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Autres odyssées de l’espace expose trois perspectives sur une aventure entamée il y a 40 ans, après la mission lunaire de 1969. Présentant les travaux des architectes Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan et Alessandro Poli, Autres odyssées de l’espace se tient à un moment où l’exploration spatiale fait l’objet d’un engouement renouvelé, mais aussi de questionnements quant à sa(...)
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8 avril 2010 au 19 septembre 2010
Autres odyssées de l’espace : Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, Alessandro Poli
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Autres odyssées de l’espace expose trois perspectives sur une aventure entamée il y a 40 ans, après la mission lunaire de 1969. Présentant les travaux des architectes Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan et Alessandro Poli, Autres odyssées de l’espace se tient à un moment où l’exploration spatiale fait l’objet d’un engouement renouvelé, mais aussi de questionnements quant à sa(...)
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Alessandro Poli, Autres odyssées de l’espace, BLDGBLOG, Earth, Geoff@CCA, Geoff Manaugh, la lune, landscape, la terre, Moon, NASA, Other Space Odysseys, paysage, Superstudio
10 juin 2010
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AP148.S1.1970.PR02
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The project series documents Poli's work on the Interplanetary Architecture project, which was also made into a film by Superstudio directed by Alessandro Poli (the film is not included in the fonds). The project reflects Poli's deep fascination with the moon landing in 1969. Poli uses this major media event as a catalyst for thinking about a new approach to architecture and tools for design, including the idea that film and the movie camera should become part of the toolset. The project also seems to be in some way a response to Epoch magazine's challenge for a "Primo concorso di architettura nello spazio" (the first architectural competition in space), and includes much imagery and textual references to a new road or architectural links between the earth and other planets, including an earth moon highway. In his storyboard, Poli also makes reference to his earlier Piper project, and some imagery features wheels and an amusement park. The Interplanetary Architecture project was exhibited by Superstudio in Rome in 1972 and featured in "Casabella" magazine in April 1972 (no. 364). The project was also featured in the 2010 CCA exhibition "Other Space Odysseys". In the accompanying CCA publication, Poli describes this project as "a voyage off earthbound routes in quest of architecture unfettered by the urban nightmare, by induced needs or by planning as the only tool for regulating and solving the world's problems" (Poli quoted in Borasi and Zardini, 2010, 110). Poli's work on this project is deeply tied to the Zeno project, which was also featured in this exhibition and is included in this fonds (see AP148.S1.1972.PR01). For the Zeno project, Poli envisioned a dialogue between astronaut Buzz Aldrin and an Italian peasant, Zeno of Riparbella. Poli felt that these two shared a similarity in that both their homes were isolated capsules, one that provided a lens from which to see the rest of the world and understand their place in it. The material in the series includes numerous photomontages and collages of astronauts in space, as well as drawings of plantery shapes and structures. There are also texts, some of which include calculations of distances and diameters of planets, as well as notebooks and sketchbooks, many of which Poli included in a folder he entitled "Storyboard." The series also includes an unsent letter from Poli to Adolfo Natalini which describes how, after the moon landing, everything - the planet, the moon, the stars - is architecture, and that this will necessitate the need for new design tools, such as the movie camera. Some works are signed Alessandro Poli-Superstudio. Source cited: Giovanna Borasi and Mirko Zardini, eds., Other Space Odysseys, Montreal and Baden: Canadian Centre for Architecture/Lars Müller Publishers, 2010.
