Making Mamak is a toolkit for all cultural workers, social organizers, and community members. The toolkit is devised to help commit to local, community-based forms of creating and gathering. Learning from arts collectives in the urban centres of Malaysia, one can develop kinships with one’s own community, formulate mutual aid, appropriate collective spaces, and start(...)
2024
Making Mamak: Collective Ecologies of Urban Space
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Making Mamak is a toolkit for all cultural workers, social organizers, and community members. The toolkit is devised to help commit to local, community-based forms of creating and gathering. Learning from arts collectives in the urban centres of Malaysia, one can develop kinships with one’s own community, formulate mutual aid, appropriate collective spaces, and start(...)
Learning from the practice of DnA and architect Xu Tiantian, participants are invited to discover how various local materials from across the coastal ecosystem of Meizhou Island, are sourced, studied, and implemented into an architectural project. From bamboo to mangroves to oyster shells, this workshop is an invitation to explore how materials with diverse(...)
25 June 2024 to 17 November 2024
Material Workshop: In Low Tide
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Learning from the practice of DnA and architect Xu Tiantian, participants are invited to discover how various local materials from across the coastal ecosystem of Meizhou Island, are sourced, studied, and implemented into an architectural project. From bamboo to mangroves to oyster shells, this workshop is an invitation to explore how materials with diverse(...)
The CCA Research Network Summer Kick-Off Lecture, Spatial Justice between Wetland Communities and Data Infrastructure in Quilicura, Santiago de Chile, marks the opening of the summer research season at the CCA by welcoming the recipients of the 2023 Architecture as Public Concern Fellowship to share the work they have been doing.
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27 June 2024, 2pm to 4pm, EDT
CCA Research Network Summer Kick-Off Lecture
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The CCA Research Network Summer Kick-Off Lecture, Spatial Justice between Wetland Communities and Data Infrastructure in Quilicura, Santiago de Chile, marks the opening of the summer research season at the CCA by welcoming the recipients of the 2023 Architecture as Public Concern Fellowship to share the work they have been doing.
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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.
Dream Houses, Toy Homes
Through selections from the CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, including 33 European and North American architectural toys dating from the early nineteenth century to 1995, Dream Houses, Toy Homes examines the notions of home, childhood, play, gender, and learning. The exhibition uncovers the potential of toys to embody images and ideas of domestic(...)
Dream Houses, Toy Homes
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Through selections from the CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, including 33 European and North American architectural toys dating from the early nineteenth century to 1995, Dream Houses, Toy Homes examines the notions of home, childhood, play, gender, and learning. The exhibition uncovers the potential of toys to embody images and ideas of domestic(...)
16 March 2024, 7:30pm
In June, Lim will present the results of these workshops and engage with local art communities in Montréal.
Parc Baile, 1920 rue du Fort, CCA
29 August 2024, 6pm
Making Mamak in Montréal
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In June, Lim will present the results of these workshops and engage with local art communities in Montréal.
Parc Baile, 1920 rue du Fort, CCA
Open House for Students
On 26 September 2024 we invite students to explore our exhibitions, Study Room, and public spaces, and ask us anything and everything you would like to know about the CCA.
26 September 2024, 6pm to 8:30pm
Open House for Students
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On 26 September 2024 we invite students to explore our exhibitions, Study Room, and public spaces, and ask us anything and everything you would like to know about the CCA.