Inclus dans:

• Fonds: Fonds Melvin Charney, 1947-2012
•    Série(s): Projects, 1955-2012
•      Projet: Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke, Montréal, Québec, 1976

Personnes et institutions:

• Melvin Charney (architect)
• Melvin Charney (draughtsman)
• Melvin Charney (photographer)
• Gabor Szilasi (photographer)
• Melvin Charney (archive creator)

Titre:

Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke, Montréal, Québec

Date:

1976

Niveau de description archivistique:
Project

Collation:

• 8 drawings
  2 collages
  3 photographs
  1 photomontage
  1 photocollage

Présentation du contenu:
Les Maisons de la Rue Sherbrooke was both a site-specific installation/construction for Corrid’Art (1976), commissioned by the Programme art et culture, XXIe Olympiade, and a series of drawings and constructed photographs. The installation consisted of the construction of two full-sized facades of 19th century greystone town houses out of rough plywood and pipe scaffolding. The facades were erected in a vacant lot on Rue Sherbrooke, and mirrored the townhouses which still stood on the opposite side of the intersection. The constructed photographs of the same name, and also The Site, Les Maisons, 1976 and The Site Altered, Les Maisons, 1976, depict an intersection in which one side of the street mirrors the other perfectly. By reprinting the photograph, reversed and superimposed on itself, Charney fills a vacant lot with a suggestion of its past. One week after the installation of Les Maisons de la Rue Sherbrooke municipal authorities of the City of Montreal ordered it to be destroyed. Demolition began the night of July 13, 1976.

Numéro de référence:

AP041.S1.1976.D1

Mode de classement:

Material in this series was likely kept in it's original order when it was first processed upon it's arrival at CCA.

Localisation:

Montréal Île de Montréal Québec Canada

Langue et écriture des documents:

• English, French, German

Sources complémentaires:

• For more materials related to the exhibition "Corridart" (1976) curated by Melvin Charney, see also AP041.S3.SS02.

Contient:

• DR1984:1569-1569, Photograph "The site altered... les maisons de la rue", Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke, Montréal, Québec, 1976
• DR1984:1570-1570, Photograph "The site... les maisons de la rue", Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke, Montréal, Québec, 1976
• DR1984:1571-1571, Artwork "Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke", Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke, Montréal, Québec, 1976
• DR1987:0333-0333, Photomontage "The site altered... les maisons de la rue", Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke, Montréal, Québec, 1976
• DR1987:0335-0339, Isometric view, elevations, and site plans, Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke, Montréal, Québec, 1976
• DR1987:0340-0340, Elevations and section of columns, Les maison de la rue Sherbrooke, Montréal, Québec, 1976
• DR1987:0341-0341, Isometric view, and sketches, Les maison de la rue Sherbrooke, Montréal, Québec, 1976
• DR1994:0017-0017, View of the installation of Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke, Montréal, Québec, 1976
• DR1984:1568, Explanatory panel for the installation "Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke", 1976
• DR2012:0012:066, Photographs of the installation, Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke, 1976
• DR2000:0004:004:001-001, Study for the installation, Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke, 1976
• DR2000:0004:004:002-003, Plans of scaffolding, Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke , 1976