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Materiality of Parkour
Materiality of Parkour
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Engineer, artist, and theoretician Zoe Laughlin presents the new functions of existing materials in public spaces in relation to parkour, an activity which reinterprets the urban landscape. Her ideas focus on the materiality of daily life: how matter behaves, its sensorial qualities, and how people react to it. A member of the Division of Engineering’s Materials Research(...)
Engineer, artist, and theoretician Zoe Laughlin presents the new functions of existing materials in public spaces in relation to parkour, an activity which reinterprets the urban landscape. Her ideas focus on the materiality of daily life: how matter behaves, its sensorial qualities, and how people react to it. A member of the Division of Engineering’s Materials Research(...)
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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19 February 2009
19 February 2009
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Materiality of Parkour
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Engineer, artist, and theoretician Zoe Laughlin presents the new functions of existing materials in public spaces in relation to parkour, an activity which reinterprets the urban landscape. Her ideas focus on the materiality of daily life: how matter behaves, its sensorial qualities, and how people react to it. A member of the Division of Engineering’s Materials Research(...)
Materiality of Parkour
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Engineer, artist, and theoretician Zoe Laughlin presents the new functions of existing materials in public spaces in relation to parkour, an activity which reinterprets the urban landscape. Her ideas focus on the materiality of daily life: how matter behaves, its sensorial qualities, and how people react to it. A member of the Division of Engineering’s Materials Research(...)
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19 February 2009
19 February 2009
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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In this lecture, Amy Kulper locates architecture’s “digital turn” in 1988, when Thomas Knoll invented Photoshop. Originally developed as an image-editing software, Photoshop fit neatly within the long history of optical correction in the discipline. Yet its ubiquity today also prompts new questions. Does Photoshop simply introduce logics of adjustment, correction, and(...)
In this lecture, Amy Kulper locates architecture’s “digital turn” in 1988, when Thomas Knoll invented Photoshop. Originally developed as an image-editing software, Photoshop fit neatly within the long history of optical correction in the discipline. Yet its ubiquity today also prompts new questions. Does Photoshop simply introduce logics of adjustment, correction, and(...)
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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9 June 2016, 6pm
9 June 2016, 6pm
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Amy Kulper: Architecture’s Digital Turn and the Advent of Photoshop
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In this lecture, Amy Kulper locates architecture’s “digital turn” in 1988, when Thomas Knoll invented Photoshop. Originally developed as an image-editing software, Photoshop fit neatly within the long history of optical correction in the discipline. Yet its ubiquity today also prompts new questions. Does Photoshop simply introduce logics of adjustment, correction, and(...)
Amy Kulper: Architecture’s Digital Turn and the Advent of Photoshop
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In this lecture, Amy Kulper locates architecture’s “digital turn” in 1988, when Thomas Knoll invented Photoshop. Originally developed as an image-editing software, Photoshop fit neatly within the long history of optical correction in the discipline. Yet its ubiquity today also prompts new questions. Does Photoshop simply introduce logics of adjustment, correction, and(...)
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9 June 2016
6pm
9 June 2016
6pm
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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archives
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AP113
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The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) - New Campus Center Competition fonds documents the projects of 4 of the 5 finalists (Eisenman, Hadid, Jahn/Sobek and Sejima/Nishizawa) of the international competition Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Design Competition for the University’s New Campus Center held by the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) of Chicago in November 1996. The fonds contains 20 presentation panels and 7 models. _____________________ Le Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) - New Campus Center Competition fonds documentent les projets soumis par 4 des 5 finalistes (Eisenman, Hadid, Jahn/Sobek et Sejima/Nishizawa) au concours international Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Design Competition for the University’s New Campus Center lancé par l’Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) de Chicago en novembre 1996. Le fonds contient 20 panneaux de présentation et 7 maquettes.
AP113
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The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) - New Campus Center Competition fonds documents the projects of 4 of the 5 finalists (Eisenman, Hadid, Jahn/Sobek and Sejima/Nishizawa) of the international competition Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Design Competition for the University’s New Campus Center held by the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) of Chicago in November 1996. The fonds contains 20 presentation panels and 7 models. _____________________ Le Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) - New Campus Center Competition fonds documentent les projets soumis par 4 des 5 finalistes (Eisenman, Hadid, Jahn/Sobek et Sejima/Nishizawa) au concours international Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Design Competition for the University’s New Campus Center lancé par l’Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) de Chicago en novembre 1996. Le fonds contient 20 panneaux de présentation et 7 maquettes.
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[1997]-1998
[1997]-1998
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IIT - New Campus Center Competition fonds
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AP113
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The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) - New Campus Center Competition fonds documents the projects of 4 of the 5 finalists (Eisenman, Hadid, Jahn/Sobek and Sejima/Nishizawa) of the international competition Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Design Competition for the University’s New Campus Center held by the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) of Chicago in November 1996. The fonds contains 20 presentation panels and 7 models. _____________________ Le Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) - New Campus Center Competition fonds documentent les projets soumis par 4 des 5 finalistes (Eisenman, Hadid, Jahn/Sobek et Sejima/Nishizawa) au concours international Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Design Competition for the University’s New Campus Center lancé par l’Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) de Chicago en novembre 1996. Le fonds contient 20 panneaux de présentation et 7 maquettes.
