Main entry:

Wasiuta, Mark.

Title & Author:

The American lawn : surface conflicts.

Publication:

[1998]

Description:

1 audiocassette (DAT) (approximately 35 min.) ; 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 in., 1/8 in. tape. master

Notes:
Title from CCA calendar of events, Sept. 1998 to Apr. 1999.
CCA event no.: C-101694.
DAT recording was taped over some classical music.
The second half of the lecture, which Wasiuta gave in the exhibition space, was not recorded.
Recorded and produced by the Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture.
Speaker: Mark Wasiuta.
Lecture in English. Opening remarks in both English and French.

Summary:

Audio recording of a lecture given by Mark Wasiuta on Oct. 1, 1998. He discusses his views on lawns such as their minimalist beauty, how their maintenance is a practice of citizenship, and court cases involving lawns. The event was the third in a series of lectures entitled "Terrains de rêve" = "Fields of dreams" which were presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Surface du quotidien : La pelouse en Amérique" = "The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life", for which Wasiuta worked as associate curator. The event was recorded at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal. Includes introductory remarks by Nancy Dunton.

Subject:

Lawns.
Turfgrasses.
Pelouses.
lawns (landscaped grass)

Form/genre:

Lectures.
Sound recordings.
Audiocassettes.
Digital audio tapes.

Added entries:

Dunton, Nancy H.
Centre canadien d'architecture.
Centre canadien d'architecture. Enregistrements des événements.
Terrains de rêve (Lecture series) (1998 : Centre canadien d'architecture)

Holdings:

Location: Library main av cca productions 277375
Call No.: Box 33 (BIB 212184)
Notes: DAT master
Status: Available