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Photography as Project
Stefano Graziani; Bas Princen; The Lives of Documents, CCA collection, architecture photography, photography as a project
24 April 2023
Curated by Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, The Lives of Documents—Photography as Project is the first of a trilogy of research and exhibition projects produced by the Canadian Centre for Architecture on the medium of photography—between work of art, research tool, and document—as a means to investigate the built environment.
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Stefano Graziani, Bas Princen, Hester Keijser, photography, The Lives of Documents—Photography as Project
3 May 2023 to 7 April 2024
The Lives of Documents—Photography as Project
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Curated by Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, The Lives of Documents—Photography as Project is the first of a trilogy of research and exhibition projects produced by the Canadian Centre for Architecture on the medium of photography—between work of art, research tool, and document—as a means to investigate the built environment.
Main galleries Keyword(s):
Stefano Graziani, Bas Princen, Hester Keijser, photography, The Lives of Documents—Photography as Project
Talking Pictures, a Circuit
In an nine-part circuit of installations and interventions travelling throughout the spaces of the CCA, Francesca Ammon, Davide Deriu, Reto Geiser, Sara Goldsmith, Catalina Mejía Moreno, Bas Princen, Mika Savela, and Peter Sealy invite us to reflect on photography’s critical and creative relationship with architecture. With funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,(...)
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, photography, photographs, Francesca Ammon, Davide Deriu, Reto Geiser, Sara Goldsmith, Catalina Mejía Moreno, Bas Princen, Mika Savela, Peter Sealy
14 October 2017, 4pm
Talking Pictures, a Circuit
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In an nine-part circuit of installations and interventions travelling throughout the spaces of the CCA, Francesca Ammon, Davide Deriu, Reto Geiser, Sara Goldsmith, Catalina Mejía Moreno, Bas Princen, Mika Savela, and Peter Sealy invite us to reflect on photography’s critical and creative relationship with architecture. With funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,(...)
Bas Princen: Volcano Walks
In this artist’s talk, Bas Princen will discuss the current status of the 17 Volcanoes project and explore the resonances between the works of Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, works by early-twentieth-century Dutch photographers in Java (like van Nieuwenhuis), and his own practice. Although discovering new places seems impossible today, the talk takes as a point of departure the(...)
15 October 2016, 3pm
Bas Princen: Volcano Walks
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In this artist’s talk, Bas Princen will discuss the current status of the 17 Volcanoes project and explore the resonances between the works of Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, works by early-twentieth-century Dutch photographers in Java (like van Nieuwenhuis), and his own practice. Although discovering new places seems impossible today, the talk takes as a point of departure the(...)
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Lateral Gaze
21 August 2023
Lateral Gaze
Stefano Boeri on Gabriele Basilico, in conversation with Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen
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Material Witness
The Lives of Documents, Photography as a Project, Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, Susanne Kriemann, conversation, oral history, radioactive landscapes
11 March 2024
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Aditya Prakash fonds
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The Aditya Prakash fonds documents the professional practice of modernist Indian architect Aditya Prakash from his studies in London in 1947 to his death in 2008. His seminal work as a junior architect on the Chandigarh Capitol Project in the 1950s is recorded along with documentation from his solo career after 1960, including approximately 82 architectural projects. His professional work as an artist, photographer, writer, academic and theatre enthusiast are also well documented through drawings, photographic materials and textual records.
1947-2008
Aditya Prakash fonds
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The Aditya Prakash fonds documents the professional practice of modernist Indian architect Aditya Prakash from his studies in London in 1947 to his death in 2008. His seminal work as a junior architect on the Chandigarh Capitol Project in the 1950s is recorded along with documentation from his solo career after 1960, including approximately 82 architectural projects. His professional work as an artist, photographer, writer, academic and theatre enthusiast are also well documented through drawings, photographic materials and textual records.
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1947-2008
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New Documentary
The Lives of Documents, Photography as a Project, Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, Takashi Homma, conversation, oral history, waves, mushrooms
15 May 2023
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Unintended Memories
The Lives of Documents, Photography as a Project, Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, Naoya Hatakeyama, conversation, oral history
11 September 2023
Unintended Memories
Naoya Hatakeyama in conversation with Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen
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Talking Pictures
Sophie Dars and Carlo Menon, Stefano Graziani, and Yasufumi Nakamori present strategies for reimagining and employing visual formats such as the photo essay, the photo novel, and the photo exhibition. The event takes place in the framework of an ongoing CCA research project on the relationship between architecture and photography funded by The Andrew W. Mellon(...)
13 October 2016, 6pm
Talking Pictures
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Sophie Dars and Carlo Menon, Stefano Graziani, and Yasufumi Nakamori present strategies for reimagining and employing visual formats such as the photo essay, the photo novel, and the photo exhibition. The event takes place in the framework of an ongoing CCA research project on the relationship between architecture and photography funded by The Andrew W. Mellon(...)