Relican Wedding

Apr 1, 1979
Field:

Performance

 Location:

PUMPS Centre for the Arts, Vancouver

Description:

Recorded at midnight on April Fools Day at PUMPS Centre for the Arts, Relican Wedding was a performance work and wedding ceremony for Gina Daniels and Gary “Middleclass” Bourgeois. 

The ceremony was hosted by Hank Bull as “the Great Homunculus,” the self-proclaimed god of a fictional Vancouver-based religion, Religion Canada (hence, “Relican”). Bull describes the absurd and satirical “Relican Wedding” ritual, while the newlyweds celebrate amongst a crowd of local artists, friends, and performers. 

Video documentation available upon request.
 

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