Questioning Pictures: Photograph of Judgment of Paris, painting by Lucas Cranach the elder, 1528
PH2018:0005:025
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Judgment of the Paris, mixed media on beech wood, 84.7 x 57 cm 1528, Kunstmuseum Basel, Schenkung Martha und Robert von Hirsch 1977, Inv. G 1977.37, Basel Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
2017
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of Judgment of Paris, painting by Lucas Cranach the elder, 1528
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PH2018:0005:025
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Judgment of the Paris, mixed media on beech wood, 84.7 x 57 cm 1528, Kunstmuseum Basel, Schenkung Martha und Robert von Hirsch 1977, Inv. G 1977.37, Basel Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
archives
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Fonds
AP190
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The Preston Scott Cohen Eyebeam project records, 2001-2016, consist of 281 digital files that document the architect’s competition entry for the Eyebeam Atelier Museum in New York City, developed in 2001. The archive includes 154 digital models in Rhinoceros, 30 digital models in STL, approximately 90 digital images, one video, and a number of Illustrator, Photoshop, PDF, and Microsoft Word files.
2001-2016
Preston Scott Cohen Eyebeam project records
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AP190
Synopsis:
The Preston Scott Cohen Eyebeam project records, 2001-2016, consist of 281 digital files that document the architect’s competition entry for the Eyebeam Atelier Museum in New York City, developed in 2001. The archive includes 154 digital models in Rhinoceros, 30 digital models in STL, approximately 90 digital images, one video, and a number of Illustrator, Photoshop, PDF, and Microsoft Word files.
archives
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Fonds
2001-2016
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AP168.S1
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The Project records from Neil Denari series, 1994 – 2004, consists of records produced by Denari for his show “Interrupted Projections” at Gallery MA in Tokyo, Japan. It documents the development and final design for the principal architectural installation built on the third level of the gallery, as well as related materials displayed on the gallery’s fourth floor. The series also contains photographic and video documentation of the exhibit, the show catalogue, and promotional materials. The series includes 4003 digital files (1 GB), 53 slides, 21 transparencies, seven drawings and/or reprographic copies, two VHS video cassettes, one exhibition catalogue, and a small amount of promotional material comprising one large and two small posters, one postcard, and one t-shirt. The majority of records date from 1994-1996. Denari used a combination of physical drawings and digital modelling to draft the design for Interrupted Projections. The series contains one ink drawing and one transfer print with plans and sections of the third floor gallery space, two reprographic copies of drawings with elevations and plans of existing conditions of the third and fourth floors at Gallery MA, and three graphite hand drawings of the installation. Digital files in the series include two original Softimage databases containing full and partial 3D models of the installation, as well as one forward-migrated database containing models compiled from the two original databases. The original models were created in Softimage ’95 on Windows NT and will not open in contemporary versions of Autodesk Softimage. The forward-migrated model database was created by members of Autodesk’s Montreal office for the Archaeology of the Digital exhibition Complexity and Convention and will open in Softimage 2014. Each Softimage model database is made up of several directories that contain information necessary to render all models and their animation into a “scene” (such as textures, lighting, camera movements, etc.). When the Interrupted Projections models were migrated, the information from all directories in both original databases was compiled into the Scenes directory of a single database. These updated scene files (SCN) contain all the elements needed to render the models without the need for additional directories. Each scene file has a corresponding scene TOC file (scene table of content), which can be used to further modify the information in the scene. Scene files in the migrated database contain full and partial models for Interrupted Projections, including one animated scene that follows a camera path through the interior and exterior of the final model. These files document the various stages of design work for the project, as well as Denari’s use of animation features in Softimage to visualize and study the spatial character of his drawings. Project collaborator Duks Koschitz created additional animations of the model that were edited and shown on the fourth floor of the exhibition. A compilation of his work is included on a VHS tape in the archive. The video, which spans one minute 16 seconds, contains four animations that move around the 3D gallery space. Koschitz attempted to reflect the concerns of the project in the movements of the camera, focusing on details such as the fictional company logos or curvatures in the surface of the model. The majority of photographic materials in the series are digital renderings of the model, comprising 38 slides, 14 diapositives, and seven digital images. Photographic materials also include images of the completed show, including seven diapositives that document the built work from various views on the third floor of Gallery MA, as well as the exhibition of materials on the fourth floor. A small number of slides document the exhibit open to the public, and include images of visitors interacting with the Sony Navicam. Most of the diapositive photographs and a small number of slides were taken by Fujitsuka Mitsumasa, a photographer of architecture based in Tokyo. A second VHS tape in the archive provides in-depth documentation of the Interrupted Projections exhibition, containing 45 minutes of raw video footage that explores Gallery MA and surrounding areas of Tokyo. The Interrupted Projections book contains in print the text and images from the installation and website. It was written by Denari and designed by Michiharu Shimoda, a graphic designer and underground trip-hop artist who was also responsible for the design of the fictional logos used in the exhibit. The book acts as an extension of the content of the show, as well as exhibition catalogue, and covers Denari’s other projects represented in the show. The series also contains a small amount of promotional media for Interrupted Projections, including one large and two small posters, a postcard, and a t-shirt.
