Interpreting material from the Gianni Pettena fonds, Elisabetta Trincherini traces Pettena’s ongoing dialogue with North America through observations of his travels, the examination of a selection of projects, and an exploration of his teaching syllabi.
January 2023
Find and Tell: Elisabetta Trincherini on Gianni Pettena
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Interpreting material from the Gianni Pettena fonds, Elisabetta Trincherini traces Pettena’s ongoing dialogue with North America through observations of his travels, the examination of a selection of projects, and an exploration of his teaching syllabi.
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Fonds
Gianni Pettena fonds
AP207
Synopsis:
The Gianni Pettena fonds documents Pettena’s work as an artist, architect, critic, and professor of history of contemporary architecture from the 1960s to the end of the 2010s. It includes one hundred artistic and architectural projects, material related to exhibitions he curated and designed, and his writings.
1960-2019
Gianni Pettena fonds
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AP207
Synopsis:
The Gianni Pettena fonds documents Pettena’s work as an artist, architect, critic, and professor of history of contemporary architecture from the 1960s to the end of the 2010s. It includes one hundred artistic and architectural projects, material related to exhibitions he curated and designed, and his writings.
archives
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Fonds
1960-2019
Sub-series
Gianni Pettena Website
AP207.S3.SS09
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The sub-series documents the production of Pettena's professional website, predominantly the "Dialogue with" section where Pettena presents the work of artists-architects of interest to him. This web page is divided into two themes: "Radical" and "Environment". It includes a section on Hans Hollein, Archigram, Gordon Matta-Clark and Robert Smithson. The sub-series contains texts on each of the architects and image selections.
2003-2006
Gianni Pettena Website
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AP207.S3.SS09
Description:
The sub-series documents the production of Pettena's professional website, predominantly the "Dialogue with" section where Pettena presents the work of artists-architects of interest to him. This web page is divided into two themes: "Radical" and "Environment". It includes a section on Hans Hollein, Archigram, Gordon Matta-Clark and Robert Smithson. The sub-series contains texts on each of the architects and image selections.
Subseries
2003-2006
Project
AP207.S1.1973.PR03
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The project series documents "Spazio Vuoto Riservato A Gianni Pettena", an installation that consists of a banner with the words "Spazio Vuoto Riservato A Gianni Pettena". The first version of the banner dates from 1973, but it was initially used for the exhibition "Contribution" in Rennes in 2008, where Pettena, one of the artists invited to carry out interventions in symbolic locations around the city, chose to install his banner inside the market. The banner was used also in Pettena's solo exhibition at the Galerie Mercier & Associés, in Paris in 2011, and again at the Spazio MEGA in Milan, in 2017. "Pettena not only introduced the artistic intervention into an environment that was alien to it, but extended the provocation to the point of laying claim to absolute freedom for the artist." [1] The project series contains a sign with the words "Spazio Vuoto Riservato A Gianni Pettena", possibly the sign designed in 1973, photographs of the second edition in Rennes, photographs of the third edition of the installation at the Galerie Mercier et Associés, and photographs of the fourth edition of the installation at the Spazio MEGA. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-empty-space-2008/ (last accessed 12 November 2019).
1973-2017
Spazio Vuoto Riservato A Gianni Pettena [Empty Space Reserved for Gianni Pettena] (1973)
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AP207.S1.1973.PR03
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The project series documents "Spazio Vuoto Riservato A Gianni Pettena", an installation that consists of a banner with the words "Spazio Vuoto Riservato A Gianni Pettena". The first version of the banner dates from 1973, but it was initially used for the exhibition "Contribution" in Rennes in 2008, where Pettena, one of the artists invited to carry out interventions in symbolic locations around the city, chose to install his banner inside the market. The banner was used also in Pettena's solo exhibition at the Galerie Mercier & Associés, in Paris in 2011, and again at the Spazio MEGA in Milan, in 2017. "Pettena not only introduced the artistic intervention into an environment that was alien to it, but extended the provocation to the point of laying claim to absolute freedom for the artist." [1] The project series contains a sign with the words "Spazio Vuoto Riservato A Gianni Pettena", possibly the sign designed in 1973, photographs of the second edition in Rennes, photographs of the third edition of the installation at the Galerie Mercier et Associés, and photographs of the fourth edition of the installation at the Spazio MEGA. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-empty-space-2008/ (last accessed 12 November 2019).
Project
1973-2017
textual records
AP207.S1.1973.PR03.001
circa 1973
Sign "Spazio Vuoto Riservato A Gianni Pettena", Spazio Vuoto Riservato A Gianni Pettena
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AP207.S1.1973.PR03.001
textual records
circa 1973
textual records
AP207.S6.001
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Previously stored in a binder entitled "Manuscriti Gianni Pettena". First folder of two.
circa 1960-2018
Various unsorted handwritten notes of Gianni Pettena
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AP207.S6.001
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Previously stored in a binder entitled "Manuscriti Gianni Pettena". First folder of two.
textual records
circa 1960-2018
textual records
AP207.S6.002
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Previously stored in a binder entitled "Manuscriti Gianni Pettena". Second folder of two.
circa 1960-2018
Various unsorted handwritten notes of Gianni Pettena
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AP207.S6.002
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Previously stored in a binder entitled "Manuscriti Gianni Pettena". Second folder of two.
textual records
circa 1960-2018
textual records, born digital
AP207.S3.SS08.004
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Most common file formats: Microsoft Word Document, JPEG File Interchange Format, Unidentified, Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format
1998 - 2013
Various writtings by Gianni Pettena, 1990s
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AP207.S3.SS08.004
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Most common file formats: Microsoft Word Document, JPEG File Interchange Format, Unidentified, Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format
textual records, born digital
1998 - 2013
textual records, born digital
AP207.S3.SS08.006
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Most common file formats: JPEG File Interchange Format, Microsoft Word Document, Graphics Interchange Format, Hypertext Markup Language, Rich Text Format
1998 - 2016
Various writtings by Gianni Pettena, 2000s
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AP207.S3.SS08.006
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Most common file formats: JPEG File Interchange Format, Microsoft Word Document, Graphics Interchange Format, Hypertext Markup Language, Rich Text Format
textual records, born digital
1998 - 2016
textual records
AP207.S3.SS08.001
1960s-2000s
textual records
1960s-2000s