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Where the Building Is Now
A history of references
17 November 2017
A history of references
PH1998:0032:002
architecture, engineering
1937
architecture, engineering
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Is a Database a Museum?
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, Archéologie du numérique, Environnements virtuels objets interactifs, Media and Machines, Wolfgang Ernst
14 July 2009
Origins of the digital
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I could reinvent myself
institution, unlearning, curating, the museum is not enough, grant application, Giovanna Borasi, Albert Ferré, Francesco Garutti, Jayne Kelley, Mirko Zardini
1 May 2022
I could reinvent myself
An exercise in imagining new institutions marked by stringent limitations on their structures
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Édouard Baldus, more than any other photographer, defined the modern landscape and established the standard for architectural photography. The Photographs of Édouard Baldus: Landscapes and Monuments of France chronicles the Golden Age of France as seen by the photographer. The Photographs of Édouard Baldus is organized by chronological sections to reveal the evolution of(...)
Main galleries
25 January 1995 to 23 April 1995
The Photographs of Édouard Baldus: Landscapes and Monuments of France
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Édouard Baldus, more than any other photographer, defined the modern landscape and established the standard for architectural photography. The Photographs of Édouard Baldus: Landscapes and Monuments of France chronicles the Golden Age of France as seen by the photographer. The Photographs of Édouard Baldus is organized by chronological sections to reveal the evolution of(...)
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The 60s: Montréal Thinks Big
During the 1960s, the massive scale of the changes that transformed Montréal made it an archetype of the great metropolises of the Western world. As host of Expo 67, Montréal asserted itself on the international scene as a city of the future. The 60s: Montréal Thinks Big illustrates the processes that brought about these changes. The exhibition’s original models,(...)
Main galleries
20 October 2004 to 11 September 2005
The 60s: Montréal Thinks Big
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During the 1960s, the massive scale of the changes that transformed Montréal made it an archetype of the great metropolises of the Western world. As host of Expo 67, Montréal asserted itself on the international scene as a city of the future. The 60s: Montréal Thinks Big illustrates the processes that brought about these changes. The exhibition’s original models,(...)
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Starting From... Windows
A window can be a void, an aperture, or a glass surface. Existing at the boundary between interior and exterior, windows admit light and air and frame views. The idea of the window, combined with advances in glass as a building material, became central to architectural experimentation during the modern period. This selection from the CCA collection presents a range of(...)
Hall cases
17 June 2010 to 27 September 2010
Starting From... Windows
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A window can be a void, an aperture, or a glass surface. Existing at the boundary between interior and exterior, windows admit light and air and frame views. The idea of the window, combined with advances in glass as a building material, became central to architectural experimentation during the modern period. This selection from the CCA collection presents a range of(...)
Hall cases