The Pig “Carosello Italiano” (1967)

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• Fonds: Gianni Pettena fonds, 1960-2019
•    Series: Works, 1966-2018
•      Project: The Pig “Carosello Italiano” (1967), circa 1967-2015

People

• Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
• Gianni Pettena (filmmaker)

Title

The Pig “Carosello Italiano” (1967)

Dates of creation

circa 1967-2015

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 4 digital files (2 GB)
• 1 moving image

Scope and Content

This project series documents The Pig "Carosello Italiano", a film made in the winter of 1967-1968 by Gianni Pettena with archivale footage and shots by Pettena himself. The film is "a comment on the violence of power and consumerism". [1] It consists of a montage of violent scenes, like the Vietnam war, protest demonstrations, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, intersected with images of "mass society's rituals: traffic, shopping and parades in costume"[2].

The project series contains a video recording on VHS of the film, project descriptions in English and in Italian, and a digital version of the film.

Source:

[1] [2] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 100.

Reference Number

AP207.S1.1967.PR02

Arrangement

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

Location

Italy

Language of material

English, Italian

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  • Reference Number: AP207.S1.1967.PR02.001
  • Title: Video recording of "The Pig 'Carosellon Italiano' "
  • Dates of creation: circa 1967
  • Catalogued items within this file 1

  People:

  • Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
  • Gianni Pettena (filmmaker)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 VHS

  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:

  207-053-001

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  • Reference Number: AP207.S1.1967.PR02.002
  • Title: Video and project descriptions, The Pig “Carosello Italiano”
  • Dates of creation: 2006 - 2015
  • Form: born digital
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Gianni Pettena (archive creator)

  Description:

  Most common file formats: Microsoft Word for Windows, Audio/Video Interleaved Format, JPEG File Interchange Format.

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 4 digital files (2 GB)

  Conditions governing access:

  • Digital material can only be accessed on-site. Please contact Reference at ref@cca.qc.ca for more information. Access by appointment only.

  Credit line:

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