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  1. Michael de Courcy, Poetry Front "Casting an Oracle" at the Dome Show, 1970
Item Details

Title: Bring a Poet

Artist: Michael de Courcy

Date: March 31, 1970

Format: Photograph [fibre based gelatin silver print]

Location: The Michael de Courcy Archive

Size: 12.70 × 10.20 cm

More Information: The Dome Show was Intermedia’s third and final exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery taking place from May 19th- May 31st 1970. The unifying structure of the Dome Show was the geodesic dome. Intermedia members were invited to build a dome individually or communally. A variety of art events and community events took place in the gallery and in the geodesic domes. May 23: Poets perform at the Dome Show’s Bring a Poet afternoon poetry event. This event was organized by Intermedia’s Poetry Front group. Collection of the artist.

Further Research: The Intermedia Catalogue
  1. 09. Michael de Courcy's "Intermedia Room" at the Vancouver Art Gallery
    Michael de Courcy (Photograph)
  2. 10. Bob Arnold fabricating an installation for Electrical Connection
    Bob "Box" Arnold and Michael de Courcy (Photograph)
  3. 11. Poetry Front: concrete poetry
    Michael de Courcy (Photograph)
  4. 12. Poetry Front: Casting an Oracle
    Michael de Courcy (Photograph)
  5. 13. Poetry Front: Poet and group in aluminum sheet dome
    Michael de Courcy (Photograph)
  6. 14. Sound Central
    Michael de Courcy (Photograph)
  7. 15. Poets Chanting at the Dome Show
    Michael de Courcy (Photograph)