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The Game of Architecture (2013)

The Game of Architecture (2013)

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People

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

Title

The Game of Architecture (2013)

Dates of creation

2011-2018

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

  • 19 digital files (437 MB)
  • 1 drawing
  • 1 photograph

Scope and Content

The project series documents "The Game of Architecture", a drawing realized in 2013. The drawing is of triangular-shaped structures made of bricks standing in a desert. This drawing is a reinterpretation of a previous project by Pettena "Situazioni Competitive" in 1971. "Here architecture, albeit with the same characteristic of competitiveness, becomes indistinct, confused, no longer the leading actor, at the mercy of an unknown context (a desert? the nature of an alien planet?) which, threatening to overwhelm it, seems to nullify its every need and characteristic." [1]

The project series contains a drawing for the 2013 edition and the 2018 version, which is a digital photograph modified to show the architectural construction standing in rough water.

Source:

[1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/nat-the-game-of-architecture-2013-1/ (last accessed 28 January 2020)

Reference Number

AP207.S1.2013.PR01

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

Related units of description

  • For more documents related to Pettena's project "Situazioni Competitive" (1971), see AP207.S1.1971.PR08.

Inventory

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    • Reference Number: AP207.S1.2013.PR01.001
    • Title: Drawing, The Game of Architecture
    • Dates of creation: circa 2013
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 drawing

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 305 x 42.5 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:

    207-002-021

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    • Reference Number: AP207.S1.2013.PR01.002
    • Title: Photograph, The Game of Architecture
    • Dates of creation: circa 2018
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 photograph

    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:

    207-007-031

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    • Reference Number: AP207.S1.2013.PR01.003
    • Title: Research photographs, digitized drawings, and project description, The Game of Architecture
    • Dates of creation: 2011 - 2018
    • Form: drawings, born digital
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gianni Pettena (archive creator)

    Description:

    Most common file formats: JPEG File Interchange Format, Adobe Photoshop, Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed), Microsoft Word for Windows

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 19 digital files (437 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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