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Environmental Histories
Environmental Histories
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To kick off “Architecture and/for the Environment” —the CCA’s third Multidisciplinary Research Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—Daniel Abramson and Imre Szeman will present two key concepts that reconceive the environment in the history of architecture. Daniel Abramson, an architectural historian, will discuss how the idea of architectural “obsolescence”(...)
To kick off “Architecture and/for the Environment” —the CCA’s third Multidisciplinary Research Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—Daniel Abramson and Imre Szeman will present two key concepts that reconceive the environment in the history of architecture. Daniel Abramson, an architectural historian, will discuss how the idea of architectural “obsolescence”(...)
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Date:
15 December 2016, 6pm
15 December 2016, 6pm
Title:
Environmental Histories
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To kick off “Architecture and/for the Environment” —the CCA’s third Multidisciplinary Research Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—Daniel Abramson and Imre Szeman will present two key concepts that reconceive the environment in the history of architecture. Daniel Abramson, an architectural historian, will discuss how the idea of architectural “obsolescence”(...)
Environmental Histories
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To kick off “Architecture and/for the Environment” —the CCA’s third Multidisciplinary Research Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—Daniel Abramson and Imre Szeman will present two key concepts that reconceive the environment in the history of architecture. Daniel Abramson, an architectural historian, will discuss how the idea of architectural “obsolescence”(...)
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events
events
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15 December 2016
6pm
15 December 2016
6pm
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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photographs
photographs
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PH1993:0212
Description:
- This photograph shows Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953) (bottom right) with two assistants from the "creative collective" which was organized so that he could continue work on the Monument to the Third International design while the model was being constructed (the model was completed for the third anniversary of the October Revolution, 7 November 1920). The assistants are (top to bottom): Iosif Aizikovich Meerzon (1900-1941), and Tevel' Markovich Shapiro (1898-1984 or later).
PH1993:0212
Description:
- This photograph shows Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953) (bottom right) with two assistants from the "creative collective" which was organized so that he could continue work on the Monument to the Third International design while the model was being constructed (the model was completed for the third anniversary of the October Revolution, 7 November 1920). The assistants are (top to bottom): Iosif Aizikovich Meerzon (1900-1941), and Tevel' Markovich Shapiro (1898-1984 or later).
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architecture, portrait
architecture, portrait
Date:
between March and 7 November 1920
between March and 7 November 1920
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Vladimir Tatlin and his assistants I.A. Meerzon and T.M. Shapiro constructing the first model for the monument to the Third International, Petrograd, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
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PH1993:0212
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- This photograph shows Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953) (bottom right) with two assistants from the "creative collective" which was organized so that he could continue work on the Monument to the Third International design while the model was being constructed (the model was completed for the third anniversary of the October Revolution, 7 November 1920). The assistants are (top to bottom): Iosif Aizikovich Meerzon (1900-1941), and Tevel' Markovich Shapiro (1898-1984 or later).
Vladimir Tatlin and his assistants I.A. Meerzon and T.M. Shapiro constructing the first model for the monument to the Third International, Petrograd, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
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PH1993:0212
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- This photograph shows Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953) (bottom right) with two assistants from the "creative collective" which was organized so that he could continue work on the Monument to the Third International design while the model was being constructed (the model was completed for the third anniversary of the October Revolution, 7 November 1920). The assistants are (top to bottom): Iosif Aizikovich Meerzon (1900-1941), and Tevel' Markovich Shapiro (1898-1984 or later).
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photographs
photographs
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between March and 7 November 1920
between March and 7 November 1920
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architecture, portrait
architecture, portrait
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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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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
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Fonds
archives
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1968 - 2023
1968 - 2023
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events
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Visiting Scholar Susanne Bauer presents her research: The theoretical debates which took place in American architecture circles—predominantly those on the east coast—as of the early 1960s were often concerned with questions of formal analysis of architectural space and, more broadly, with the present state of architecture and the disciplines future. Some of these debates(...)
Visiting Scholar Susanne Bauer presents her research: The theoretical debates which took place in American architecture circles—predominantly those on the east coast—as of the early 1960s were often concerned with questions of formal analysis of architectural space and, more broadly, with the present state of architecture and the disciplines future. Some of these debates(...)
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Shaughnessy House
Shaughnessy House
Date:
21 July 2016, 6pm
21 July 2016, 6pm
Title:
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Susanne Bauer
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Visiting Scholar Susanne Bauer presents her research: The theoretical debates which took place in American architecture circles—predominantly those on the east coast—as of the early 1960s were often concerned with questions of formal analysis of architectural space and, more broadly, with the present state of architecture and the disciplines future. Some of these debates(...)
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Susanne Bauer
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Visiting Scholar Susanne Bauer presents her research: The theoretical debates which took place in American architecture circles—predominantly those on the east coast—as of the early 1960s were often concerned with questions of formal analysis of architectural space and, more broadly, with the present state of architecture and the disciplines future. Some of these debates(...)
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events
events
Date:
21 July 2016
6pm
21 July 2016
6pm
Location:
Shaughnessy House
Shaughnessy House
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photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
PH1993:0211
Description:
- This photograph shows Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953) with three assistants from the "creative collective" which was organized so that he could continue work on the Monument to the Third International design while the model was being constructed (the model was completed for the third anniversary of the October Revolution, 7 November 1920). The assistants are (left to right): Iosif Aizikovich Meerzon (1900-1941), Tevel' Markovich Shapiro (1898-1984 or later), and Sofia Isaakovna Dymshits-Tolstaia (1888-1963).
PH1993:0211
Description:
- This photograph shows Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953) with three assistants from the "creative collective" which was organized so that he could continue work on the Monument to the Third International design while the model was being constructed (the model was completed for the third anniversary of the October Revolution, 7 November 1920). The assistants are (left to right): Iosif Aizikovich Meerzon (1900-1941), Tevel' Markovich Shapiro (1898-1984 or later), and Sofia Isaakovna Dymshits-Tolstaia (1888-1963).
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architecture, portrait
architecture, portrait
Date:
between March and 7 November 1920
between March and 7 November 1920
Title:
Group portrait of Vladimir Tatlin and his assistants I.A. Meerzon, T.M. Shapiro and S. Dymshits-Tolstaia at the time of the construction of the model for the Monument to the Third International, Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg)
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PH1993:0211
Description:
- This photograph shows Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953) with three assistants from the "creative collective" which was organized so that he could continue work on the Monument to the Third International design while the model was being constructed (the model was completed for the third anniversary of the October Revolution, 7 November 1920). The assistants are (left to right): Iosif Aizikovich Meerzon (1900-1941), Tevel' Markovich Shapiro (1898-1984 or later), and Sofia Isaakovna Dymshits-Tolstaia (1888-1963).
Group portrait of Vladimir Tatlin and his assistants I.A. Meerzon, T.M. Shapiro and S. Dymshits-Tolstaia at the time of the construction of the model for the Monument to the Third International, Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg)
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PH1993:0211
Description:
- This photograph shows Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953) with three assistants from the "creative collective" which was organized so that he could continue work on the Monument to the Third International design while the model was being constructed (the model was completed for the third anniversary of the October Revolution, 7 November 1920). The assistants are (left to right): Iosif Aizikovich Meerzon (1900-1941), Tevel' Markovich Shapiro (1898-1984 or later), and Sofia Isaakovna Dymshits-Tolstaia (1888-1963).
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photographs
photographs
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between March and 7 November 1920
between March and 7 November 1920
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architecture, portrait
architecture, portrait
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photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
PH1993:0213
Description:
- This photograph shows Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953) with three assistants from the "creative collective" which was organized so that he could continue work on the Monument to the Third International design while the model was being constructed (the model was completed for the third anniversary of the October Revolution, 7 November 1920). The assistants are (left to right): Sofia Isaakovna Dymshits-Tolstaia (1888-1963), [Tatlin], Tevel' Markovich Shapiro (1898-1984 or later), and Iosif Aizikovich Meerzon (1900-1941).