IIT - New Campus Center Competition fonds
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AP113
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The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) - New Campus Center Competition fonds documents the projects of 4 of the 5 finalists (Eisenman, Hadid, Jahn/Sobek and Sejima/Nishizawa) of the international competition Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Design Competition for the University’s New Campus Center held by the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) of Chicago in November 1996. The fonds contains 20 presentation panels and 7 models. _____________________ Le Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) - New Campus Center Competition fonds documentent les projets soumis par 4 des 5 finalistes (Eisenman, Hadid, Jahn/Sobek et Sejima/Nishizawa) au concours international Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Design Competition for the University’s New Campus Center lancé par l’Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) de Chicago en novembre 1996. Le fonds contient 20 panneaux de présentation et 7 maquettes.
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[1997]-1998
[1997]-1998
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exhibitions
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AP056.S1.1991.PR09
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This project series documents an exhibition stand for furniture store Italinteriors at IDEX in Toronto in 1991. IDEX is a Toronto-based exposition for design that takes place annually. The sketches for this project show schemes for the stand, which investigate materials, colours, lighting and shapes for the display area. The project is recorded through these drawings, dating from 1991. The client did not build the exhibition stand as shown. The project number assigned by the office is unknown.
AP056.S1.1991.PR09
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This project series documents an exhibition stand for furniture store Italinteriors at IDEX in Toronto in 1991. IDEX is a Toronto-based exposition for design that takes place annually. The sketches for this project show schemes for the stand, which investigate materials, colours, lighting and shapes for the display area. The project is recorded through these drawings, dating from 1991. The client did not build the exhibition stand as shown. The project number assigned by the office is unknown.
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1991
1991
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IDEX Exhibition Stand for Italinteriors Furniture Co., Toronto (1991)
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AP056.S1.1991.PR09
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This project series documents an exhibition stand for furniture store Italinteriors at IDEX in Toronto in 1991. IDEX is a Toronto-based exposition for design that takes place annually. The sketches for this project show schemes for the stand, which investigate materials, colours, lighting and shapes for the display area. The project is recorded through these drawings, dating from 1991. The client did not build the exhibition stand as shown. The project number assigned by the office is unknown.
IDEX Exhibition Stand for Italinteriors Furniture Co., Toronto (1991)
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AP056.S1.1991.PR09
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This project series documents an exhibition stand for furniture store Italinteriors at IDEX in Toronto in 1991. IDEX is a Toronto-based exposition for design that takes place annually. The sketches for this project show schemes for the stand, which investigate materials, colours, lighting and shapes for the display area. The project is recorded through these drawings, dating from 1991. The client did not build the exhibition stand as shown. The project number assigned by the office is unknown.
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1991
1991
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Following an intense period of work in the mid-1970s with Portugal’s post-revolutionary housing initiatives, in the early 1980s Álvaro Siza contributed projects to two of the most important urban renewal programs in Europe: Berlin’s IBA and The Hague’s Stadsvernieuwing als Kulturel Aktiviteit (Urban Renewal as a Cultural Activity). This lecture will examine the(...)
Following an intense period of work in the mid-1970s with Portugal’s post-revolutionary housing initiatives, in the early 1980s Álvaro Siza contributed projects to two of the most important urban renewal programs in Europe: Berlin’s IBA and The Hague’s Stadsvernieuwing als Kulturel Aktiviteit (Urban Renewal as a Cultural Activity). This lecture will examine the(...)
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26 November 2015
26 November 2015
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Álvaro Siza’s Archaeology of the Ordinary
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Following an intense period of work in the mid-1970s with Portugal’s post-revolutionary housing initiatives, in the early 1980s Álvaro Siza contributed projects to two of the most important urban renewal programs in Europe: Berlin’s IBA and The Hague’s Stadsvernieuwing als Kulturel Aktiviteit (Urban Renewal as a Cultural Activity). This lecture will examine the(...)
Álvaro Siza’s Archaeology of the Ordinary
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Following an intense period of work in the mid-1970s with Portugal’s post-revolutionary housing initiatives, in the early 1980s Álvaro Siza contributed projects to two of the most important urban renewal programs in Europe: Berlin’s IBA and The Hague’s Stadsvernieuwing als Kulturel Aktiviteit (Urban Renewal as a Cultural Activity). This lecture will examine the(...)
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26 November 2015
26 November 2015
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Meditations on Piero presents contemporary sculptures by British/Canadian artist Geoffrey Smedley alongside over thirty rare books from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The sculptures draw their inspiration from a series of drawings of the human head by the great Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca. The exhibition relates these drawings and(...)
Meditations on Piero presents contemporary sculptures by British/Canadian artist Geoffrey Smedley alongside over thirty rare books from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The sculptures draw their inspiration from a series of drawings of the human head by the great Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca. The exhibition relates these drawings and(...)
