Ruins in Process: Vancouver Art in the Sixties

Related Items

1. 01. The Indian as Artist, Part 1
   Wilson Duff and Chief Henry Speck (Audio)
2. 02. Eagle
   Chief Henry Speck (Painting)
3. 03. What the Heck Says Mr. Speck: The Chief Gives a Tootle for the Talents of Kwakiutl, Vancouver Sun, March 24, 1961
   Chief Henry Speck (Ephemera)
4. 04. Mick Henry opening
   Michael de Courcy, Mick Henry, and Dennis Vance (Photograph)
5. 05. Katherine Hepburn receiving totem pole carved by Ellen Neel from Harry Duker, Totem Land Society
   Ellen Neel (Photograph)
6. 06. Mathias Joe (Chief Joe Capilano) with a Totem Pole
   Mathias Joe (Chief Joe Capilano) (Photograph)
7. 07. Diana Dunstan and Chief Dan George
    (Photograph)
8. 08. Pencil Drawing
   Chief Henry Speck (Drawing)

More Related Items

1. 09. Sea Monster Mask Dance - Ga-gish
   Chief Henry Speck (Painting)
2. 10. Indian paints his history, Vancouver Province, March 21, 1964
   Nikki Moir and Chief Henry Speck (Ephemera)
3. 11. Totem carvers, Ellen Neel and Family
   Ellen Neel and Ted Neel (Photograph)
4. 12. Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer carving cedar log in Totem Park
   Doug Cranmer and Bill Reid (Photograph)
5. 13. Robert Davidson carving totem pole at "Man in His World"
   Robert Davidson (Photograph)
6. 14. Creator of Totem Pole, Native Voice, September 1954
   Arthur Moody (Ephemera)
7. 15. Indian Art, Vancouver Sun, July 6, 1948
   Ted Neel and Ellen Neel (Ephemera)

• Project Sites

  Discrete project sites documenting the work of specific artists and collectives in detail.

  1. 01Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
     Curated by Marcia Crosby
     Research by Roberta Kremer Designed by The Future
  2. 02Al Neil
     Curated by Glenn Alteen Designed by Archer Pechawis
  3. 03Expanded Literary Practices
     Curated by Charo Neville
     and Michael Turner Designed by The Future
  4. 04The Intermedia Catalogue
     Created by Michael de Courcy
     Research by Sarah Todd Designed by James Szuszkiewicz
  5. 05Transmission Difficulties
     Curated by Scott Watson Designed by Dexter Sinister

• Essays

  Essays and conversation providing a context for exploring the Project Sites and Archives.

  1. 01Making Indian Art “Modern”
     By Marcia Crosby
  2. 02Vancouver Cinema in the Sixties
     By Zoë Druick
  3. 03UBC in the Sixties: A Conversation
     Edited by Marian Penner Bancroft
  4. 04Siting the Banal: The Expanded Landscapes of the N.E. Thing Co.
     By Nancy Shaw
  5. 05Urban Renewal: Ghost Traps, Collage, Condos, and Squats
     By Scott Watson

• Video Interviews

  Video interviews conducted between December 2008 and May 2009 reflecting on Vancouver’s art scene in the sixties.

  1. 01Ingrid Baxter with Grant Arnold
  2. 02Christos Dikeakos with Lorna Brown
  3. 03Carole Itter with Lorna Brown
  4. 04Gary Lee-Nova with Scott Watson