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Information Archaeologies
Information Archaeologies
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Molly Wright Steenson on Cedric Price's Oxford Corner House and Generator projects
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Origins of the digital
Origins of the digital
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Molly Wright Steenson, Cedric Price, Oxford Corner House, Generator, digital, archaeology of the digital, information
Molly Wright Steenson, Cedric Price, Oxford Corner House, Generator, digital, archaeology of the digital, information
Published:
21 September 2020
21 September 2020
Title:
Information Archaeologies
Molly Wright Steenson on Cedric Price's Oxford Corner House and Generator projects
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Information Archaeologies
Molly Wright Steenson on Cedric Price's Oxford Corner House and Generator projects
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Origins of the digital
Origins of the digital
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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Cedric Price: Mean Time
Cedric Price: Mean Time
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Description:
British architect Cedric Price draws upon the collection of the CCA to develop the complex relationships between time, movement, and space in the built environment. Looking at structures and building elements through the ages, including some of Price’s own projects, Mean Time presents photographs of an ancient Aztec sun dial, a railroad switching yard, a shot tower, and a(...)
British architect Cedric Price draws upon the collection of the CCA to develop the complex relationships between time, movement, and space in the built environment. Looking at structures and building elements through the ages, including some of Price’s own projects, Mean Time presents photographs of an ancient Aztec sun dial, a railroad switching yard, a shot tower, and a(...)
Location:
Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
19 October 1999 to 27 February 2000
19 October 1999 to 27 February 2000
Title:
Cedric Price: Mean Time
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British architect Cedric Price draws upon the collection of the CCA to develop the complex relationships between time, movement, and space in the built environment. Looking at structures and building elements through the ages, including some of Price’s own projects, Mean Time presents photographs of an ancient Aztec sun dial, a railroad switching yard, a shot tower, and a(...)
Cedric Price: Mean Time
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British architect Cedric Price draws upon the collection of the CCA to develop the complex relationships between time, movement, and space in the built environment. Looking at structures and building elements through the ages, including some of Price’s own projects, Mean Time presents photographs of an ancient Aztec sun dial, a railroad switching yard, a shot tower, and a(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
19 October 1999 to
27 February 2000
19 October 1999 to
27 February 2000
Location:
Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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By the latter half of the nineteenth century, several pioneer photographers had travelled to the Middle East and North Africa, bringing back to Europe and North America images that captured the idea of the exotic. Whether in search of Nile temples, the Holy Land or Berber costumes; whether amateurs or pilgrims; whether part of scientific missions or commercial ventures,(...)
By the latter half of the nineteenth century, several pioneer photographers had travelled to the Middle East and North Africa, bringing back to Europe and North America images that captured the idea of the exotic. Whether in search of Nile temples, the Holy Land or Berber costumes; whether amateurs or pilgrims; whether part of scientific missions or commercial ventures,(...)
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
30 January 2014 to 25 May 2014
30 January 2014 to 25 May 2014
Title:
Photographing the Arab City in the Nineteenth Century
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By the latter half of the nineteenth century, several pioneer photographers had travelled to the Middle East and North Africa, bringing back to Europe and North America images that captured the idea of the exotic. Whether in search of Nile temples, the Holy Land or Berber costumes; whether amateurs or pilgrims; whether part of scientific missions or commercial ventures,(...)
Photographing the Arab City in the Nineteenth Century
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By the latter half of the nineteenth century, several pioneer photographers had travelled to the Middle East and North Africa, bringing back to Europe and North America images that captured the idea of the exotic. Whether in search of Nile temples, the Holy Land or Berber costumes; whether amateurs or pilgrims; whether part of scientific missions or commercial ventures,(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
30 January 2014 to
25 May 2014
30 January 2014 to
25 May 2014
Location:
Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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archives
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Fonds
archives
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Fonds
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Jean-Louis Cohen fonds
Jean-Louis Cohen fonds
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AP210
Synopsis:
The Jean-Louis Cohen fonds, 1968 – 2023, documents the projects and activities of historian, curator, professor, and architect Jean-Louis Cohen (1949 – 2023). Cohen’s research focus was largely modern architecture and transnational architectural exchange, particularly between and among the United States, Europe, and the former Soviet Union in the 20th century. Through physical and digital records, this fonds documents his academic, publishing, and curatorial work along with his professional activities within architectural research and heritage organizations, as well as his architectural practice.
