The NFB film, Mudflats Living, shot in North Vancouver on the Dollarton mudflats in 1971 by filmmakers Robert Fresco and Kris Patterson, documented an idyllic community of approximately 25 people who were being threatened with eviction by North Vancouver District authorities to make room for a proposed shopping centre.
The Mudflats community was also documented in the photographs of Bruce Stewart which are featured in a new exhibition at the Polygon Gallery, Polygon Outside, a new digital program initiative that extends the reach of the art space:
Bruce Stewart: Dollarton Pleasure Faire, 1972
Photographs from the infamous Maplewood Mudflats
2645 Dollarton Highway, North Vancouver
Knee deep in the Mudflats: Q & A with photographer Bruce Stewart
Along with Stewart’s photographs three other projects are featured in the program:
T’uy’t’tanat-Cease Wyss: Cultural Crossings
A site-specific, digital research project
Welch Street & Mathias Road, West Vancouver
Faith Moosang: Bitter Air
A site specific, 1940’s Radio Drama
125 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver
Lowry’s Cabin
A site specific, 360° virtual recreation of author Malcolm Lowry’s cabin
Cates Park
4141 Dollarton Highway, North Vancouver
