Archive / Tom Osbourne and his Fiber Optic Egg
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Item Details
Title: Tom Osbourne and his Fiber Optic Egg
Artist: Michael de Courcy
Date: December 31, 1968
Format: Photograph [fibre based gelatin silver print]
Location: The Michael de Courcy Archive
Size: 12.70 × 10.20 cm
More Information: Tom Osborne and his fiber optic sound sculpture which was developed at the Intermedia studios. The piece would pulsate in time to the sound of a fetal heartbeat emitted by the egg. Collection of the artist.
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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
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Research by Sarah Todd Designed by James Szuszkiewicz - 05Transmission Difficulties
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- 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