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  1. Michael de Courcy, Intermedia protest bus, 1969
Item Details

Title: Intermedia protest bus

Pictured: Werner Aellen

Pictured: Gary Lee-Nova

Artist: Michael de Courcy

Date: November 30, 1969

Format: Photograph [fibre based gelatin silver print]

Location: The Michael de Courcy Archive

Size: 12.70 × 10.20 cm

More Information: An Intermedia sponsored protest in the form of a bus trip around the city, distributing information about a freeway development that would accompany the newly proposed Georgia Viaduct, which would adversely effect many neighborhoods in Vancouver. The freeway plan was successfully halted in 1970 due to public outcry. The bus stop departed from the White Spot parking lot on Burrard Street. L-R: Werner Aellen, Gary Lee-Nova Collection of the artist.

Further Research: The Intermedia Catalogue
  1. 09. Werner Aellen's initiation as Intermedia Director
    Werner Aellen and Michael de Courcy (Photograph)
  2. 10. Meeting at Intermedia on Beatty Street
    Michael de Courcy, Gerry Gilbert, Gary Lee-Nova, and Glenn Lewis (Photograph)
  3. 11. Canada Council grant images
    Michael de Courcy and Gary Lee-Nova (Photograph)
  4. 12. Prisma at the Vancouver Art Gallery
    Michael de Courcy, Gary Lee-Nova, and Michael Morris (Photograph)
  5. 13. Prisma at the Vancouver Art Gallery
    Michael de Courcy, Gary Lee-Nova, and Michael Morris (Photograph)
  6. 14. Meeting on 4th Avenue
    Judith Copithorne, Michael de Courcy, Maxine Gadd, Gerry Gilbert, Roy Kiyooka, Gary Lee-Nova, and Henry Rappaport (Photograph)
  7. 15. Box Works performance
    Bob "Box" Arnold, Michael de Courcy, and Gary Lee-Nova (Photograph)