Ben Bradley : making Canada a roadside attraction.

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Main entry:

Bradley, Ben, 1975- speaker.

Title & Author:

Ben Bradley : making Canada a roadside attraction.

Publication:

[Montréal] : CCA, [2017]

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (46 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color

Notes:
Supplied title.
Produced as part of the lecture series that accompanied the exhibition 'It's all happening so fast' ; organized by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, November 16, 2016-April 9, 2017.
Lecture.
Recorded and produced by the Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture.
Speaker: Ben Bradley.
Presentation in English.

Summary:

Ben Bradley presents how the automobile shaped how Canadians encountered their country during the twentieth century. As thousands and then millions came to know Canada by motoring, their travel patterns, viewing habits, and tastes shaped and reshaped the places they passed through. Canada's roads came to be festooned with scenic pullouts, viewpoints, and a constellation of roadside attractions. Common experiences of even seemingly natural sites (and sights) such as pastoral rural scenes, pristine wilderness parks, and heritage buildings that evoked history were intertwined with complex networks of fixed infrastructure and flexible, mobile technology.

Subject:

Automobile travel Canada History 20th century.
Roads Canada History 20th century.
Transportation Canada History 20th century.
Automobiles Canada History 20th century.
Landscapes Canada History 20th century.
Voyages en automobile Canada Histoire 20e siècle.
Routes Canada Histoire 20e siècle.
Paysages Canada Histoire 20e siècle.
Automobile travel.
Automobiles.
Landscapes.
Roads.
Transportation.
Canada.
Centre canadien d'architecture Events
Centre canadien d'architecture Publishing

Form/genre:

Lectures.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Streaming video.
History.

Added entries:

Centre canadien d'architecture, issuing body, organizer, host institution.
Centre canadien d'architecture. Enregistrements des événements.
Centre canadien d'architecture. CCAchannel.
Centre canadien d'architecture issuing body, organizer, host institution.

Making Canada a roadside attraction
French title on CCA website : Faire du Canada une halte-routière

Holdings:

Location: Library internet resource 303941
Call No.: 303941
Status: Available

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