plastic orchid factory
Registered Name: THE PLASTIC ORCHID FACTORY SOCIETY
Business No: 800323552RR0001
This organization is designated by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as a registered charity. They comply with the CRA's requirements and has been issued a charitable registration number.
plastic orchid factory acknowledges the unceded, ancestral and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) people. As artists that live, work and play on these lands, we strive to learn from, and to be allies with, Indigenous people.
In its 15 year history, plastic orchid factory has devised over 20 original works that have been presented in galleries, theatres, studios and community halls across Turtle Island. Recent highlights include presentations at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Performance Works (Boca del Lupo), Mile Zero Dance (Edmonton), Swallow A Bicycle (Calgary) and Crimson Coast (Nanaimo); commissions for Vancouver’s Capture Festival, Facade Festival and The Belkin Gallery; residencies at Lake Studios (Berlin), LENA (Galiano Island), The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (Burnaby) and Centre Q (Ottawa).
In 2017, plastic orchid created Left of Main, a shared artist-run space dedicated to the live arts, located in the former Park Lock Dim Sum Restaurant in Vancouver’s Historic Chinatown. plastic orchid aims to respond to the needs of the milieu by imagining and developing expanded platforms that move outside of traditional modes of production and dissemination.