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Sense of the City

Exhibition, Main galleries, 26 October 2005 to 10 September 2006

Sense of the City. Installation view, 2005

Sense of the City. Installation view, 2005

Sense of the City. Installation view, 2005

Sense of the City. Installation view, 2005

Sense of the City. Installation view, 2005

Sense of the City. Installation view, 2005

Sense of the City. Installation view, 2005

Sense of the City. Installation view, 2005

Sense of the City. Installation view, 2005

Sense of the City. Installation view, 2005

Sense of the City. Installation view, 2005

Sense of the City. Installation view, 2005

Sense of the City. Installation view, 2005

Sense of the City. Installation view, 2005

Sense of the City. Installation view, 2005

Sense of the City. Installation view, 2005

Sense of the City. Installation view, 2005

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Sense of the City explores urban phenomena and perceptions of the city which have traditionally been ignored, repressed, or maligned. Challenging the dominance of the visual in the urban environment, the exhibition proposes a re-thinking of latent qualities of the city, offering complex analyses of the comforts, communication systems, and sensory dimensions of urban life—thus advancing a new spectrum of experience and engagement.

The exhibition unfolds in five interrelated sections focusing on fundamental sensory conditions and technological interventions in the urban environment: nocturnal city, seasonal city, sound of the city, surface of the city, and air of the city. The materials exhibited include drawings, photographs, artefacts, maps, printed ephemera, models, installations, videotapes, projections, recorded sounds, and odours.

Curator: Mirko Zardini, CCA.
Exhibition design: Atelier in Situ, Montreal.
Graphic design: Orange Tango, Montreal.
Lighting design: Linnea Tillet, New York.

Selected objects

Berenice Abbott, photographer. Night time overview of city, New York City, New York. c. 1930s Gelatin silver print, 33.6 x 27.0 cm. CCA Collection. PH1977:0007 © Berenice Abbott/Commerce Graphics, NYC

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Sense of the City: An Alternative Approach to Urbanism

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