Mind Machine |
Hi Pooter People, I had attended the Trips Festival at the PNE Garden Auditorium in Vancouver with lights by Sam Perry, and was hanging out with my friend, Vancouver School of Art student Ivan Stenson, who had returned from a trip to California where he had seen the light shows at the Filmore. Ivan and I did the shows with the help of Keith Light, David Harpine and other friends and volunteers. Ivan was dedicated to pure light effects using neon tubes, strobe light and rotating mirrors. My part of the show was more image dependant, using multiple slide and overhead projectors superimposed on one screen and flickered at varying speeds. I also mixed in 16mm movie loops of natural phenomena. We also used the usual liquid projections on the side walls because of their ability to cover large areas with vibrant colour mixtures. We did the lights at the Afterthought for almost a year, probably from the spring of 1967 to the summer of 1968. The bands that I remember doing shows for were: The United Empire Loyalists, The Seeds of Time, Painted Ship, Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck, and Country Joe and the Fish. Keith Light and I also did a big show at Kerrisdale Arena for Cliff Moore where the headliners were the Yardbirds. John Bower - September 2009 |
July 31st, 1967 Kerrisdale Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia |