The conversation will move between cinematography, research for film, and film as research—tracing how the stories told through the medium of film both rely on and exceed everyday architectures.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
16 July 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
Toolkit for Today: Unmaking Filmmaking
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The conversation will move between cinematography, research for film, and film as research—tracing how the stories told through the medium of film both rely on and exceed everyday architectures.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
archives
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Fonds
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
Synopsis:
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.
archives
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Collection
1914-2008
B.C. Binning House
ARCH175847
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photograph by the National Film Board
ca. 1951
ARCH175849
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photograph by the National Film Board
ca. 1951
B.C. Binning House: interior view of hall and picture gallery
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ARCH175849
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photograph by the National Film Board
B.C. Binning House
ARCH175846
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photograph by the National Film Board
ca. 1951
What It Takes to Make a Home
The CCA film What It Takes to Make a Home (2019) follows a conversation between architects Michael Maltzan (Los Angeles) and Alexander Hagner (Vienna), who address the question of homelessness through various projects.
October 2019
What It Takes to Make a Home
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The CCA film What It Takes to Make a Home (2019) follows a conversation between architects Michael Maltzan (Los Angeles) and Alexander Hagner (Vienna), who address the question of homelessness through various projects.
articles
Huda Tayob, Centring Africa, La Noire de…, Ousmane Sembène, Frantz Fanon, Dakar, Antibes
22 March 2021
Reading Architecture through La Noire de...
Huda Tayob presents film as an embodied archive and critique of the modernizing city
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Fire Child
CP138.S6.D9
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File consists of film originals and a film transfer of Fire Child, made in New York City, New York. Materials were recorded in 1971. File contains film reels.
[1971]
Fire Child
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CP138.S6.D9
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File consists of film originals and a film transfer of Fire Child, made in New York City, New York. Materials were recorded in 1971. File contains film reels.
File 9
[1971]
Project
Pig Roast
CP138.S6.D15
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File consists of film originals and edited films for Pig Roast, made in New York City, New York. Materials were recorded in 1971. File contains film reels.
[1971]
Pig Roast
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CP138.S6.D15
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File consists of film originals and edited films for Pig Roast, made in New York City, New York. Materials were recorded in 1971. File contains film reels.
File 15
[1971]
articles
Making Groundwork
Forces of Friction
6 October 2025
Forces of Friction