- COV-S632-: CVA 789-19
- Item
- [191-]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Stone sculpture symposium, Vancouver, 1975
Item is a documentary film about the 1975 Stone Sculpture Symposium in Vancouver. The film is a combination of footage from the sculpting event and voice over narration discussing both the symposium itself and the sculpting process. Abstract electronic score by Martin Fossum plays sporadically throughout.
The film begins with footage of the original marble and travertine blocks, and follows the sculpting process to the end, including footage of hand and mechanical chiseling, polishing and grinding, and moving the works to their final positions. Over this footage the narrator discusses the rebirth of stone carving in the 20th century, the history of the symposium, the relationship between the artist, sculpture, and the natural surroundings, and the importance of the final positions to the creative process.
The documentary concludes with footage of each artist and their final work in its completed state and final positioning. Those artists are: Olga Jancic, Yugoslavia; Joan D. Gambioli, Canada; Michael Prentice, France; David Ruben Piqtoukun, Canada; Kiyoshi Takahashi, Japan; Hiromi Akiyama, France; David Marshall, Canada; Adolf Ryszka, Poland; Jiro Sugawara, Italy; Kubach-Wilmsen Team, Germany; and Mathias Hitz, Austria.
Item is a recording of three different advertisements for City Shapes, the Vancouver Centennial Sculpture Symposium, 1986. The first two shorter advertisements include images of smaller sculptures while a voice over narrator talks about the sculpture symposium. The final longer advertisement includes aerial footage and an expanded discussion of Vancouver history and sculpture in addition to the same images of smaller sculptures and exposition about the sculpture symposium.
[View of M.V. "Comox" (II) approaching Whytecliff]
[M.V. "Comox" (II) approaching Whytecliff]
Photograph shows the Union Steamer "Comox"
[Ferry launch "Bowen" leaving Whytecliff dock]
Photograph shows Standard Oil filling station on a R.C.A.F. raft
[Verandah restaurant at Cliffhouse]
[Verandah restaurant at Cliffhouse]
[Waitress serving in] Cliffhouse [verandah restaurant]
[View of Bowen Island from Cliffhouse at Whytecliff Park]
[View of Bowen Island from Cliffhouse at Whytecliff Park]
Photograph shows a view from the water
[Entrance to grounds at Whytecliff Park]
[Scenic drive to Cliffhouse, Whytecliff Park]
Auto Camp, Whytecliff Park. B.C.
[On board S.S. "Comox" for preview run of new service from Whytecliffe Park to Bowen Island]
photograph shows James S. Eckman and others
Inauguration of Bowen Island - Whytecliffe ferry service
Photograph shows on board "Comox" (L to R): unidentified; George F. Gyles; Major P.A. Currie, General Manager British Pacific Properties; Hugh Kirkup, President Junior Board of Trade; Harold Brown, Chairman of the Board of Union S.S. Col; and W.A. Rundle, Vancouver Board of Trade.
Inauguration of new ferry service from Whytecliffe Park to Bowen Island
Photograph shows on board S.S. "Comox" (L to R): Reeve J.B. Leyland; Carl I. Halterman, General Manager of Union S.S.; Norman Philp, Superintendent of Passenger Services; and J.M. Bryan, M.L.A.
Photograph shows Reeve J. B. Leyland, James S. Eckman and others
[Dignitaries board S.S. "Comox" for preview of new service from Whytecliffe Park to Bowen Island]
Photograph shows (L to R): Major P.A. Currie, General Manager British Pacific Properties, Harold Brown, Chairman of the Board Union S.S., Hugh Kirkup, President Junior Board of Trade.
[Lions Gate Bridge viewed from Ambleside]
[M.V. "Bowen" (Howe Sound Ferries Ltd.) approaching dock at Whytecliff]
[View from British Pacific Properties during visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth]
Part of Vancouver Committee for the Reception of their Majesties fonds
Photograph shows the Lions Gate Bridge and Stanley Park in the background
[View from British Pacific Properties during visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth]
Part of Vancouver Committee for the Reception of their Majesties fonds
[View from British Pacific Properties during visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth]
Part of Vancouver Committee for the Reception of their Majesties fonds
[View from British Pacific Properties during visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth]
Part of Vancouver Committee for the Reception of their Majesties fonds
[View from British Pacific Properties during visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth]
Part of Vancouver Committee for the Reception of their Majesties fonds
[Queen Elizabeth, King George VI and Mayor Lyle J. Telford]
Part of Vancouver Committee for the Reception of their Majesties fonds
[Queen Elizabeth taking walk with R.C.M.P. escort]
Part of Vancouver Committee for the Reception of their Majesties fonds
[View from British Pacific Properties during visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth]
Part of Vancouver Committee for the Reception of their Majesties fonds
Part of Vancouver Committee for the Reception of their Majesties fonds
[View from British Pacific Properties during visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth]
Part of Vancouver Committee for the Reception of their Majesties fonds
[View from British Pacific Properties during visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth]
Part of Vancouver Committee for the Reception of their Majesties fonds
Photograph shows the Lions Gate Bridge and Stanley Park in the background
[View from British Pacific Properties during visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth]
Part of Vancouver Committee for the Reception of their Majesties fonds
Photograph shows the Lions Gate Bridge and Stanley Park in the background
Part of James Crookall fonds
[View from the Lions Gate Bridge of the mouth and delta of the Capilano River]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[The "Empress of Asia" in Burrard Inlet near the mouth of the Capilano River]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[View of a ferry in the choppy waters of Burrard Inlet near the delta of the Capilano River]
Part of James Crookall fonds
Photograph shows the Union Steamship Company's vessel "Lady Pam"
[View of a sailboat in the choppy waters of Burrard Inlet near the delta of the Capilano River]
Part of James Crookall fonds
[View of] Great Northern Cannery [from Marine Drive]
Part of James Crookall fonds
Part of James Crookall fonds
Part of James Crookall fonds