Other Space Odysseys presents three approaches to the idea of an adventurous journey that started forty years ago after the 1969 moon landing. Featuring the work of architects Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, and Alessandro Poli, Other Space Odysseys comes at a time when space exploration is the subject of renewed enthusiasm, but also of debate which questions its(...)
Main galleries
8 April 2010 to 19 September 2010
Other Space Odysseys: Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, Alessandro Poli
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Other Space Odysseys presents three approaches to the idea of an adventurous journey that started forty years ago after the 1969 moon landing. Featuring the work of architects Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, and Alessandro Poli, Other Space Odysseys comes at a time when space exploration is the subject of renewed enthusiasm, but also of debate which questions its(...)
Main galleries
Alongside a growth in decentralized, experimental, and underground cinema at the end of the 1960s and in the early 1970s, many groups operating from inside the field of architecture such as Superstudio, Studio 9999, and Ant Farm explored the short film as a medium to expand architectural discourse, embed their projects with bold reflections and projections of society, and(...)
Octagonal gallery
21 September 2018 to 19 May 2019
Scripts for a new world
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Alongside a growth in decentralized, experimental, and underground cinema at the end of the 1960s and in the early 1970s, many groups operating from inside the field of architecture such as Superstudio, Studio 9999, and Ant Farm explored the short film as a medium to expand architectural discourse, embed their projects with bold reflections and projections of society, and(...)
Octagonal gallery
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Alessandro Poli, Autres odyssées de l’espace, BLDGBLOG, Earth, Geoff@CCA, Geoff Manaugh, la lune, landscape, la terre, Moon, NASA, Other Space Odysseys, paysage, Superstudio
10 June 2010
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15 September 1970
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1971
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2 October 1970
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1979
The CCA galleries are transformed into cinematic screening rooms to present a range of artistic, scientific, and experimental films on speed and space. Selected by curators from the archives of NASA, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM), the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), and UbuWeb, the films explore the impact of velocity and technology on our(...)
Main galleries
25 November 2009 to 28 February 2010
Intermission: Films From a Heroic Future
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The CCA galleries are transformed into cinematic screening rooms to present a range of artistic, scientific, and experimental films on speed and space. Selected by curators from the archives of NASA, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM), the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), and UbuWeb, the films explore the impact of velocity and technology on our(...)
Main galleries
Isola and Norzi: Conshelf II
Artists Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi discuss Jacques Cousteau’s Conshelf II underwater base and their own project Liquid Door, which proposes to revive the dream of living underwater by making Cousteau’s Starfish House inhabitable. Based in New York, Italian-born Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi have collaborated since 2003, pooling their backgrounds and interests in art(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
13 May 2010 , 7pm
Isola and Norzi: Conshelf II
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Artists Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi discuss Jacques Cousteau’s Conshelf II underwater base and their own project Liquid Door, which proposes to revive the dream of living underwater by making Cousteau’s Starfish House inhabitable. Based in New York, Italian-born Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi have collaborated since 2003, pooling their backgrounds and interests in art(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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Alessandro Poli fonds
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The Alessandro Poli fonds documents the work of Italian architect, designer and artist Alessandro Poli. Born in Fiesole in 1941, Poli studied architecture at the University of Florence, and was a member of Superstudio from 1970 to 1972. Poli’s involvement with Superstudio and engaged research on material culture constitute two strong components of his archive.
1963-1996
Alessandro Poli fonds
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The Alessandro Poli fonds documents the work of Italian architect, designer and artist Alessandro Poli. Born in Fiesole in 1941, Poli studied architecture at the University of Florence, and was a member of Superstudio from 1970 to 1972. Poli’s involvement with Superstudio and engaged research on material culture constitute two strong components of his archive.
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1963-1996