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Take Note

Exhibition, Octagonal gallery, 4 February 2010 to 30 May 2010

Take Note. Installation view, 2010

Take Note. Installation view, 2010

Take Note. Installation view, 2010

Take Note. Installation view, 2010

Take Note. Installation view, 2010

Take Note. Installation view, 2010

Take Note. Installation view, 2010

Take Note. Installation view, 2010

Take Note. Installation view, 2010

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Take Note presents selected pivotal moments in the ongoing relationship between writing and architecture.

This exhibition is the fifth in a series of CCA exhibitions developed in collaboration with universities.

Curated by Sylvia Lavin, University of California, Los Angeles.

Peter Eisenman. Notes on Conceptual Architecture. Design Quarterly, 78/79, Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, 1970.

Peter Eisenman. House II, Hardwick, Vermont. 1969. Conceptual sketch. Felt-tip pen on paper. Peter Eisenman Archive.

Bernard Tschumi. Joyce’s Garden. 1976. Photographic print, ink, graphite and letraset on cardboard. Courtesy of Bernard Tschumi.

Elizabeth Diller & Ricardo Scofidio. The Withdrawing Room. 1987. Artist statement. Ink and graphite on paper. Courtesy of the Capp Street Project Archive, California College of the Arts Libraries, Los Angeles.

Stan Allen & Marc Hacker. Scoring the City. 1986. Architectural reproduction. Courtesy of SAA/Stan Allen Architect.

Greg Lynn. Embryological House. 2000. Ink on paper. Promised gift from the architect, CCA.

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Exhibition tour

Excerpts from Sylvia Lavin’s Gallery Talk, 4 February 2010.
Excerpts from Sylvia Lavin’s Gallery Talk, 4 February 2010.
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.Excerpts from Sylvia Lavin’s Gallery Talk, 4 February 2010.

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Mirko Zardini and Alessandro Poli discuss the storyboards for the first Superstudio film Supersuperficie (in Italian).

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Mirko Zardini and Greg Lynn discuss a concept diagram for the Embryological House.

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Mirko Zardini and Peter Eisenman discuss his essay Notes on Conceptual Architecture.

Take Note title sequence. Digital animation. Courtesy of Imaginary Forces.
Take Note title sequence. Digital animation. Courtesy of Imaginary Forces.
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Take Note title sequence. Digital animation. Courtesy of Imaginary Forces.

Other exhibitions in the series

Clip/Stamp/Fold 2: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines 196X - 197X

Exhibition

Inside the Sponge

Exhibition

Total Environment: Montréal, 1965-1975

Exhibition

Utopia's Ghost: Postmodernism Reconsidered

Exhibition
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