Ruins in Process: Vancouver Art in the Sixties

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• Project Sites

  Discrete project sites documenting the work of specific artists and collectives in detail.

  1. 01Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
     Curated by Marcia Crosby
     Research by Roberta Kremer Designed by The Future
  2. 02Al Neil
     Curated by Glenn Alteen Designed by Archer Pechawis
  3. 03Expanded Literary Practices
     Curated by Charo Neville
     and Michael Turner Designed by The Future
  4. 04The Intermedia Catalogue
     Created by Michael de Courcy
     Research by Sarah Todd Designed by James Szuszkiewicz
  5. 05Transmission Difficulties
     Curated by Scott Watson Designed by Dexter Sinister

• Essays

  Essays and conversation providing a context for exploring the Project Sites and Archives.

  1. 01Making Indian Art “Modern”
     By Marcia Crosby
  2. 02Vancouver Cinema in the Sixties
     By Zoë Druick
  3. 03UBC in the Sixties: A Conversation
     Edited by Marian Penner Bancroft
  4. 04Siting the Banal: The Expanded Landscapes of the N.E. Thing Co.
     By Nancy Shaw
  5. 05Urban Renewal: Ghost Traps, Collage, Condos, and Squats
     By Scott Watson

• Video Interviews

  Video interviews conducted between December 2008 and May 2009 reflecting on Vancouver’s art scene in the sixties.

  1. 01Ingrid Baxter with Grant Arnold
  2. 02Christos Dikeakos with Lorna Brown
  3. 03Carole Itter with Lorna Brown
  4. 04Gary Lee-Nova with Scott Watson