INTERMEDIA: An Illustrated Chronology

        1969

        January 8: event, Intermedia Film Co-operative Marathon Benefit at the Vancouver Art Gallery produced
        by Al Razutis. Article: by M.J. Ruvinsky in The Province (Poster by Al Razutis)

        Event: CBC Television documentary on Intermedia included  music by the Al Neil /Gregg Simpson Duo
        and Glenn Lewis and Gathie Falk's theatre pieces.

Al Neil: Pataphysical dance routine, CBC TV, Recorded at Intermedia

        March 14: preview of Electrical Connection, annual Intermedia exhibition and events at the Vancouver
        Art Gallery in The Province. Includes fibre optic installation by Tom Osborne.

        March: event, publication of Ed Varney's Openings, first book from Intermedia Press.

        Vancouver Sun interview, Intermedia Assaults the Interface, Ann Finkel and Werner Aellen.

        April: event, publication of Circular Causation, edited by Jorg Heyman and Scott Lawrance.

        April 2: event, Performance Fractions For the West Coast, Yvonne Ranier

        April event, Electrical Connection, Intermedia exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

        April 9: review, Electrical Connection, Richard Anstey concert in The Vancouver Sun. The following are
        reviews of the exhibition which appeared in the Vancouver Sun:April 10: article, Electrical Connection:
        Day 3 by Andreas Schroeder.

Glenn Lewis and Gathie Falk, performance piece for CBC TV at Intermedia

        April 11: article, Electrical Connection Day 4 by James Barber

        April 12: article, Electrical Connection Day 5 by Brian McLeod

        April 18 :article, Varney's Moving Kitchen, article by Norm Severud.

        Two reviews of Electrical Connection in The Province.

        May 16: article, Summer Festival Proposalby Norm Wilson in The Vancouver Province.

        June 20: event, Intermedia Nights Film Night, Victoria Art Gallery. Included films by David Rimmer:
        Migration; Danny Fisher :SeattaTom Shandell El Diablo; Arnold Saba: Euphoria; Peter Bryant:
        Felix; Gordon Fidler: Phase 2Bill Fix: Underground;  and Al Sens: Cartoon.
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        June 21:  Exhibition: Spaces  (Sound and Light Sculpture and environmental installations) at Victoria Art
        Gallery included Dave Rimmer, Gregg Simpson, Bob Arnold, David Knox, Gary Lee Nova and others.

Al Neil and Gregg Simpson, CBC TV,  recorded at Intermedia, 1969

        Event:  Intermedia Nights Poetry & Sound Night, Victoria Art Gallery. Included poetry by Judy Copithorne,
        Gerry Gilbert, Ed Varney, Maxine Gadd and Henry Rappaport with sound by Dennis Vance and Dave Rimmer.

        June 22: event, Intermedia Nights Jazz Evening: performance by Al Neil, Gregg Simpson and Marguerite Neil.

        June 23, 24, & 25: Intermedia at The Victoria Art Gallery, advertisment and two articles by Diane Janowski

        July 18: article in the Vancouver Sun , Moon Event,  which was presented at various locations by Intermedia artists.

Herb Gilbert at the Moon Festival, Vancouver Planetarium

        July 19, 20 & 21: Moon Festival, at the Vancouver Planetarium, Sunset and Second Beaches. Included:
        Herb Gilbert-balloons, Werner Alien - moon phone and data links, Rare Boutique - banners, Tad Young -
        bubble machine, also feautred Helen Goodwin, Dean Fogal and Chuck Rief.

        August 8: event, Trudeau Dinner, at the Seaforth Armoury. Articles by Ian Macdonald & Kay Alsop
        in The Vancouver Sun.

        Article: Intermedia at 4th Avenue by Charlotte Townsend in November

        Production of magazine, Radio Free Rainforest edited by Gerry Gilbert.

        November 17 - 28: Poet-Critic '69, Concrete Poetry Show, SUB Galery, UBC  included Judy Copithorne
        and Ed Varney.
 

 
Serigraph Posters by Terry Loychuk and Wally Robinson

        November 30 - December 6: Walls Graph, Glenn Lewis at the Ace Gallery,Vancouver.

        December 4: event, Intermedia Illusions, University of Alberta SUB, including Don Druick - music,
        Maxine Gadd - poetry, Dave Rimmer - film, Judy Copithorne - poetry, Ed Varney – poetry/projections,
        Henry Rappaport – poetry, Dennis Vance - sound.

        December 5: event, Intermedia Illusions, Edmonton Art Gallery, same personnel as above.

        Event: publication of Free Media Bulletin, edited by Jeff Wall, Duane Lunden and Ian Wallace.


Intermedia 1970

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