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  1. Michael de Courcy, Floating Mushroom by Dennis Vance, 1969
Item Details

Title: Floating Mushroom

Artist: Dennis Vance

Pictured: Gerry Gilbert

Artist: Michael de Courcy

Date: September 30, 1969

Format: Photograph [fibre based gelatin silver print]

Location: The Michael de Courcy Archive

Size: 12.70 × 10.20 cm

More Information: An electronic sound work by Dennis Vance entitled “Floating Mushroom”. “Floating Mushroom” was a floating steel form containing sound generating equipment that responded to movement on the shore. This intervention took place at Lost Lagoon in Vancouver. L-R: Ian Ridgeway, Dalla Selman (with Portapack video camera) Gerry Gilbert, Heidi Ridgeway, Galen Ridgeway, Kita Ridgeway. Collection of the artist.

  1. 09. Box Prototypes
    Michael de Courcy (Photograph)
  2. 10. Glenn Lewis installation at Intermedia Nights
    Michael de Courcy and Glenn Lewis (Photograph)
  3. 11. Intermedia meeting at the Alcazar Pub
    Michael de Courcy (Photograph)
  4. 12. Intermedia CBC television special
    Michael de Courcy, Gerry Gilbert, and Glenn Lewis (Photograph)
  5. 13. Ed Varney and his first book of poetry
    Michael de Courcy and Ed Varney (Photograph)
  6. 14. Intermedia meeting at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
    Michael de Courcy, Gathie Falk, Gerry Gilbert, Glenn Lewis, and Dennis Vance (Photograph)
  7. 15. Tom Osbourne and his Fiber Optic Egg
    Michael de Courcy (Photograph)