AP210
Synopsis:
The Jean-Louis Cohen fonds, 1968 – 2023, documents the projects and activities of historian, curator, professor, and architect Jean-Louis Cohen (1949 – 2023). Cohen’s research focus was largely modern architecture and transnational architectural exchange, particularly between and among the United States, Europe, and the former Soviet Union in the 20th century. Through physical and digital records, this fonds documents his academic, publishing, and curatorial work along with his professional activities within architectural research and heritage organizations, as well as his architectural practice.
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Date:
1968 - 2023
1968 - 2023
Title:
Jean-Louis Cohen fonds
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AP210
Synopsis:
The Jean-Louis Cohen fonds, 1968 – 2023, documents the projects and activities of historian, curator, professor, and architect Jean-Louis Cohen (1949 – 2023). Cohen’s research focus was largely modern architecture and transnational architectural exchange, particularly between and among the United States, Europe, and the former Soviet Union in the 20th century. Through physical and digital records, this fonds documents his academic, publishing, and curatorial work along with his professional activities within architectural research and heritage organizations, as well as his architectural practice.
Jean-Louis Cohen fonds
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AP210
Synopsis:
The Jean-Louis Cohen fonds, 1968 – 2023, documents the projects and activities of historian, curator, professor, and architect Jean-Louis Cohen (1949 – 2023). Cohen’s research focus was largely modern architecture and transnational architectural exchange, particularly between and among the United States, Europe, and the former Soviet Union in the 20th century. Through physical and digital records, this fonds documents his academic, publishing, and curatorial work along with his professional activities within architectural research and heritage organizations, as well as his architectural practice.
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archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Date:
1968 - 2023
1968 - 2023
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events
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Date:
3 August 2023, 6pm to 7:30pm
3 August 2023, 6pm to 7:30pm
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events
events
Date:
3 August 2023
6pm to 7:30pm
3 August 2023
6pm to 7:30pm
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events
events
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Description:
Documents of Displacement proposes to explore the notion of displacement and its diverse meanings and effects in photographic and video works of artists through the subjects documented or through their methodologies and processes. The artists invited for this series all live in North America, but develop work from a sense of displacement, whether by their cultural or(...)
Documents of Displacement proposes to explore the notion of displacement and its diverse meanings and effects in photographic and video works of artists through the subjects documented or through their methodologies and processes. The artists invited for this series all live in North America, but develop work from a sense of displacement, whether by their cultural or(...)
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Paul Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
Victor Arroyo, Documents of Displacement, Hester Keijser, photography, Cherán, P’urhépecha
Paul Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
Victor Arroyo, Documents of Displacement, Hester Keijser, photography, Cherán, P’urhépecha
Date:
7 December 2023, 6:30pm
7 December 2023, 6:30pm
Title:
Documents of Displacement III
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Description:
Documents of Displacement proposes to explore the notion of displacement and its diverse meanings and effects in photographic and video works of artists through the subjects documented or through their methodologies and processes. The artists invited for this series all live in North America, but develop work from a sense of displacement, whether by their cultural or(...)
Documents of Displacement III
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Description:
Documents of Displacement proposes to explore the notion of displacement and its diverse meanings and effects in photographic and video works of artists through the subjects documented or through their methodologies and processes. The artists invited for this series all live in North America, but develop work from a sense of displacement, whether by their cultural or(...)
