Un dictionnaire
1970-2001
Project
UN DICTIONNAIRE consists of black and white photographs of wire-service newspaper articles selected by Charney for their depiction of “people and buildings caught in upheavals”. Charney described these images as “monuments which are created by events outside the confines of architectural institutions”, meaning that buildings and locations assume a “monumental connotation” when they become associated with a significant event. UN DICTIONNAIRE consists of 300 plates, each plate a photograph that “traces the contours of relations which affect our grasp of the significance of buildings”. UN DICTIONNAIRE was presented as an installation at Galerie Catherine & Stéphane de Beyrie in Paris in 1994 and at the Canadian Pavilion of the 7th International Architectural Exhibition in Venice in 2000 as well as at Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal in 2001-2002. The publication “Tracking images : Melvin Charney, un dictionnaire...” related to this project was also realized in collaboration the Canadian Centre for Architecture in 2000.
This project series contains correspondence, notes, photographs, installations plans and exhibition space plans related for the aforementioned exhibitions in Paris, at the Venice Biennale and in Montréal. It also contains reprints of panels shown outside the Canadian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
Source: Montréal : Musée d’art contemporain. (1979) Melvin Charney: Oeuvres 1970-1979. (p. 21-28)
Material in this series was likely kept in it's original order when it was first processed upon it's arrival at CCA.
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Consists of plans for the installation of display panels for the project "Un dictionnaire" at the Canadian Pavilion for the Venice Biennale of Architecture, 2000. Material was originally housed in a tube labelled "Venice Arch. Biennale 2000- Installation Drawings".
1 roll(s)
sheet (smallest): 71.5 × 106.8 cm sheet (largest): 84 × 106.8 cm
Rolled.
Venice Italy
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Consists of plans for the installation of plates from the "Un dictionnaire" project in a gallery setting. Material was originally housed in a tube labelled "UN DICT. 1970-2001".
1 roll(s)
sheet (smallest): 23 × 30.5 cm sheet (largest): 46 × 162 cm
Rolled.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Consists of plans for installing the project "Un dictionnaire" at the Galerie Catherine & Stéphane de Beyrie, Paris, France, 1994. Material was originally housed in a tube labelled "UN DICTIONNAIRE... 1970-96 Original Installation Drawings - Vellum Copies of Final Installation/CCA Collection/09.99".
1 roll(s)
sheet (smallest): 46 × 86 cm sheet (largest): 61.5 × 122.5 cm
Rolled.
Paris France
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Consists of plans for the installation of the work titled "Un Dictionnaire" in the Canadian Pavillion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, 2000.
1 roll(s)
sheet (smallest): 71.5 × 107.3 cm sheet (largest): 83.5 × 107.3 cm
Rolled.
Venice Italy
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-003-009R
The roll is labelled "Body Works Series 2000", but this appears to be incorrect, as the item itself is titled "Melvin Charney: Un dictionnaire... 1970-2001. Plan d’installation no. 2: position des planches et des séries." It is a diagram depicting how the plates for the series should be arranged on the wall for an exhibition.
1 reprographic copy(ies)
sheet: 72.7 × 153 cm
Rolled.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-001-015R
Consists of plans for the layout of an exhibition at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. The roll is labelled "MACM - Installation. Expo Charney. 12/2001-01/2002". The roll is wrapped in a seperate piece of paper that is a print-out of plans for an exhibition of Un dictionnaire, 1970-2001. It reads "Series 40: Exclusion and Effacement - Series 40: Italian" and depicts the layout of panels 41-49 for the exhibition.
1 roll(s)
sheet (smallest): 30.5 × 49.7 cm sheet (largest): 53.6 × 92 cm
Rolled.
Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-001-013R
A drawing titled "`51 plates" that relates to the development of the project "Un dictionnaire, 1970-2001.
1 drawing(s)
sheet: 46 × 152 cm
Rolled.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Archictecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-002-002R
Aerial photograph of downtown Ottawa.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: "UN DICTIONNAIRE..." SERIES 40-49.
1 photograph(s)
sheet: 51,1 × 60,7 × 0,1 cm (20 1/8 × 23 7/8 × 1/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence (primarily printouts of emails), and printouts of floor plans for the Eric Arthur Gallery at the University of Toronto, related to the installation of Un dictionnaire... there.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: 2007 U OF TORONTO EXHIBITION
1 file(s)
sheets: 27,7 × 42,8 cm (10 7/8 × 16 7/8 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing printed panels from the Un dictionnaire... series.
1 file(s)
panels: 27,5 × 42,8 cm
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Ring binder containing documents in English, including decriptions and notes, related to Un dictionnaire... The binder is labelled "UN DICTIONNAIRE / QUÉBEC UPDATE - 2000+".
1 ring binder(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Ring binder labelled "DICTIONNAIRE / NOTES" containing documents in English, including descriptions and notes related to the "Un Dictionnaire" project but also the Monument series.
1 File
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence, and floorplans and interior elevations for the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver, related to plans to install Un dictionnaire... at that venue. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CONTEMP ART GALLERY / VANCOUVER / 2001.12
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing 35mm film negatives related to the Un dictionnaire series, and an unidentified film positive. Original folder inscribed in graphite: FILM; includes one self-stick note attached.
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 File
sheet: 65 x 82 cm
Monted in a foam board.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-045-002
1 File
sheets: 20 x 50 cm
Some are mounted on board.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-045-003
Reprints of panels shown outside the Canadian Pavilion of the project "Un dictionnaire.." at the 7th Venice International Architecture Biennale, 2000. The panels were titled, "Tracking Images: The "M" Series, 1970-2000".
1 panel(s)
sheet (smallest): 58,2 x 103,3 cm sheet (largest): 67 x 100,3 cm
Venice Italy
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dr. Dara Alexandra Charney/
Gift of Dr. Dara Alexandra Charney
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