On the occasion of the opening of How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies, and citizens negotiate modern planning: Casablanca Chandigarh the two featured photographers Yto Barrada and Takashi Homma join a conversation with the exhibition curators. They discuss how inhabitants take ownership of the city and urban life in Casablanca and Chandigarh.
27 November 2013
In conversation: Yto Barrada & Takashi Homma
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On the occasion of the opening of How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies, and citizens negotiate modern planning: Casablanca Chandigarh the two featured photographers Yto Barrada and Takashi Homma join a conversation with the exhibition curators. They discuss how inhabitants take ownership of the city and urban life in Casablanca and Chandigarh.
The beginning of the 1950s was a moment of global upheaval. From India to Morocco, from Guatemala to Indochina, the process of decolonization gained momentum and the Cold War began. Architects working or acting as experts in the non-Western areas of the globe could no longer plan as if sites were terrains vague and people were mute subjects. The end of colonial(...)
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Casablanca, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Jeanneret, Morocco, Punjab, India, Morocco, modernism, Africa, Takashi Homma, Yto Barrada
26 November 2013 to 20 April 2014
How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies and citizens negotiate modern planning: Casablanca Chandigarh
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The beginning of the 1950s was a moment of global upheaval. From India to Morocco, from Guatemala to Indochina, the process of decolonization gained momentum and the Cold War began. Architects working or acting as experts in the non-Western areas of the globe could no longer plan as if sites were terrains vague and people were mute subjects. The end of colonial(...)
Main galleries Keyword(s):
Casablanca, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Jeanneret, Morocco, Punjab, India, Morocco, modernism, Africa, Takashi Homma, Yto Barrada
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Group consists of a box, handpainted by the artist, containing 15 colour photographic prints of modern urban planning and architecture in Casablanca, Morocco.
August 2013
Box for Reprendre Casa, Carrieres Centrales, Casablanca
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Group consists of a box, handpainted by the artist, containing 15 colour photographic prints of modern urban planning and architecture in Casablanca, Morocco.
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August 2013
Low-rise housing, cité horizontale, Carrières centrales neighbourhood, Casablanca
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August 2013
Plants and flowers, cité verticale, Carrières centrales neighbourhood, Casablanca
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August 2013
Plants and flowers, cité verticale, Carrières centrales neighbourhood, Casablanca
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August 2013
Detail of a wall, cité horizontale, Carrières centrales neighbourhood, Casablanca
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Decorated doors of buildings, cité horizontale, Carrières centrales neighbourhood, Casablanca
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August 2013
Decorated doors of buildings, cité horizontale, Carrières centrales neighbourhood, Casablanca
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August 2013
Detail of a floor, cité horizontale, Carrières centrales neighbourhood, Casablanca
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