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Projects

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People

  • Chuck Hoberman (creator)
  • Chuck Hoberman (archive creator)

Title

Projects

Dates of creation

circa 1990-2002

Level of archival description

Sub-series 2

Extent and Medium

  • 61 video recordings including:
  • 33 MiniDV
  • 23 Betacam SP cassettes
  • 4 DVCAM cassettes
  • 1 Hi-8 cassette

Scope and Content

The Projects sub-series, circa 1990 – 2000, consists of 61 video recordings relating to specific works in transformable design completed by Hoberman in the early years of his career.

Material consists of MiniDV cassettes, Betacam SP cassettes, DVCAM cassettes, and Hi-8 cassettes.

The majority of the records date from the mid to late 90’s to early 2000’s.

Video recordings in this sub-series document projects such as: 6-meter expanding sphere as a permanent central exhibit at the Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, USA, 1991; Working scale model and section of a 60-foot diameter Iris Dome at The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, USA 1994; expanding sphere as a permanent atrium sculpture at Otaru Bay City Center, Sapporo, Japan 1998; six 2-meter diameter expanding spheres at Museo Interactivo Mirador, Santiago, Chile 1999; retractable dome for World’s Fair installed in front of the German Pavilion Expo 2000 World’s Fair, Hannover, Germany, 2000; 72-foot diameter retractable arch for Olympics Medal Plaza at 2002 Olympic Winter Games Salt Lake City, USA, 2002. It also contains footage of Hoberman and his team assembling works at his studio in New York.

Reference Number

AP165.S5.SS2

Physical Description

Specialized equipment required for playback.

Conditions governing access

  • Audiovisual recordings must be digitized for access. Researchers may request access to audiovisual materials by contacting Reference at ref@cca.qc.ca. Access by appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction

  • For copyright information or permission to reproduce material from the fonds, please contact the CCA (reproductions@cca.qc.ca).

Credit line

Chuck Hoberman fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Chuck Hoberman/
Gift of Chuck Hoberman

Language of material

Documents are in English.

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