1969-1971
Architettura Interplanetaria [Interplanetary Architecture] (1970-1971)
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The project series documents Poli's work on the Interplanetary Architecture project, which was also made into a film by Superstudio directed by Alessandro Poli (the film is not included in the fonds). The project reflects Poli's deep fascination with the moon landing in 1969. Poli uses this major media event as a catalyst for thinking about a new approach to architecture and tools for design, including the idea that film and the movie camera should become part of the toolset. The project also seems to be in some way a response to Epoch magazine's challenge for a "Primo concorso di architettura nello spazio" (the first architectural competition in space), and includes much imagery and textual references to a new road or architectural links between the earth and other planets, including an earth moon highway. In his storyboard, Poli also makes reference to his earlier Piper project, and some imagery features wheels and an amusement park. The Interplanetary Architecture project was exhibited by Superstudio in Rome in 1972 and featured in "Casabella" magazine in April 1972 (no. 364). The project was also featured in the 2010 CCA exhibition "Other Space Odysseys". In the accompanying CCA publication, Poli describes this project as "a voyage off earthbound routes in quest of architecture unfettered by the urban nightmare, by induced needs or by planning as the only tool for regulating and solving the world's problems" (Poli quoted in Borasi and Zardini, 2010, 110). Poli's work on this project is deeply tied to the Zeno project, which was also featured in this exhibition and is included in this fonds (see AP148.S1.1972.PR01). For the Zeno project, Poli envisioned a dialogue between astronaut Buzz Aldrin and an Italian peasant, Zeno of Riparbella. Poli felt that these two shared a similarity in that both their homes were isolated capsules, one that provided a lens from which to see the rest of the world and understand their place in it. The material in the series includes numerous photomontages and collages of astronauts in space, as well as drawings of plantery shapes and structures. There are also texts, some of which include calculations of distances and diameters of planets, as well as notebooks and sketchbooks, many of which Poli included in a folder he entitled "Storyboard." The series also includes an unsent letter from Poli to Adolfo Natalini which describes how, after the moon landing, everything - the planet, the moon, the stars - is architecture, and that this will necessitate the need for new design tools, such as the movie camera. Some works are signed Alessandro Poli-Superstudio. Source cited: Giovanna Borasi and Mirko Zardini, eds., Other Space Odysseys, Montreal and Baden: Canadian Centre for Architecture/Lars Müller Publishers, 2010.
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The Alessandro Poli fonds documents the work of Italian architect, designer and artist Alessandro Poli. Born in Fiesole in 1941, Poli studied architecture at the University of Florence, and was a member of Superstudio from 1970 to 1972. Poli’s involvement with Superstudio and engaged research on material culture constitute two strong components of his archive.
1963-1996
Fonds Alessandro Poli
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The Alessandro Poli fonds documents the work of Italian architect, designer and artist Alessandro Poli. Born in Fiesole in 1941, Poli studied architecture at the University of Florence, and was a member of Superstudio from 1970 to 1972. Poli’s involvement with Superstudio and engaged research on material culture constitute two strong components of his archive.
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1963-1996
Isola et Norzi : Conshelf II
Les artistes Hilario Isola et Matteo Norzi parlent de la base sous-marine Précontinent II de Jacques Cousteau et de leur propre projet Liquid Door qui propose de réanimer le rêve d’une vie sous-marine en rendant la maison « Étoile de mer » de Cousteau habitable. Basés à New York, les Italiens Hilario Isola et Matteo Norzi collaborent depuis 2003, mettant en commun leurs(...)
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13 mai 2010 , 19h
Isola et Norzi : Conshelf II
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Les artistes Hilario Isola et Matteo Norzi parlent de la base sous-marine Précontinent II de Jacques Cousteau et de leur propre projet Liquid Door qui propose de réanimer le rêve d’une vie sous-marine en rendant la maison « Étoile de mer » de Cousteau habitable. Basés à New York, les Italiens Hilario Isola et Matteo Norzi collaborent depuis 2003, mettant en commun leurs(...)
Théâtre Paul-Desmarais
Les galeries du CCA sont transformées en salles de projection cinématographique afin de présenter une gamme de films artistiques, scientifiques et expérimentaux traitant des thèmes de la vitesse et de l’espace. Choisis par des commissaires à même les archives de la NASA, de l’Office national du film du Canada (ONF), du Musée national de l’air et de l’espace de la(...)
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25 novembre 2009 au 28 février 2010
Entracte : Films d'un futur héroïque
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Les galeries du CCA sont transformées en salles de projection cinématographique afin de présenter une gamme de films artistiques, scientifiques et expérimentaux traitant des thèmes de la vitesse et de l’espace. Choisis par des commissaires à même les archives de la NASA, de l’Office national du film du Canada (ONF), du Musée national de l’air et de l’espace de la(...)
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159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 21 cm
Montréal : Canadian Centre for Architecture, ©2010.
Other space odysseys : Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, Alessandro Poli / edited by Giovanna Borasi, Mirko Zardini.
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Montréal : Canadian Centre for Architecture, ©2010.
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Autres odyssées de l'espace : Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, Alessandro Poli = Other space odysseys : Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, Alessandro Poli : exhibition products, 2010.
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