Secoli E Milenni [Centuries and Millennia] (2014)

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• Fonds: Gianni Pettena fonds, 1960-2019
•    Series: Works, 1966-2018
•      Project: Secoli E Milenni [Centuries and Millennia] (2014), 2014-2015

People

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

Title

Secoli E Milenni [Centuries and Millennia] (2014)

Dates of creation

2014-2015

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 10 digital files (220 MB)
• 5 reprographic copies
• 1 photograph

Scope and Content

The project series documents "Secoli E Milenni" a series of drawings by Pettena in 2014. The drawing series shows the passing of time through the illustration of a monument slowly decaying and overcome by nature. "With the passing of millennia everything may disappear and only traces remain of the fabric of previous cultures, superimposed one on the other, but in the end, Nature re-elaborates and recovers its role, prevailing in the end over the small quarrelsomeness of centuries: Nature recounts the millennia, the thousands, the millions of years." [1]

The project series contains six printouts of the drawings, a photographic reproduction showing all six drawings, and a video montage of the drawings.

Source:

[1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/nat-centuries-and-millennia-2014/ (last accessed 28 January 2020)

Reference Number

AP207.S1.2014.PR03

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

Inventory

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  • Reference Number: AP207.S1.2014.PR03.001
  • Title: Reproductions of the drawings and photographic reproduction, Secoli E Milenni
  • Dates of creation: circa 2014
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
  • Gianni Pettena (architect)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 5 reprographic copies
  • 1 photograph

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 30 x 21.5 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:

  207-007-035

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  • Reference Number: AP207.S1.2014.PR03.002
  • Title: Digitized drawings, video montage of the drawings, and project description, Secoli E Milenni
  • Dates of creation: 2014 - 2015
  • 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, Audio/Video Interleaved Format, Microsoft Word for Windows

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 10 digital files (220 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