david uu, Ingrid Harris and Bob Coleman in a scene from Embalmanation, 1970
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Formation of the Divine
Order of the Lodge in North Vancouver, by painter/musician,Gregg
Simpson
and
poet, david uu (David W,
Harris) The group eventually included contributions by Ingrid Harris,
Gary
Lee Nova,
Gilles Foisy, Bob Coleman
and others. It's first exhibition was at the Avelles Gallery in
Vancouver
in December, 1971
(see next page, Chronology
for 1971)
Ritual theatre, collage,
painting, and poetry were the main pursuits, carried out as a modern
version
of groups
like the Salon de la
Rose Croix, during the Symbolist Movement in France during the
1880's.
The Surrealists were
the 20th century precursors
they felt closest to, along with occult traditions, alchemy, mythology
(especially Nordic)
and neo-pagan pholossophy.
The D.O.L. was the
launching
pad for the followng projects: :The exhibition Canadian
West Coast Hermetics, the
Isle
of Avalon Society and the periodical, Lodgisticks
(1972-76).
Divine Order of the Lodge Salon at the Avelles Gallery,
Vancouver.
This exhibition included david uu,
Gregg Simpson and Gilles
Foisy among others, and featured a grid of golden eggs on the gallery
floor.
Performances
by the ritual theatre group, the Isle of Avalon Society at the
University
of BC, Vancouver
Art Gallery's Racetrack
Annex, and at Intermedia. This included david uu, Ingrid uu, Gregg
Simpson,
Bob
Coleman and Alan Sharpe.
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The
Vancouver School of Collage exhibition
at the UBC Fine Arts Gallery combines the work of Ed Vamey,
david uu, Al Neil, bill bissett and Gregg Simpson with that of Ian
Wallace,
Jeff Wall and Chris Dikeakos.
Gregg Simpson receives a Canada Council Bursary to explore the links between alchemy and surrealism in Europe.
Parisian artist and occult specialist, Francis
Thénard, moves to
Vancouver and presents a solo exhibition, Mandala at
the
Mido Gallery, Vancouver
Canadian West Coast
Hermetics The Metaphysical Landscape which
included includes Gregg Simpson, david uu,
Jack Wise, Gary Lee Nova, Ed Varney and
Gilles Foisy; an exhibition conceived in Paris in 1971 by Gregg Simpson
and
realized with the co-operation of UBC Fine
Arts Gallery Director, Alvin Balkind) exhibited at the UBC Fine Arts
Gallery;
Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris;
Canada House, London; St.Brieuc, Brittany; Palais des Beaux-Arts,
Charleroi,
Belgium.
José Pierre saw the
exhibition
during its installation in Paris in March 1973. It was the first
exhibition
of west coast art to
tour Europe.
West Coast Hermetics, a spin off of the touring
exhibition,
with addition of Pat Martin Bates, Francis Thenard,
Pegi Eccelston, John K.Esler, James Felter,
and Taiko Koo Whang was held at the Mido
Gallery,
Vancouver
.
Publication of Gregg Simpson' collage novella, Saturated Scenes,
and collage print series, Apparitions, Intermedia Press, Vancouver
Publication of Lodgisticks, a periodical,
edited
by david uu, Vancouver and Kingston, Ontario. Art work by
Gregg Simpson, Gary Lee Nova, Ed Varney, david uu and others.
