[Blacklabcollective] Underground venue doc

[mick mccann]

hey! These two folks approached me a while back saying they were doing a
documentary on underground venues in Vancouver. I told them we were a
little worried about getting too much light due to our circumstances. But
it still be cool, I said i'd forward their write up to ye.

Heavy Underground: Vancouver Venues

Black Lab

Hello! We are Stone Mountain Films, otherwise known as Asia Fairbanks and
Willow Gamberg, Vancouver independent filmmakers.

We have begun work on a project that we would like to launch in the new
year, and we believe that Black Lab is essential to it.

The basic idea: An online mini documentary series, with each 8-10 minute
episode featuring a different Vancouver underground heavy music venue. To
examine each venue, we will be interviewing the venue operators and one
agreed-upon band that is chosen to best represent the venue.

We want to learn about Black Lab, its history, the challenges you have
faced in the past and those you face today. We want to know what keeps you
going, and why it’s important. To us, independent, underground venues are
the lifeblood of the scene, as are the bands that play them. In the
Vancouver heavy music underground, we have found and become integrated with
a community like none we’ve ever experienced - vibrant, creative, and
resilient. We want to document and share this with anyone interested in
learning about it. Your identities, and the venue location, can be
protected if you so desire. All we want is to capture the unique spirit of
our scene, and the people that make it possible.

What we need from you: A short video interview held at the space, and your
help in organizing a show with the band agreed upon (or alternatively
selecting an already booked show), so that we can document a live show at
Black Lab.

The Official Write-Up:

Heavy Underground: Vancouver Venues will provide a look into a very
specific aspect of Vancouver’s prolific heavy music scene;
independently-run underground venues, the people that run them, and the
bands that play them. In a city renowned for its high venue mortality rate,
independent venues, operated both legally and otherwise, have become
essential to the small but thriving heavy music community. These venues,
ranging from historical buildings and warehouses to retail skateboard
shops, provide a home for the music community, a starting point for
aspiring musicians, and a melting pot of art, music and culture that
benefits us all. In this series, we will examine the city’s key underground
spaces, what they mean for the music community, and the challenges they
face operating in a city where urban redevelopment is paramount, art is
institutionalized, and counterculture is repressed by social stigma and red
tape.
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