PH1993:0213
Description:
- This photograph shows Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953) with three assistants from the "creative collective" which was organized so that he could continue work on the Monument to the Third International design while the model was being constructed (the model was completed for the third anniversary of the October Revolution, 7 November 1920). The assistants are (left to right): Sofia Isaakovna Dymshits-Tolstaia (1888-1963), [Tatlin], Tevel' Markovich Shapiro (1898-1984 or later), and Iosif Aizikovich Meerzon (1900-1941).
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Subject:
architecture, portrait
architecture, portrait
Date:
between March and 7 November 1920
between March and 7 November 1920
Title:
Vladimir Tatlin and his assistants S. Dymshits-Tolstaia, T.M. Shapiro and I.A. Meerzon constructing the first model for the monument to the Third International, Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg)
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PH1993:0213
Description:
- This photograph shows Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953) with three assistants from the "creative collective" which was organized so that he could continue work on the Monument to the Third International design while the model was being constructed (the model was completed for the third anniversary of the October Revolution, 7 November 1920). The assistants are (left to right): Sofia Isaakovna Dymshits-Tolstaia (1888-1963), [Tatlin], Tevel' Markovich Shapiro (1898-1984 or later), and Iosif Aizikovich Meerzon (1900-1941).
Vladimir Tatlin and his assistants S. Dymshits-Tolstaia, T.M. Shapiro and I.A. Meerzon constructing the first model for the monument to the Third International, Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg)
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PH1993:0213
Description:
- This photograph shows Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953) with three assistants from the "creative collective" which was organized so that he could continue work on the Monument to the Third International design while the model was being constructed (the model was completed for the third anniversary of the October Revolution, 7 November 1920). The assistants are (left to right): Sofia Isaakovna Dymshits-Tolstaia (1888-1963), [Tatlin], Tevel' Markovich Shapiro (1898-1984 or later), and Iosif Aizikovich Meerzon (1900-1941).
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photographs
photographs
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between March and 7 November 1920
between March and 7 November 1920
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architecture, portrait
architecture, portrait
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events
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American artist Amie Siegel’s moving image work Provenance (2013) follows the global trade of furniture from Chandigarh in reverse: from the homes of collectors in Europe and North America to sale at auction, restoration, through overseas transport and finally back to India. Originally designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, the Chandigarh furniture now sells(...)
American artist Amie Siegel’s moving image work Provenance (2013) follows the global trade of furniture from Chandigarh in reverse: from the homes of collectors in Europe and North America to sale at auction, restoration, through overseas transport and finally back to India. Originally designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, the Chandigarh furniture now sells(...)
Date:
24 April 2014 , 6pm
24 April 2014 , 6pm
Title:
Artist’s Talk: Amie Siegel, Provenance
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American artist Amie Siegel’s moving image work Provenance (2013) follows the global trade of furniture from Chandigarh in reverse: from the homes of collectors in Europe and North America to sale at auction, restoration, through overseas transport and finally back to India. Originally designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, the Chandigarh furniture now sells(...)
Artist’s Talk: Amie Siegel, Provenance
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American artist Amie Siegel’s moving image work Provenance (2013) follows the global trade of furniture from Chandigarh in reverse: from the homes of collectors in Europe and North America to sale at auction, restoration, through overseas transport and finally back to India. Originally designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, the Chandigarh furniture now sells(...)
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events
events
Date:
24 April 2014
6pm
24 April 2014
6pm
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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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(...)
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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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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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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
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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textual records
textual records
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Reference number:
DR2012:0012:063:007
Description:
Assorted newspaper clippings in English (predominant) and French, notes, and sketches. Includes the following original divisions: - Walking Harlem; Manhattan series; - Québec dictionnaire; Geometric ruins; Series #8; - Lenin’s tomb continued; - Parable series, 1990-1992; - Running/walking stiffs; - Monuments; - People/refugees carrying away cities; - Group photos as cities; - Displaced cities; Situationists updated; - [Untitled]; - Series: group photo in collective form; - Series: Walking stiffs; Factory stiffs; Laid off; Particular pieces of factories; - Dictionnaire series: Rust belt; Abandoned cities; - Dictionnaire, misc. Original folder inscribed in graphite: ARTWORK SERIES RUNNING STIFFS MISC. MONUMENTS.