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events
events
Date:
7 December 2023
6:30pm
7 December 2023
6:30pm
Location:
Paul Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
Victor Arroyo, Documents of Displacement, Hester Keijser, photography, Cherán, P’urhépecha
Paul Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
Victor Arroyo, Documents of Displacement, Hester Keijser, photography, Cherán, P’urhépecha
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articles
articles
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Near Documentary
Near Documentary
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Jeff Wall in conversation with Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen
Keyword(s):
The Lives of Documents, Photography as a Project, Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, Jeff Wall, conversation, oral history
The Lives of Documents, Photography as a Project, Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, Jeff Wall, conversation, oral history
Published:
5 June 2023
5 June 2023
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events
events
Location:
Shaughnessy House
Shaughnessy House
Date:
15 August 2018 to 21 August 2018
15 August 2018 to 21 August 2018
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events
events
Date:
15 August 2018 to
21 August 2018
15 August 2018 to
21 August 2018
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Shaughnessy House
Shaughnessy House
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events
events
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Description:
This talk revisits the contested visual legacy of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1972 documentary Chung Kuo, Cina by placing it within a broader network of Cold War–era encounters between Western filmmakers and a carefully stage-managed People’s Republic of China. Connecting Antonioni’s state-sanctioned visit with projects by Shirley MacLaine, Jean Painlevé, and Canadian(...)
This talk revisits the contested visual legacy of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1972 documentary Chung Kuo, Cina by placing it within a broader network of Cold War–era encounters between Western filmmakers and a carefully stage-managed People’s Republic of China. Connecting Antonioni’s state-sanctioned visit with projects by Shirley MacLaine, Jean Painlevé, and Canadian(...)
Location:
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Date:
22 January 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
22 January 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
Title:
Screening of film excerpts and live annotation: Antonioni’s Chung Kuo, Cina (1972)
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Description:
This talk revisits the contested visual legacy of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1972 documentary Chung Kuo, Cina by placing it within a broader network of Cold War–era encounters between Western filmmakers and a carefully stage-managed People’s Republic of China. Connecting Antonioni’s state-sanctioned visit with projects by Shirley MacLaine, Jean Painlevé, and Canadian(...)
Screening of film excerpts and live annotation: Antonioni’s Chung Kuo, Cina (1972)
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Description:
This talk revisits the contested visual legacy of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1972 documentary Chung Kuo, Cina by placing it within a broader network of Cold War–era encounters between Western filmmakers and a carefully stage-managed People’s Republic of China. Connecting Antonioni’s state-sanctioned visit with projects by Shirley MacLaine, Jean Painlevé, and Canadian(...)
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events
events
Date:
22 January 2026
6pm to 7:30pm
22 January 2026
6pm to 7:30pm
Location:
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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Description:
Seemingly common activities such as walking, playing, recycling, and gardening are pushed beyond their usual definition by the international architects, artists, and collectives featured in the exhibition. Their actions push against accepted norms of behaviour in cities, at times even challenging legal limitations. The individuals and groups employ a range of approaches(...)
Seemingly common activities such as walking, playing, recycling, and gardening are pushed beyond their usual definition by the international architects, artists, and collectives featured in the exhibition. Their actions push against accepted norms of behaviour in cities, at times even challenging legal limitations. The individuals and groups employ a range of approaches(...)
Location:
Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
26 November 2008 to 19 April 2009
26 November 2008 to 19 April 2009
Title:
Actions: What You Can Do With the City
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Description:
Seemingly common activities such as walking, playing, recycling, and gardening are pushed beyond their usual definition by the international architects, artists, and collectives featured in the exhibition. Their actions push against accepted norms of behaviour in cities, at times even challenging legal limitations. The individuals and groups employ a range of approaches(...)
Actions: What You Can Do With the City
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Description:
Seemingly common activities such as walking, playing, recycling, and gardening are pushed beyond their usual definition by the international architects, artists, and collectives featured in the exhibition. Their actions push against accepted norms of behaviour in cities, at times even challenging legal limitations. The individuals and groups employ a range of approaches(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
26 November 2008 to
19 April 2009
26 November 2008 to
19 April 2009
Location:
Main galleries
Main galleries
