Falsa Curva D'Autostrada [Fake Expressway Bend] (1971)

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• Fonds: Gianni Pettena fonds, 1960-2019
•    Series: Works, 1966-2018
•      Project: Falsa Curva D'Autostrada [Fake Expressway Bend] (1971), circa 1971-2015

People

• Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
• Gianni Pettena (artist)

Title

Falsa Curva D'Autostrada [Fake Expressway Bend] (1971)

Dates of creation

circa 1971-2015

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 6 digital files (24 MB)
• 2 photographs
• 2 drawings

Scope and Content

The project series documents the performance "Falsa Curva D'Autostrada", also know in English as Fake Expressway Bend. The performance was undertaken with a group of Pettena's students from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in Minneapolis, in 1971. It consisted of hanging a large tarp from the overpass of an expressway under construction. The tarp extended to the road underneath and was used to create a fake bend in the overpass. The performance was targeting "the excess of uniformity in urban design" by reimagining the linearity of the overpass into a fake curve.

The project series contains two photographs of the fake expressway bend, two sketches for the installation, and project descriptions in English and in Italian.

Source:

[1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/ff-intens-1971-1/ (last accessed 4 November 2019)

Reference Number

AP207.S1.1971.PR05

Arrangement

Material in this project series was kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.

Location

Minneapolis Minnesota United States

Language of material

English, Italian

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  • Reference Number: AP207.S1.1971.PR05.001
  • Title: Photographs and sketches, Falsa Curva D'Autostrada
  • Dates of creation: circa 1971
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 3

  People:

  • Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
  • Gianni Pettena (artist)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 2 photographs
  • 2 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 22.5 x 29 cm

  Credit line:

  Gianni Pettena fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Gianni Pettena/
  Gift of Gianni Pettena
  

  Folder Number:

  207-005-019

  Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • ARCH286982
    • Sketch for Falsa Curva D'Autostrada
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    • ARCH286984
    • Sketch for Falsa Curva D'Autostrada
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    • ARCH286985
    • Photographs of Falsa Curva D'Autostrada
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  • Reference Number: AP207.S1.1971.PR05.002
  • Title: Project descriptions and digitized drawing, Falsa Curva D’Autostrada
  • Dates of creation: 2011 - 2015
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Gianni Pettena (archive creator)

  Description:

  Most common file formats: Microsoft Word for Windows, JPEG File Interchange Format

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 6 digital files (24 MB)

  Credit line:

  Gianni Pettena fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Gianni Pettena/
  Gift of Gianni Pettena