INTERMEDIA1967 The Public Record
"There was a great deal of tolerance and a reasonable amount of interest in this difficult stuff in the sixties".

Ann Rosenberg, from a telephone conversation, Fall, 2005

Written and published between Thursday Apr. 27, 1967 and Friday June 5th, 1970 by Vancouver journalists and art critics, these 69 clippings contain a detailed account of the public doings and the inner workings of the Intermedia Society.

 

THE PROVINCE : 1967
Intermedia - helping man adjust to a new rhythm of living

The VANCOUVER SUN : Thur. Apr. 27, 1967
Youth Bringing Excitement To Art, Says Gallery Chief

THE PROVINCE : Friday, April 14, 1967
City Group Receives Grant For Sensory Experiments

THE PROVINCE : Sunday, April 15, 1967
Non-existent group wins $40,000 grant

The VANCOUVER SUN : Sat., April 15, 1967
City Visualized As Media Capital

OPINION THE PROVINCE : May, 1968
The Council Could Take a Second Look

Spotlight - The Province : Friday, May 3, 1968
INTERMEDIA NIGHTS : A NEW FESTIVAL CONCEPT EMERGES

Spotlight - The Province : Friday, May 3, 1968
What Goes On Behind the Blank Door at 575 Beatty?

Spotlight - THE PROVINCE : Friday, May 17, 1968
INTERMEDIA - MUSIC AL NEIL

THE PROVINCE Friday, May 17, 1968
The mysterious Who of Intermedia

Spotlight - THE PROVINCE Friday, May 17, 1968
INTERMEDIA N I G H T S

THE PROVINCE : Friday, May 17, 1968
INTERMEDIA N I G H T S
...an experiment which words can't describe

The VANCOUVER SUN
Intermedia Comes Alive

THE PROVINCE, May 22, 1968
Last night's happening Gallery flashes success Intermedia

THE PROVINCE : Wednesday, 22nd, 1969
An astonishing artist and amplified success

THE PROVINCE : May 24, 1968
Intermedia nights - More than mindless TV pablub

The PROVINCE : Sat., May 30th, 1968
Intermedia Nights - Show that gets its audience involved

The PROVINCE : May 1968
Intermedia Nights - Mixed images evoke mysticism of Orient

The PROVINCE : May 27, 1968
Intermedia nights - Movements of the mind - in which people were catalysts

The PROVINCE : May 29, 1968
Intermedia - Workshop plants seeds for involvement

The VANCOUVER SUN : Sun. May 31, 1968
Intermedia Nights - An Analysis: It's fun but doesn't too much produce a media-message glut?

The VANCOUVER SUN
JAMES BARBER SUMS UP The lessons of Intermedia Nights

Spotlight - THE PROVINCE : Friday, June 13, 1968
These citizens are behind a happy summer festival: Vancouver Assaults The Interface

THE PROVINCE : Friday, June 21, 1968
What John Neon can and cannot do - his glowing neon tubes are anything but sinister - they create pleasant sensations for electrical human minds

The VANCOUVER SUN : Saturday, October 5, 1968
CANADA COUNCIL: Intermedia Gets Grant

The PROVINCE : Tuesday, October 22, 1968
Art Gallery puts on two special shows

The VANCOUVER SUN : Sat., Oct. 26, 1968
It's a Happening At Art Gallery

THE PROVINCE : Friday, March 14, 1969
Now Intermedia Nights-69 style

The VANCOUVER SUN : Tuesday, April 8, 1969
Art Intermedia Takes Over, Switches-on

THE PROVINCE : Friday, April 9, 1969
Intermedia-Day 2: Mind-to-mind music starts a happening

THE PROVINCE : Saturday, April 10, 1969
Intermedia-Day 3: Oh, groovy – but where did the poetry go?

THE PROVINCE : Sunday, April 11, 1969
Intermedia-Day 4: Lesson of a baseball game in mime

The VANCOUVER SUN : April 11, 1969
"Putting It Across in A New Way— That's It...." That's what Intermedia is all about

THE PROVINCE : Sunday, April 12, 1969
Intermedia-Day 5: Beyond the new horizon lies a grotesque joke

THE PROVINCE : April 1969
Intermedia: Doyle
Tribal happening unplugs Gallery finale

THE PROVINCE : Friday, April 18, 1969
Inter-media must not forget to be inter-people

THE PROVINCE : April 1969
It's love-in rather than mind-blowing

THE PROVINCE : April 1969
The Varneys are moving their kitchen into the Art Gallery

THE PROVINCE : April 22, 1969
VAG gives Emery five-year Go ahead

THE PROVINCE : May 3, 1969
Smell of boredom is unmistakable

THE PROVINCE : May 16th, 1969
An all over the town festival all summer long

Go 'Underground' At Art Gallery

The VICTORIA TIMES COLONIST: June 24th, 1969
Happening Shakes Gallery

The VICTORIA TIMES COLONIST: June 25th, 1969
'That's Not Music' And They Were Right

A Heavy Diet of Art Films Causes Mental Indigestion

The VICTORIA TIMES COLONIST: June 20th, 1969
Poets, Technicians In Gallery Shows

THE PROVINCE : Friday June 21st, 1969
Intermedia Invades Victoria

The VICTORIA TIMES COLONIST: June, 1969
Underground Film Evening May Bring Surprises

The VANCOUVER SUN: Thursday June 17th, 1969
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The VANCOUVER SUN: Friday, July 18, 1969
Beach Antics Mark Moon Voyage

The VANCOUVER SUN: August 9, 1969
Fine Old Military Tradition Apparent At Seaforth Armory Dinner 'Parade'

THE PROVINCE : August 9, 1969
An 'anti-everything' mob and circus aura

The VANCOUVER SUN: August 15, 1969
About Art...OPINION

The VANCOUVER SUN: August 1969
About Art...Boxes: A New Form?

The VICTORIA TIMES COLONIST: 1969
Space Age Art Here Sound, Light Cube Dominates Exhibit

The VICTORIA TIMES COLONIST: 1969
Fiery Art Leaves Patrons Gasping

The VANCOUVER SUN: May 15, 1970
DOMES: Intermedia displays new forms in art...

The VANCOUVER SUN: May 21, 1970
Walk into world of domes at gallery

Gastown Gazette: May 29, 1970
inter media : INTERMEDIA

The PROVINCE: May 20, 1970
'Gentle art' petrifies

The PROVINCE: May 22, 1970
Intermedia's 'gentle people' fill VAG with geodesic space

The VANCOUVER SUN: May 22, 1970
Zap! Fruit in your face at Intermedia happening

The PROVINCE: May, 1970
Transient audience enjoys poetry in geodesic domes

The PROVINCE: June 21, 1970
After the Intermedia party The Art Gallery will never be the same...

The VANCOUVER SUN: May 15, 1970
FAR-OUT FEAST: Intermedia Exhibition winds up with sophisticated evening of communal dining and a listless topless dancer

The GEORGIA STRAIGHT: May 19, 1970
Intermediate Revolution

The VANCOUVER SUN: June 5, 1970
It's about THAT trip: Was it really necessary, asks our Mr. Dafoe

The VANCOUVER SUN: June 5, 1970
Ah, but it does make sense — So says this critic

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