1994 - 2004
Project records from Neil Denari
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AP168.S1
Description:
The Project records from Neil Denari series, 1994 – 2004, consists of records produced by Denari for his show “Interrupted Projections” at Gallery MA in Tokyo, Japan. It documents the development and final design for the principal architectural installation built on the third level of the gallery, as well as related materials displayed on the gallery’s fourth floor. The series also contains photographic and video documentation of the exhibit, the show catalogue, and promotional materials. The series includes 4003 digital files (1 GB), 53 slides, 21 transparencies, seven drawings and/or reprographic copies, two VHS video cassettes, one exhibition catalogue, and a small amount of promotional material comprising one large and two small posters, one postcard, and one t-shirt. The majority of records date from 1994-1996. Denari used a combination of physical drawings and digital modelling to draft the design for Interrupted Projections. The series contains one ink drawing and one transfer print with plans and sections of the third floor gallery space, two reprographic copies of drawings with elevations and plans of existing conditions of the third and fourth floors at Gallery MA, and three graphite hand drawings of the installation. Digital files in the series include two original Softimage databases containing full and partial 3D models of the installation, as well as one forward-migrated database containing models compiled from the two original databases. The original models were created in Softimage ’95 on Windows NT and will not open in contemporary versions of Autodesk Softimage. The forward-migrated model database was created by members of Autodesk’s Montreal office for the Archaeology of the Digital exhibition Complexity and Convention and will open in Softimage 2014. Each Softimage model database is made up of several directories that contain information necessary to render all models and their animation into a “scene” (such as textures, lighting, camera movements, etc.). When the Interrupted Projections models were migrated, the information from all directories in both original databases was compiled into the Scenes directory of a single database. These updated scene files (SCN) contain all the elements needed to render the models without the need for additional directories. Each scene file has a corresponding scene TOC file (scene table of content), which can be used to further modify the information in the scene. Scene files in the migrated database contain full and partial models for Interrupted Projections, including one animated scene that follows a camera path through the interior and exterior of the final model. These files document the various stages of design work for the project, as well as Denari’s use of animation features in Softimage to visualize and study the spatial character of his drawings. Project collaborator Duks Koschitz created additional animations of the model that were edited and shown on the fourth floor of the exhibition. A compilation of his work is included on a VHS tape in the archive. The video, which spans one minute 16 seconds, contains four animations that move around the 3D gallery space. Koschitz attempted to reflect the concerns of the project in the movements of the camera, focusing on details such as the fictional company logos or curvatures in the surface of the model. The majority of photographic materials in the series are digital renderings of the model, comprising 38 slides, 14 diapositives, and seven digital images. Photographic materials also include images of the completed show, including seven diapositives that document the built work from various views on the third floor of Gallery MA, as well as the exhibition of materials on the fourth floor. A small number of slides document the exhibit open to the public, and include images of visitors interacting with the Sony Navicam. Most of the diapositive photographs and a small number of slides were taken by Fujitsuka Mitsumasa, a photographer of architecture based in Tokyo. A second VHS tape in the archive provides in-depth documentation of the Interrupted Projections exhibition, containing 45 minutes of raw video footage that explores Gallery MA and surrounding areas of Tokyo. The Interrupted Projections book contains in print the text and images from the installation and website. It was written by Denari and designed by Michiharu Shimoda, a graphic designer and underground trip-hop artist who was also responsible for the design of the fictional logos used in the exhibit. The book acts as an extension of the content of the show, as well as exhibition catalogue, and covers Denari’s other projects represented in the show. The series also contains a small amount of promotional media for Interrupted Projections, including one large and two small posters, a postcard, and a t-shirt.
