Main entry:

Isola, Hilario.

Title & Author:

Conshelf II, 2010 May 13.

Description:

2 videocassettes (Mini-DV) (approximately 55 min. each) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. master

Restrictions:

Restricted access to videocassette 2 and disc 2: further editing required.

Notes:
CCA event no.: 124162.
Lecture.
Presentation begins at ca. 4 min. from beginning of tape.
Content of original Mini-DV cassettes reformatted onto 2 DVDs in 2011.
Sound technicians' voices heard on tape 2 and disc 2.
Fluttering sounds occur throughout disc 1.
[Videocassette. 1. Podium view] -- [Videocassette 2. Visuals].
Recorded and produced by the Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture.
Speakers: Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi.
In English; introductory remarks in French and English.

Summary:

Recordings of a public lecture given by artists Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi discussing Jacques Cousteau's Conshelf II underwater base and their own project Liquid Door, which proposes to revive the dream of living underwater by making Cousteau's Starfish House inhabitable. The event, held May 13, 2010, at the CCA, was part of the lecture series "Tester chez soi" = "Testing at home", held in conjunction with the exhibition "Autres odyssées de l'espace: Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, Alessandro Poli" = "Other space Odysseys: Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, Alessandro Poli", on view at the CCA Apr. 8-Sept. 19, 2010. Introductory remarks by Giovanna Borasi.

Subject:

Cousteau, Jacques, 1910-1997.
Underwater buildings.

Form/genre:

NTSC standard.
Reformatted audiovisual materials.
Lectures.
Mini-DV.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Videocassettes.
Videotapes.
Optical disks.
DVDs.
Streaming video.

Added entries:

Norzi, Matteo.
Borasi, Giovanna, 1971-
Centre canadien d'architecture.
Centre canadien d'architecture. Enregistrements des événements.
Centre canadien d'architecture. CCAchannel.
Tester chez soi (Lecture series) (2010 : Centre canadien d'architecture)

Isola and Norzi Conshelf II
Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi answer questions from the audience

Holdings:

Location: Library internet resource 306210
Call No.: 306210
Notes: Question period
Status: Available

Location: Library internet resource 306209
Call No.: 306210
Notes: Conshelf II
Status: Available

Location: Library main av cca productions 273942
Call No.: Box 30 (BIB 199403)
Copy: disc 1
Notes: DVD consultation copy
Status: Available

Location: Library main av cca productions 273943
Call No.: Box 30 (BIB 199403)
Copy: disc 2
Notes: DVD consultation copy
Status: Available

Location: Library main av cca productions 267411
Call No.: Box 30 (BIB 199403)
Copy: tape 1
Notes: Mini-DV
Status: Available

Location: Library main av cca productions 272334
Call No.: Box 30 (BIB 199403)
Copy: tape 2
Notes: Mini-DV
Status: Available