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Vestirsi Di Siede [Wearable Chairs] (1971)

Vestirsi Di Siede [Wearable Chairs] (1971)

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People

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

Title

Vestirsi Di Siede [Wearable Chairs] (1971)

Dates of creation

1971-2017

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

  • 49 photographic materials
  • 41 digital files (785 MB)
  • 10 textual documents
  • 5 drawings (including 1 reprographic copy)

Scope and Content

This project series documents Pettena's performance "Vestirsi Di Siede", also know in English as "Wearable Chairs". The performance was carried out between 3 pm and 5 pm on February 12, 1971, in the streets of Minneapolis by ten students of Pettena at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. The students, each wearing a portable chair harnessed on their back, wandered around the city, either by foot or by bus, and than returned to the college. "In this performance, it was the body that activated and gave meaning to the object: the chair only taking on meaning when carried, otherwise, it became disjointed." [1] The chairs were then put on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

A second edition of the performance was also carried out with the students from Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA) in Milan, 2011, and an installation of the chairs was presented at the exhibition "Un art pauvre" at the Centre Pompidou in 2016.

The project series contains photographs of the performance by the students of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and photographs of the exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 1971. It also contains three sketches for the chairs, a drawing of the performance and a statement about the perfomance. The project series also includes photographs of the performance of the NABA students in 2011.

Source:

[1] FRAC Centre-Val de Loire, http://www.frac-centre.fr/_en/art-and-architecture-collection/pettena-gianni/wearable-chairs-verstirsi-siede-317.html?authID=148&ensembleID=1286 (last accessed 11 November 2019)

Reference Number

AP207.S1.1971.PR04

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

Inventory

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    • Reference Number: AP207.S1.1971.PR04.001
    • Title: Sketch and plan, Vestirsi Di Siede
    • Dates of creation: circa 1971
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 2

    People:

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

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 2 drawings

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 24.5 x 34.5 cm sheet (largest; folded): 36.5 x 49.5 cm sheet (largest): 91.5 x 49.5 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:

    207-001-008

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: AP207.S1.1971.PR04.002
    • Title: Photographs, sketches, drawing and project statement, Vestirsi Di Siede
    • Dates of creation: circa 1971
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 33

    People:

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

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 29 slides
    • 20 photographs
    • 10 textual documents
    • 4 drawings
    • 1 reprographic copy

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 22 x 25.5 cm sheet (largest): 32.5 x 22.5 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:

    207-005-018

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: AP207.S1.1971.PR04.003
    • Title: Photographs of the performance in 1971 and in 2011, and installation of the chair at the Centre Pompidou, Vestirsi Di Siede
    • Dates of creation: 2006 - 2017
    • Form: born digital, photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gianni Pettena (archive creator)

    Description:

    Most common file formats: JPEG File Interchange Format, Audio/Video Interleaved Format, Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed), Microsoft Word for Windows, Raw JPEG Stream

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 41 digital files (785 MB)

    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

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