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1994 - 2004
Series
Promotion de l'événement
AP095.S4
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La série nous renseigne sur l'appel de candidature au concours, sur l'exposition qui s'est tenue à Venise et la campagne de promotion entourant la tenue de l'événement. La série contient deux exemplaires du document diffusé pour inviter les jeunes architectes canadiens à participer au concours d'idées lancé en 1995, un exemplaire de la publication Réciprocité, Patkau +16, produite par le CCA en 1996, présentant les lauréats exposés et l'agence Patkau Architects, et enfin 321 documents photographiques (portraits de Phyllis Lambert, de John et Patrcicia Patkau et de Michael Cunnignam, et des panneaux exposés) produits dans le but notamment d'être distribuées aux médias dans le cadre d'une campagne de promotion de l'événement.
1995-1996
Promotion de l'événement
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AP095.S4
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La série nous renseigne sur l'appel de candidature au concours, sur l'exposition qui s'est tenue à Venise et la campagne de promotion entourant la tenue de l'événement. La série contient deux exemplaires du document diffusé pour inviter les jeunes architectes canadiens à participer au concours d'idées lancé en 1995, un exemplaire de la publication Réciprocité, Patkau +16, produite par le CCA en 1996, présentant les lauréats exposés et l'agence Patkau Architects, et enfin 321 documents photographiques (portraits de Phyllis Lambert, de John et Patrcicia Patkau et de Michael Cunnignam, et des panneaux exposés) produits dans le but notamment d'être distribuées aux médias dans le cadre d'une campagne de promotion de l'événement.
Série 4
1995-1996
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CP138
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The Gordon Matta-Clark collection documents the personal and professional activities of Gordon Matta-Clark through his correspondence, texts, library, artwork and films, created predominantly between 1969 and 1978. Additionally the collection contains correspondence and photographs collected by Anne Alpert, Matta-Clark's mother, and documentation on his work collected by his widow Jane Crawford following his death.
1914-2008
Gordon Matta-Clark collection
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CP138
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The Gordon Matta-Clark collection documents the personal and professional activities of Gordon Matta-Clark through his correspondence, texts, library, artwork and films, created predominantly between 1969 and 1978. Additionally the collection contains correspondence and photographs collected by Anne Alpert, Matta-Clark's mother, and documentation on his work collected by his widow Jane Crawford following his death.
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Collection
1914-2008
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AP177
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The RUR Architecture Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library project records, circa 1996, document the New York based firm’s competition entry for the Kansai Science City branch of Japan’s National Diet Library. Records show integration of landscape in the building’s design, exploration of the relationship between structure and surface, and a multimedia approach to building design. Records include 169 digital files, mostly CAD models and images; 42 drawings and printed renderings; and 5 models and casts.
1996-2015
RUR Architecture Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library project records
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AP177
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The RUR Architecture Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library project records, circa 1996, document the New York based firm’s competition entry for the Kansai Science City branch of Japan’s National Diet Library. Records show integration of landscape in the building’s design, exploration of the relationship between structure and surface, and a multimedia approach to building design. Records include 169 digital files, mostly CAD models and images; 42 drawings and printed renderings; and 5 models and casts.
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Fonds
1996-2015
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Fonds
Robert Duchesnay fonds
AP115
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Le Fonds Robert Duchesnay consiste en une série de photographies montrant les divers structure (principalement des dômes géodésiques) conçus ou influencée par R. Buckminster Fuller. Les photographies, prises par l'artiste et photographe montréalais Robert Duchesnay, ont été créées entre 1985 et 1992.
1985-1992
Robert Duchesnay fonds
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AP115
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Le Fonds Robert Duchesnay consiste en une série de photographies montrant les divers structure (principalement des dômes géodésiques) conçus ou influencée par R. Buckminster Fuller. Les photographies, prises par l'artiste et photographe montréalais Robert Duchesnay, ont été créées entre 1985 et 1992.
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1985-1992
Archaeology of the Digital: Complexity and Convention is the third exhibition related to the development of a strategy for collecting and preserving digital archives at the CCA. The Archaeology of the Digital program comprises twenty-five projects for which digital materials are integral to an understanding of the design process. For projects included in the first two(...)
11 May 2016 to 16 October 2016
Archaeology of the Digital: Complexity and Convention
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Archaeology of the Digital: Complexity and Convention is the third exhibition related to the development of a strategy for collecting and preserving digital archives at the CCA. The Archaeology of the Digital program comprises twenty-five projects for which digital materials are integral to an understanding of the design process. For projects included in the first two(...)
journals and magazines
Média design.
Description:
v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
[Montréal] : Centre de documentation, Département de design de l'UQAM, [1986]-
journals and magazines
[Montréal] : Centre de documentation, Département de design de l'UQAM, [1986]-
books
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26 pages ; 26 cm
Lisboa : Ediçao Brotéria, 1969.
books
Lisboa : Ediçao Brotéria, 1969.