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Milite Ignoto [Unknown Soldier] (1968)
circa 1968
Project
This project series documents Pettena's installation entitled "Milite Ignoto". This project is the second of a series of three installations created in 1968 which consisted of large three-dimensional letters, forming words, and made of perishable materials that slowly disintegrated once exposed to the elements. The words "Milite Ignoto" of this installation refers to "another stereotype, typical of hypocritical rhetoric and the ceremonies staged by politicians and generals." [1] This installation was presented outside the Palazzo dei Diamanti, in Ferrara.
The project series contains installation photographs of the finished project at the Palazzo dei Diamanti, a drawing of the installation, photographs of a later model of the cardboard word, and project descriptions in English and in Italian.
Source:
[1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-unknown-soldier-1968/ (last accessed 30 October 2019)
Material in this project series was kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.
Ferrara Italy
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sheet: 14.5 x 29.5 cm
Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
207-005-006
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Most common file formats: JPEG File Interchange Format, Microsoft Word for Windows. The photographs of the model of the "Milite Ignoto" cardboard word also includes photographs of the two other similar projects by Pettana: "Carabinieri” and "Grazia & Giustizia".
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Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
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