & O's [Green Folder]
File · 1984-1987
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

File contains photographs, photographic negatives, and photocopied images from the performance of “X’s and O’s” at the Canada Pavillion at Expo ‘86, as well as program guides from “X’s and O’s” (Richmond Arts Centre, 1999) and Western Front (1985). There are also event posters, photo prints, an article about “X’s and O’s”, and photographs of the show in Calgary.

X's & O's
Subseries · 1984 - 1986
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

X's & O's was a performance series by Dragu, revisited throughout her career. She first produced X's & O's during a 1985 artist residency at The Western Front in Vancouver, describing it as "about space and design ... I use the shape of X's and O's as a map, floorpan, idea, magic ritual, game-plan. And this effort/shape menu provides holes (dynamics) in which I stitch culture to the sky. Urban culture and urban rhythms. The music is important. There is lots of step-dancing in it sort-of. The piece maintains the aerial view of apartment living looking down on the marketplace." X's & O's utilized dance, live music, slides, and Super 8 video recording, and was based on controlled improvisation.

Writings
File · ca. 1967-1991
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

File contains reviews of books Dragu edited or contributed to. There are also some photographs as well and other projects related to her writing. (File contains many duplicate items.)

Writing/Drawing
Series · ca. 1967-2006, predominate 1987-2001
Part of Margaret Dragu fonds

Series consists of materials pertaining to Dragu’s work as a writer of poetry, fiction, non-fiction (including personal essays), and chapbooks, as well as some of her drawings. These materials include writing drafts, reviews of her books, copies of pieces written for various publications, press releases and publicity related to her books, and a large number of chapbooks (which feature a mix of creative writing, drawings, and collage). There are also drawings, including comic strips, made by Dragu.

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
Women's orgs + videos
CA SVE SD-04-01-080 · File · 1976 - 1980
Part of Sara Diamond fonds

Folder contains catalogues and tape lists, including "Women in Focus: Catalogue 1977," Women's Work Directory," and "Isis: Women's Media 1976 catalogue," among others.

Sara Diamond