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
2 May 2001 to 16 September 2001
2 May 2001 to 16 September 2001
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Meditations on Piero
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Meditations on Piero presents contemporary sculptures by British/Canadian artist Geoffrey Smedley alongside over thirty rare books from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The sculptures draw their inspiration from a series of drawings of the human head by the great Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca. The exhibition relates these drawings and(...)
Meditations on Piero
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Meditations on Piero presents contemporary sculptures by British/Canadian artist Geoffrey Smedley alongside over thirty rare books from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The sculptures draw their inspiration from a series of drawings of the human head by the great Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca. The exhibition relates these drawings and(...)
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exhibitions
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2 May 2001 to
16 September 2001
2 May 2001 to
16 September 2001
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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When Gordon Matta-Clark assembled the titles to and documentation of a dozen-odd small, vacant parcels of New York property between 1974 and 1977 (later assembled and exhibited as Reality Properties: Fake Estates in 1992), it was with no well-formed agenda—other than his view that the availability of vacant and underutilized parcels [was] a direct reminder of the fallacy(...)
When Gordon Matta-Clark assembled the titles to and documentation of a dozen-odd small, vacant parcels of New York property between 1974 and 1977 (later assembled and exhibited as Reality Properties: Fake Estates in 1992), it was with no well-formed agenda—other than his view that the availability of vacant and underutilized parcels [was] a direct reminder of the fallacy(...)
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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22 September 2016, 6pm
22 September 2016, 6pm
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Nicholas de Monchaux: Local Code
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When Gordon Matta-Clark assembled the titles to and documentation of a dozen-odd small, vacant parcels of New York property between 1974 and 1977 (later assembled and exhibited as Reality Properties: Fake Estates in 1992), it was with no well-formed agenda—other than his view that the availability of vacant and underutilized parcels [was] a direct reminder of the fallacy(...)
Nicholas de Monchaux: Local Code
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When Gordon Matta-Clark assembled the titles to and documentation of a dozen-odd small, vacant parcels of New York property between 1974 and 1977 (later assembled and exhibited as Reality Properties: Fake Estates in 1992), it was with no well-formed agenda—other than his view that the availability of vacant and underutilized parcels [was] a direct reminder of the fallacy(...)
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22 September 2016
6pm
22 September 2016
6pm
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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AP164.S1.1986.D9
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This project series documents the exhibition “Le Corbusier: rascacielos” curated by Abalos & Herreros and organised by the Ayuntamiento de Madrid. The exposition, installation and catalog commemorated the centenary of the birth of Le Corbusier. The exhibition won the premio de investigación from the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (C.O.A.M.) in 1987 or 1988. It also won the prize from the Ayuntamiento de Madrid in 1988 or 1989. The firm identified this project as number 41. Documenting the exhibition are design development drawings, illustrations, notes, project descriptions, correspondence, clippings, portraits, drafts, and reference and photographic materials.
AP164.S1.1986.D9
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This project series documents the exhibition “Le Corbusier: rascacielos” curated by Abalos & Herreros and organised by the Ayuntamiento de Madrid. The exposition, installation and catalog commemorated the centenary of the birth of Le Corbusier. The exhibition won the premio de investigación from the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (C.O.A.M.) in 1987 or 1988. It also won the prize from the Ayuntamiento de Madrid in 1988 or 1989. The firm identified this project as number 41. Documenting the exhibition are design development drawings, illustrations, notes, project descriptions, correspondence, clippings, portraits, drafts, and reference and photographic materials.
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1986-1988
1986-1988
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Le Corbusier : rascacielos, Madrid, Spain (1986-1987)
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AP164.S1.1986.D9
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This project series documents the exhibition “Le Corbusier: rascacielos” curated by Abalos & Herreros and organised by the Ayuntamiento de Madrid. The exposition, installation and catalog commemorated the centenary of the birth of Le Corbusier. The exhibition won the premio de investigación from the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (C.O.A.M.) in 1987 or 1988. It also won the prize from the Ayuntamiento de Madrid in 1988 or 1989. The firm identified this project as number 41. Documenting the exhibition are design development drawings, illustrations, notes, project descriptions, correspondence, clippings, portraits, drafts, and reference and photographic materials.
Le Corbusier : rascacielos, Madrid, Spain (1986-1987)
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AP164.S1.1986.D9
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This project series documents the exhibition “Le Corbusier: rascacielos” curated by Abalos & Herreros and organised by the Ayuntamiento de Madrid. The exposition, installation and catalog commemorated the centenary of the birth of Le Corbusier. The exhibition won the premio de investigación from the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (C.O.A.M.) in 1987 or 1988. It also won the prize from the Ayuntamiento de Madrid in 1988 or 1989. The firm identified this project as number 41. Documenting the exhibition are design development drawings, illustrations, notes, project descriptions, correspondence, clippings, portraits, drafts, and reference and photographic materials.
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1986-1988
1986-1988
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AP066.S5.D2
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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
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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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22 juin-30 septembre 1988
22 juin-30 septembre 1988
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Installation "Waterworks", Toronto - "Horizons"
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AP066.S5.D2
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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
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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
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22 juin-30 septembre 1988
22 juin-30 septembre 1988
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