Archive / "Electronic Irwin" studio production
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Item Details
Title: "Electronic Irwin" studio production
Pictured: Dennis Vance
Artist: Michael de Courcy
Date: May 31, 1969
Format: Photograph [fibre based gelatin silver print]
Location: The Michael de Courcy Archive
Size: 12.70 × 10.20 cm
More Information: Dennis Vance working on a sound sculpture entitled “Electronic Irwin” in his studio at the New Era Social Club. The title of this work refers to Los Angeles artist Robert Irwin. Irwin was featured in the influential Vancouver Art Gallery exhibition “Los Angeles 6” in 1968. Collection of the artist.
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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. Michael de Courcy's "Intermedia Room" at the Vancouver Art Gallery
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Bob "Box" Arnold and Michael de Courcy (Photograph) - 07. Box Prototypes
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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