Archive / Prisma at the Vancouver Art Gallery
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Item Details
Title: Prisma at the Vancouver Art Gallery
Pictured: Gary Lee-Nova
Artist: Michael Morris
Artist: Michael de Courcy
Date: April 30, 1968
Format: Photograph [fibre based gelatin silver print]
Location: The Michael de Courcy Archive
Size: 12.70 × 10.20 cm
More Information: “Prisma” a multi media installation by Gary Lee-Nova and Michael Morris . “Prisma” was commissioned by the Vancouver Art Gallery and was exhibited at the gallery’s “Intermedia Nights” exhibition. The installation consisted of a large seven-sided mirrored chamber with accompanying sound and light effects. Collection of the artist.
Further Research: The Intermedia CatalogueRelated Items
- 01. The Al Neil Trio rehearsing at Intermedia
Michael de Courcy, Al Neil, and Gregg Simpson (Photograph) - 02. Crown Zellerbach Canada Meeting
Michael de Courcy and Henry Rappaport (Photograph) - 03. Box Prototypes
Michael de Courcy (Photograph) - 04. Vancouver Art Gallery self-publishing workshop
Michael de Courcy (Photograph) - 05. Box Prototypes
Michael de Courcy (Photograph) - 06. Canada Council grant images
Michael de Courcy (Photograph) - 07. After Hours at Intermedia
Michael de Courcy and Dennis Vance (Photograph) - 08. The Al Neil Trio performing at the Magic Colonial Theater
Werner Aellen, Michael de Courcy, and Dennis Vance (Photograph)
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- 09. Intermedia protest bus
Michael de Courcy (Photograph) - 10. Deborah Hay Workshop
Michael de Courcy (Photograph) - 11. Mick Henry opening
Michael de Courcy (Photograph) - 12. Mushroom Festival
Michael de Courcy (Photograph) - 13. Exit Mural
Intermedia (Photograph) - 14. Ray Johnson portfolio from Concrete Poetry Catalogue
Alvin Balkind, Ray Johnson, and Michael Morris (Book) - 15. Michael de Courcy's "Intermedia Room" at the Vancouver Art Gallery
Michael de Courcy (Photograph)
Project Sites
Discrete project sites documenting the work of specific artists and collectives in detail.
- 01Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
Curated by Marcia Crosby
Research by Roberta Kremer Designed by The Future - 02Al Neil
Curated by Glenn Alteen Designed by Archer Pechawis - 03Expanded Literary Practices
Curated by Charo Neville
and Michael Turner Designed by The Future - 04The Intermedia Catalogue
Created by Michael de Courcy
Research by Sarah Todd Designed by James Szuszkiewicz - 05Transmission Difficulties
Curated by Scott Watson Designed by Dexter Sinister
- 01Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
Essays
Essays and conversation providing a context for exploring the Project Sites and Archives.
- 01Making Indian Art “Modern”
By Marcia Crosby - 02Vancouver Cinema in the Sixties
By Zoë Druick - 03UBC in the Sixties: A Conversation
Edited by Marian Penner Bancroft - 04Siting the Banal: The Expanded Landscapes of the N.E. Thing Co.
By Nancy Shaw - 05Urban Renewal: Ghost Traps, Collage, Condos, and Squats
By Scott Watson
- 01Making Indian Art “Modern”
Video Interviews
Video interviews conducted between December 2008 and May 2009 reflecting on Vancouver’s art scene in the sixties.
- 01Ingrid Baxter with Grant Arnold
- 02Christos Dikeakos with Lorna Brown
- 03Carole Itter with Lorna Brown
- 04Gary Lee-Nova with Scott Watson