Laundry (1969)

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• Fonds: Gianni Pettena fonds, 1960-2019
•    Series: Works, 1966-2018
•      Project: Laundry (1969), circa 1969-2017

People

• Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
• Gianni Pettena (artist)

Title

Laundry (1969)

Dates of creation

circa 1969-2017

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 12 digital files (97 MB)
• 8 photographic materials
• 1 drawing

Scope and Content

This project series documents Pettena's installation "Laundry" realized in the context of the Campo Urbano, a series of artistic events staged during a day at the Piazza del Duomo, in the historic centre of Como, in Italy, on the 21st of September 1969. Pettena was one of the forty artists, musicians, architects and art critics invited to the event [2]. For his installation, "Pettena chose to hang out washing on clothes lines, with the aim of underlining the difference between the appearance of a city and the experience of living in it." [2].

The project series contains photographs of the installation at the Piazza del Duomo, in Como, sketches of the installation, and a project description in English and Italian.

Sources:

[1] Radical Pedagogies, https://radical-pedagogies.com/search-cases/i05-campo-urbano/ (last accessed 4 November 2019)

[2] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-laundry-1969-1/ (last accessed 4 November 2019)

Reference Number

AP207.S1.1969.PR02

Arrangement

Material in this project series was kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.

Location

Como Italy

Language of material

English, Italian

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  • Reference Number: AP207.S1.1969.PR02.001
  • Title: Sketch of the installation and reproduction of photographs of the installation, Laundry
  • Dates of creation: circa 1969
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
  • Gianni Pettena (artist)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 drawing
  • 1 photographs

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 24 x 36 cm

  Credit line:

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

  Folder Number:

  207-001-006

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  • Reference Number: AP207.S1.1969.PR02.002
  • Title: Photographs of the installation, Laundry
  • Dates of creation: circa 1969
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
  • Gianni Pettena (artist)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 6 slides
  • 1 photograph

  Credit line:

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

  Folder Number:

  207-005-012

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  • Reference Number: AP207.S1.1969.PR02.003
  • Title: Photographs, digitized drawings, and project descriptions, Laundry
  • Dates of creation: 2008 - 2017
  • Form: born digital, photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Gianni Pettena (archive creator)

  Description:

  Most common file formats: JPEG File Interchange Format, Tagged Image File Format, Microsoft Word for Windows

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 12 digital files (97 MB)

  Conditions governing access:

  • Digital material can only be accessed on-site. Please contact Reference at ref@cca.qc.ca for more information. Access by appointment only.

  Credit line:

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