Archaeology of the Digital
Archaeology of the Digital is conceived as an investigation into the foundations of digital architecture at the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s through four seminal projects that established bold new directions for architectural research by experimenting with novel digital tools: the Lewis Residence by Frank Gehry (1985–1995), Peter Eisenman’s unrealized(...)
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7 May 2013 to 27 October 2013
Archaeology of the Digital
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Archaeology of the Digital is conceived as an investigation into the foundations of digital architecture at the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s through four seminal projects that established bold new directions for architectural research by experimenting with novel digital tools: the Lewis Residence by Frank Gehry (1985–1995), Peter Eisenman’s unrealized(...)
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Media and Machines marks the second phase of the research project initiated with the 2013 exhibition Archaeology of the Digital. This initiative investigates how architecture engaged with digital technology from the 1980s until the turn of the century. The first exhibition identified the earliest practices looking to computation as a design medium that could serve(...)
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21 May 2014 to 5 October 2014
Archaeology of the Digital: Media and Machines
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Media and Machines marks the second phase of the research project initiated with the 2013 exhibition Archaeology of the Digital. This initiative investigates how architecture engaged with digital technology from the 1980s until the turn of the century. The first exhibition identified the earliest practices looking to computation as a design medium that could serve(...)
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Origins of the digital
Archaeology of the Digital, Archéologie du numérique, Environnements virtuels objets interactifs, Media and Machines, Wolfgang Ernst
14 July 2009
Origins of the digital
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Origins of the digital
Wolfgang Ernst, chair of media theories at Humboldt University in Berlin, introduces media archaeology as a method of research and discusses recent concepts of the dynamic archive. He expresses the need for a virtual museum of computer architecture and addresses the concept of the so-called digital humanities, with special attention to the sound-related epistemology(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
25 September 2014 , 6pm
Digital Media Archaeology: Archive, Museum and Sonicity
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Wolfgang Ernst, chair of media theories at Humboldt University in Berlin, introduces media archaeology as a method of research and discusses recent concepts of the dynamic archive. He expresses the need for a virtual museum of computer architecture and addresses the concept of the so-called digital humanities, with special attention to the sound-related epistemology(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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Origins of the digital
Archaeology of the Digital: Complexity and Convention is the third exhibition related to the development of a strategy for collecting and preserving digital archives at the CCA. The Archaeology of the Digital program comprises twenty-five projects for which digital materials are integral to an understanding of the design process. For projects included in the first two(...)
11 May 2016 to 16 October 2016
Archaeology of the Digital: Complexity and Convention
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Archaeology of the Digital: Complexity and Convention is the third exhibition related to the development of a strategy for collecting and preserving digital archives at the CCA. The Archaeology of the Digital program comprises twenty-five projects for which digital materials are integral to an understanding of the design process. For projects included in the first two(...)
The Toolkit for Today seminar is a constitutive part of the CCA Doctoral Students Program. We invite scholars to open up their toolboxes, share methodological challenges and approaches, and discuss the key concepts they work with on contemporary issues in architecture and related disciplines.
8 July 2013 to 18 July 2013
Toolkit for Today: Archaeology of the Digital
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The Toolkit for Today seminar is a constitutive part of the CCA Doctoral Students Program. We invite scholars to open up their toolboxes, share methodological challenges and approaches, and discuss the key concepts they work with on contemporary issues in architecture and related disciplines.
Join us on the opening day of Archaeology of the Digital: Media and Machines for a round-table discussion with curator Greg Lynn and some of the featured architects of the exhibition: Karl Chu (Metaxy), Lars Spuybroek (NOX), Kas Oosterhuis (ONL), Marc Goulthorpe (dECOi Architects), Lise-Anne Couture and Hani Rashid (Asymptote).
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
22 May 2014 , 6pm
In conversation with the architects Archaeology of the Digital: Media and Machines
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Join us on the opening day of Archaeology of the Digital: Media and Machines for a round-table discussion with curator Greg Lynn and some of the featured architects of the exhibition: Karl Chu (Metaxy), Lars Spuybroek (NOX), Kas Oosterhuis (ONL), Marc Goulthorpe (dECOi Architects), Lise-Anne Couture and Hani Rashid (Asymptote).
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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Information Archaeologies
Origins of the digital
Molly Wright Steenson, Cedric Price, Oxford Corner House, Generator, digital, archaeology of the digital, information
21 September 2020
Information Archaeologies
Molly Wright Steenson on Cedric Price's Oxford Corner House and Generator projects
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Origins of the digital