Title & Author:

À propos de l'écriture expérimentale = On experimental writing.

Publication:

[2011]

Description:

3 videocassettes (Mini-DV) (approximately 146 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. master

Notes:
Title from CCA website.
Content of original Mini-DV cassettes reformatted onto 3 DVDs in 2011.
Recorded and produced by the Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture.
Speakers: David Howes, Pedro Gadanho, Naomi Stead, Albert Ferré and Kazys Varnelis.
Discussion also available as a streaming audio file on the CCA website.
Discussion in English; introductory remarks in both English and French.

Summary:

Videorecording of an open discussion about different approaches to writing about architecture, urbanism and criticism today. Invited guests discuss and challenge these new editorial directions from their own perspective and based on their editorial experiences. Recent CCA publications that exemplify this experimental writing include: Désolé, plus d'essence = Sorry, out of gas, Une espèce en danger = An endangered species, Autres odyssées de l'espace = Other space odysseys, and Trajets = Journeys. Discussion is moderated by David Howes and is followed by a joint conversation with Phyllis Lambert at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Feb. 10, 2011. Includes introductory remarks by Giovanna Borasi.

Subject:

Howes, David, 1957-
Gadanho, Pedro.
Stead, Naomi.
Ferré, Albert.
Varnelis, Kazys.
Trajets : comment la mobilité des fruits, des idées et des architectures recompose notre environnement.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architectural writing.
Communication in architecture.
Architecture and society.
Literature, Experimental.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture Art d'écrire.
Communication en architecture.
Architecture et société.
Littérature expérimentale.
Architecture, Modern.

Form/genre:

NTSC standard.
Reformatted audiovisual materials.
Lectures.
Video recordings.
Videocassettes.
Videotapes.
Mini-DV.
Optical disks.
DVDs.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)

Added entries:

Howes, David, 1957-
Gadanho, Pedro.
Stead, Naomi.
Ferré, Albert.
Varnelis, Kazys.
Borasi, Giovanna, 1971-
Lambert, Phyllis.
Centre canadien d'architecture.
Centre canadien d'architecture. Enregistrements des événements.

On experimental writing
Title on CCA website (English): On experimental writing : Albert Ferré, Pedro Gadanho, David Howes, Naomi Stead and Kazys Varnelis : conversation, 10 February, 2011.
Title on CCA website (French): À propos de l'écriture expérimentale : Albert Ferré, Pedro Gadanho, David Howes, Naomi Stead and Kazys Varnelis : causerie, 10 février, 2011.

Holdings:

Location: Library main av cca productions 273944
Call No.: Box 31 (BIB 204400)
Copy: disc 1
Notes: DVD consultation copy
Status: Available

Location: Library main av cca productions 273945
Call No.: Box 31 (BIB 204400)
Copy: disc 2
Notes: DVD consultation copy
Status: Available

Location: Library main av cca productions 273946
Call No.: Box 31 (BIB 204400)
Copy: disc 3
Notes: DVD consultation copy
Status: Available

Location: Library main av cca productions 271360
Call No.: Box 31 (BIB 204400)
Copy: tape 1
Notes: Mini-DV
Status: Available

Location: Library main av cca productions 271361
Call No.: Box 31 (BIB 204400)
Copy: tape 2
Notes: Mini-DV
Status: Available

Location: Library main av cca productions 271362
Call No.: Box 31 (BIB 204400)
Copy: tape 3
Notes: Mini-DV
Status: Available