Forgiving Architecture (2009)
2009-2015
Project
The project series documents the installation "Forgiving Architecture" presented at the ReMap2, Athens Biennal, in 2009. The installation consists of strips of paper vertically hung across the facades of the building to be moved by the breeze. "The air of Athens, its constant breezes, suggest the extent to which nature can “forgive,” can find a poetic communication, like the foliage of a forest in the wind. Nothing can be lighter and more mobile than static architecture!" [1]
The project series contains sketches, perspective drawings, visual instructions, and photographs of the installation, including digital photographs of the installation in Athens in 2009.
Source:
[1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-forgiving-architecture-2009-1/ (last accessed 23 January 2020).
Material in this project series was kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.
Athens Greece
English, Italian
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sheets: 41.5 x 37.5 cm
Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
207-002-014
1 File
sheets: 30.5 x 21.5 cm
Gianni Pettena fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Gianni Pettena/
Gift of Gianni Pettena
207-007-014
Most common file formats: JPEG File Interchange Format, Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed), Audio/Video Interleaved Format, Microsoft Word for Windows
1 File
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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