June 21: article in the Province, What John Neon Can and Cannot Do.
Summer event, Intermedia
Nights, Vancouver Art Gallery. Exhibition includes
Prisma,
a mirrored hexagonal
room by Gary Lee Nova,
Michael
Morris, Ken Ryan and Al Hewitt. Debut of John Neon's fluorescent tube
sculptures and
installations.
Installation by John Neon during Intermedia Nights, Vancouver
Art Gallery, 1968
Events: bill bissett's Mandan
Ghetto Massacre, poetry and music performance. Al Neil
/Gregg
Simpson Duo: 39 Wonderful
Years in
Show Business which
included John Neon's Musical
Steps
sculpture.
Also featured were James Barber-
audience participation pieces and evenings
by Helen Goodwin, Evelyn
Roth and others.
Various articles in Vancouver Sun by Joan Lowndes, Norman Wilson and James Barber.
Intermedia Nights, Vancouver Art Gallery, summer, 1968
Sept. 9:
event at 575 Beatty St.: Underwater Movies included
a triple screen projection by Gerry Gilbert and several short
films
by david
w and Gregg Simpson.
Poster by Gregg Simpson for Underwater Movies, Sept. 9, 1968
Featured films were:
Home Movie by Gerry Gilbert; Haitian
Hiatus,Transcendent
Melancholy,Tibetan Mix, Merde
in the Cathedral
and Charisma Cowboys by
Gregg Simpson;
The
White Bore, Love as in Joy,
Mantra,
Oregon and Francesca by david w.
October 4: review in
Georgia
Straight of Spectrum 68 at the Vancouver Art Gallery
(included
work by
Ed Varney, Gregg Simpson
and others)
October 5: article in Vancouver Sun, Grant Awarded.
December 20:event, Radio
Free Rainforest, tape loops, sound, etc. Gerry Gilbert and
Dennis
Vance
at 575 Beatty Street.