DR2012:0012:063:007
Description:
Assorted newspaper clippings in English (predominant) and French, notes, and sketches. Includes the following original divisions: - Walking Harlem; Manhattan series; - Québec dictionnaire; Geometric ruins; Series #8; - Lenin’s tomb continued; - Parable series, 1990-1992; - Running/walking stiffs; - Monuments; - People/refugees carrying away cities; - Group photos as cities; - Displaced cities; Situationists updated; - [Untitled]; - Series: group photo in collective form; - Series: Walking stiffs; Factory stiffs; Laid off; Particular pieces of factories; - Dictionnaire series: Rust belt; Abandoned cities; - Dictionnaire, misc. Original folder inscribed in graphite: ARTWORK SERIES RUNNING STIFFS MISC. MONUMENTS.
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Date:
1968-1984, 1991-2000
1968-1984, 1991-2000
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Assorted newspaper clippings, notes, and sketches, Walking stiffs
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DR2012:0012:063:007
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Assorted newspaper clippings in English (predominant) and French, notes, and sketches. Includes the following original divisions: - Walking Harlem; Manhattan series; - Québec dictionnaire; Geometric ruins; Series #8; - Lenin’s tomb continued; - Parable series, 1990-1992; - Running/walking stiffs; - Monuments; - People/refugees carrying away cities; - Group photos as cities; - Displaced cities; Situationists updated; - [Untitled]; - Series: group photo in collective form; - Series: Walking stiffs; Factory stiffs; Laid off; Particular pieces of factories; - Dictionnaire series: Rust belt; Abandoned cities; - Dictionnaire, misc. Original folder inscribed in graphite: ARTWORK SERIES RUNNING STIFFS MISC. MONUMENTS.
Assorted newspaper clippings, notes, and sketches, Walking stiffs
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DR2012:0012:063:007
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Assorted newspaper clippings in English (predominant) and French, notes, and sketches. Includes the following original divisions: - Walking Harlem; Manhattan series; - Québec dictionnaire; Geometric ruins; Series #8; - Lenin’s tomb continued; - Parable series, 1990-1992; - Running/walking stiffs; - Monuments; - People/refugees carrying away cities; - Group photos as cities; - Displaced cities; Situationists updated; - [Untitled]; - Series: group photo in collective form; - Series: Walking stiffs; Factory stiffs; Laid off; Particular pieces of factories; - Dictionnaire series: Rust belt; Abandoned cities; - Dictionnaire, misc. Original folder inscribed in graphite: ARTWORK SERIES RUNNING STIFFS MISC. MONUMENTS.
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textual records
textual records
Date:
1968-1984, 1991-2000
1968-1984, 1991-2000
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Project
Project
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AP066.S5.D2
Description:
Le dossier documente une exposition qui s'est tenue au R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant, Toronto, en Ontario, en 1988, du 22 juin au 30 septembre 1988. L'exposition collective comptait 18 artistes et des architectes et était organisé par le "Visual Arts Ontario". Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels, des documents photographiques et des maquettes. Description de l'exposition: "… individuals were invited to participate in what was billed as 'a prestigious showcase of art, architecture and design which will transform the roof-tops, grounds, and magnificent interiors of the R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant into a unique museum of contemporary art.' Eighteen artists were invited to participate including John Baldessari, Jonathan Borogsky, Ludger Gerdes, Rebecca Horn, Komar and Melamid, Nancy Sperio, François Girard, Bruce Kuwabara, John Scott, Joanne Tod, Andreas Gehr, Morphosis, Aldo Rossi, Jacques Rousseau, Stacey Spiegel, Team Zoo and Krzyztof Wodiczko." Jennifer Fisher and Beth Seaton,"Waterworks: Visual Arts Ontario", Parachute, nº 52, novembre 1988, p. 59-60. Description du projet: "Parts of the site, …, have provided forms for casting concrete lawn chairs-like shapes - petrified recordings of the topography - fabricated of lake water, beach sand and pebbles, rods and wires." Ibidem
AP066.S5.D2
Description:
Le dossier documente une exposition qui s'est tenue au R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant, Toronto, en Ontario, en 1988, du 22 juin au 30 septembre 1988. L'exposition collective comptait 18 artistes et des architectes et était organisé par le "Visual Arts Ontario". Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels, des documents photographiques et des maquettes. Description de l'exposition: "… individuals were invited to participate in what was billed as 'a prestigious showcase of art, architecture and design which will transform the roof-tops, grounds, and magnificent interiors of the R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant into a unique museum of contemporary art.' Eighteen artists were invited to participate including John Baldessari, Jonathan Borogsky, Ludger Gerdes, Rebecca Horn, Komar and Melamid, Nancy Sperio, François Girard, Bruce Kuwabara, John Scott, Joanne Tod, Andreas Gehr, Morphosis, Aldo Rossi, Jacques Rousseau, Stacey Spiegel, Team Zoo and Krzyztof Wodiczko." Jennifer Fisher and Beth Seaton,"Waterworks: Visual Arts Ontario", Parachute, nº 52, novembre 1988, p. 59-60. Description du projet: "Parts of the site, …, have provided forms for casting concrete lawn chairs-like shapes - petrified recordings of the topography - fabricated of lake water, beach sand and pebbles, rods and wires." Ibidem
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Date:
22 juin-30 septembre 1988
22 juin-30 septembre 1988
Title:
Installation "Waterworks", Toronto - "Horizons"
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AP066.S5.D2
Description:
Le dossier documente une exposition qui s'est tenue au R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant, Toronto, en Ontario, en 1988, du 22 juin au 30 septembre 1988. L'exposition collective comptait 18 artistes et des architectes et était organisé par le "Visual Arts Ontario". Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels, des documents photographiques et des maquettes. Description de l'exposition: "… individuals were invited to participate in what was billed as 'a prestigious showcase of art, architecture and design which will transform the roof-tops, grounds, and magnificent interiors of the R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant into a unique museum of contemporary art.' Eighteen artists were invited to participate including John Baldessari, Jonathan Borogsky, Ludger Gerdes, Rebecca Horn, Komar and Melamid, Nancy Sperio, François Girard, Bruce Kuwabara, John Scott, Joanne Tod, Andreas Gehr, Morphosis, Aldo Rossi, Jacques Rousseau, Stacey Spiegel, Team Zoo and Krzyztof Wodiczko." Jennifer Fisher and Beth Seaton,"Waterworks: Visual Arts Ontario", Parachute, nº 52, novembre 1988, p. 59-60. Description du projet: "Parts of the site, …, have provided forms for casting concrete lawn chairs-like shapes - petrified recordings of the topography - fabricated of lake water, beach sand and pebbles, rods and wires." Ibidem
Installation "Waterworks", Toronto - "Horizons"
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AP066.S5.D2
Description:
Le dossier documente une exposition qui s'est tenue au R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant, Toronto, en Ontario, en 1988, du 22 juin au 30 septembre 1988. L'exposition collective comptait 18 artistes et des architectes et était organisé par le "Visual Arts Ontario". Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels, des documents photographiques et des maquettes. Description de l'exposition: "… individuals were invited to participate in what was billed as 'a prestigious showcase of art, architecture and design which will transform the roof-tops, grounds, and magnificent interiors of the R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant into a unique museum of contemporary art.' Eighteen artists were invited to participate including John Baldessari, Jonathan Borogsky, Ludger Gerdes, Rebecca Horn, Komar and Melamid, Nancy Sperio, François Girard, Bruce Kuwabara, John Scott, Joanne Tod, Andreas Gehr, Morphosis, Aldo Rossi, Jacques Rousseau, Stacey Spiegel, Team Zoo and Krzyztof Wodiczko." Jennifer Fisher and Beth Seaton,"Waterworks: Visual Arts Ontario", Parachute, nº 52, novembre 1988, p. 59-60. Description du projet: "Parts of the site, …, have provided forms for casting concrete lawn chairs-like shapes - petrified recordings of the topography - fabricated of lake water, beach sand and pebbles, rods and wires." Ibidem
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Dossier 2
Dossier 2
Date:
22 juin-30 septembre 1988
22 juin-30 septembre 1988
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