Main entry:

Boigon, Brian, 1955- creator

Title & Author:

Brian Boigon fonds, 1981-2015

Description:

19,402 digital files (1.93 GB)

Restrictions:

Digital material can only be accessed on-site. Access to digitized audiovisual materials is available by contacting Reference at ref@cca.qc.ca. Access by appointment only.

Notes:
Physical Characteristics / Technical Requirements: Original audiovisual materials require specialized equipment for playback and are not available for consultation
Certain digital carriers in the fonds were unable to be disk imaged. They were kept in the event that further digital preservation activities could occur in the future. They are not available for consultation. Please contact Reference for further information.
When citing the collection as a whole, use the citation: Brian Boigon fonds, Collection Centre Canadien d’Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal. When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.
For copyright information or permission to reproduce material from the fonds, please contact the CCA (reproductions@cca.qc.ca)
Documents are in English
The archives of Brian Boigon were stored at Boigon's studio in Toronto and packed by the donor until their transfer to the CCA in 2015

Summary:

The Brian Boigon fonds, 1981–2010, documents various creative and professional projects by artist and data-architect, Brian Boigon. The majority of the fonds documents the multidisciplinary symposium series Culture Lab. Material in the fonds also documents Boigon’s research into cartoon movement in cyberspace in the form of both the Cartoon Regulators and Spillville. The fonds also contains records pertaining to Boigon’s web design company, Roller Coaster Studios. The records in the fonds largely consist of research and planning material, photographs and AV recordings documenting the projects, and sketches by Boigon and others.

Biographical note:

Brian Boigon was born on August 14th, 1955 in Toronto, Canada. He studied at the Ontario College of Art (now known as OCADU) from 1973-1976. He went on to receive a Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Toronto in 1980. Between 1985 and 1996, Boigon was a Professor of Digital Design in the School of Architecture at the University of Toronto. Between 1991-1994, Boigon hosted a series of multidisciplinary symposiums called Culture Labs at Toronto nightclub, the Rivoli. Speakers consisted of architects, professors, cultural theorists, and artists. Boigon sat on the editorial board of ANY Magazine from 1993–2000. Boigon was the New Media Foreign Research correspondent for North America with the Japanese thinktank Urban Design Research Inc. between 1993 and 1995 [1]. In 1995, Boigon served as a design consultant for the Michael Jackson website: HISTory. Boigon was the head of the New Media Centre at the Art Gallery of Ontario between 1996 and 1998. In 2002, Boigon became an Associate Professor at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto where he also was the Founding Director of the Inner Outer Space Lab [2]. Boigon has given lectures at Columbia, Harvard, and Princeton Universities. He is the author of several books including The Interopera Reader, We Have Impact, and Speed Reading Tokyo. [1] Cooper, D. (1994, December 1). Toon Town. Wired.https://www.wired.com/1994/12/boigon/[2] bio - Brian Boigon. (n.d.). https://cargocollective.com/brianboigon/bio-1

Resources:
Finding aid

Subject:

Culture Lab.
Popular culture Congresses.
Arts and society History 20th century Congresses.
Congresses and conventions Ontario Toronto.
Web site development.
Culture populaire Congrès.
Arts et société Histoire 20e siècle Congrès.
Congrès et conférences Ontario Toronto.
Sites Web Développement.

Form/genre:

fonds (collections)

Added entries:

Brian Boigon archives

Holdings:

Location: Library archives collection 320122
Call No.: AP188
Copy: 1
Status: Available