Paesaggi Della Memoria [Landscapes of Memory] (1987)

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• Fonds: Gianni Pettena fonds, 1960-2019
•    Series: Works, 1966-2018
•      Project: Paesaggi Della Memoria [Landscapes of Memory] (1987), circa 1987-2015

People

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

Title

Paesaggi Della Memoria [Landscapes of Memory] (1987)

Dates of creation

circa 1987-2015

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 14 digital files (505 MB)
• 9 photographs
• 8 drawings

Scope and Content

The project series documents "Paesaggi Della Memoria", an installation presented at the Castello Aragonese, in Otranto in 1987. The installation consists of a small mound of sand on which is placed a plastic open suitcase and plastic cuttings that represent the mountains from Pettena's childhood landscape. This work by Pettena is a "metaphor for any possible personal interpretation of the universal theme of the landscape, bestow on it an artistic significance, the charge carried by the values of poetry, of the memory of a space and a time that here also acquire, thanks to the context, the “Mediterranean” dimension, reinforced by the presence of sand and the essential character of the setting." [1]

The project series contains sketches and installation photographs and videos.

Source:

[1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-landscapes-of-memory-1987/ (last accessed 11 December 2019).

Reference Number

AP207.S1.1987.PR01

Arrangement

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

Location

Otranto Italy

Language of material

English, Italian

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  • Reference Number: AP207.S1.1987.PR01.001
  • Title: Sketches and installation photographs, Paesaggi Della Memoria
  • Dates of creation: circa 1987
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

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

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 9 photographs
  • 8 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 22.5 x 32.5 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:

  207-005-046

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  • Reference Number: AP207.S1.1987.PR01.002
  • Title: Photographs and videos of the installation and project description, Paesaggi Della Memoria
  • Dates of creation: 2006 - 2015
  • Form: born digital, photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Gianni Pettena (archive creator)

  Description:

  Most common file formats: JPEG File Interchange Format, Audio/Video Interleaved Format, Microsoft Word for Windows

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 14 digital files (505 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