Join us on Thursday 1 October for the opening of American Remediation. The exhibition revisits a series of documentaries produced by the U.S. Department of the Interior in the 1950s and their role in constructing, reinforcing, and circulating a mythical image of U.S. American culture on a global scale.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre, Octagonal Gallery, and Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
Opening, Film, America, American, Remediation
1 October 2026, 5pm to 9pm
Opening: Reframing the American Landscape
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Description:
Join us on Thursday 1 October for the opening of American Remediation. The exhibition revisits a series of documentaries produced by the U.S. Department of the Interior in the 1950s and their role in constructing, reinforcing, and circulating a mythical image of U.S. American culture on a global scale.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre, Octagonal Gallery, and Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
Opening, Film, America, American, Remediation
drawings
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13 File
ARCH254801
circa 1947-2002
Landscape - interior landscape plans, sections, details, irrigation plans (73505)
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ARCH254801
drawings
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13 File
circa 1947-2002
drawings
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16 File
ARCH79218
circa 1947-2002
drawings
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16 File
circa 1947-2002
Project
AP075.S1.1985.PR02
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for World Trade Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1985, and contains cost estimates, specifications and design development drawings.
1985-1999
World Trade Centre interior landscape, Vancouver, British Columbia (1985)
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AP075.S1.1985.PR02
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for World Trade Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1985, and contains cost estimates, specifications and design development drawings.
Project
1985-1999
This exhibition revisits a series of documentaries produced by the US Department of the Interior in the 1950s that portray the transformational role of infrastructure in reshaping landscapes according to American values.
Octagonal Gallery Keyword(s):
landscape, resources, nature, infrastructure, cold war, extractivism, propaganda, imaginary
1 October 2026 to 3 January 2027
Reframing the American Landscape
Actions:
Description:
This exhibition revisits a series of documentaries produced by the US Department of the Interior in the 1950s that portray the transformational role of infrastructure in reshaping landscapes according to American values.
Octagonal Gallery Keyword(s):
landscape, resources, nature, infrastructure, cold war, extractivism, propaganda, imaginary
textual records
Correspondence related to the interior landscape, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
AP075.S1.1983.PR01.041
Description:
Original folder entitled "NATIONAL GALLERY / INTERIOR 1986-1988 / CORRESPONDENCE, INVOICES, SITE INSPECTION, DRAWINGS, MINUTES, RESEARCH, PHOTOS".
1984
Correspondence related to the interior landscape, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
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AP075.S1.1983.PR01.041
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Original folder entitled "NATIONAL GALLERY / INTERIOR 1986-1988 / CORRESPONDENCE, INVOICES, SITE INSPECTION, DRAWINGS, MINUTES, RESEARCH, PHOTOS".
textual records
1984
photographs
Images of reference materials, plans, landscape, interior and exterior views of the project Vertresa
ARCH268995
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Contains images of reference materials, plans, landscape, interior and exterior views of the project Vertresa by Abalos & Herreros.
Images of reference materials, plans, landscape, interior and exterior views of the project Vertresa
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ARCH268995
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Contains images of reference materials, plans, landscape, interior and exterior views of the project Vertresa by Abalos & Herreros.
photographs
textual records
AP075.S1.1985.PR02.001
Description:
"WOriginal folder entitled "MAINTENANCE SPECS / WORLD TRADE CENTRE / WORLD TRADE CENTRE / COST ESTIMATE 1985 / SPECIFICATIONS".
1985
Cost estimate and specifications for the World Trade Centre Interior Landscape, Vancouver, British Columbia
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AP075.S1.1985.PR02.001
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"WOriginal folder entitled "MAINTENANCE SPECS / WORLD TRADE CENTRE / WORLD TRADE CENTRE / COST ESTIMATE 1985 / SPECIFICATIONS".
textual records
1985
textual records
AP075.S1.1985.PR02.002
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Original folder entitled "Lanyon-Phillips / World Trade Terrace / WORLD TRADE CENTRE / 1999 / MISC. FOLDER".
1999
Design development for the terrace of the World Trade Centre Interior Landscape, Vancouver, British Columbia
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AP075.S1.1985.PR02.002
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Original folder entitled "Lanyon-Phillips / World Trade Terrace / WORLD TRADE CENTRE / 1999 / MISC. FOLDER".
textual records
1999
drawings
ARCH261185
1987
drawings
1987