Applausi [Applause] (1968)

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• Fonds: Gianni Pettena fonds, 1960-2019
•    Série(s): Works, 1966-2018
•      Projet: Applausi [Applause] (1968), circa 1968-2015

Personnes et institutions

• Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
• Gianni Pettena (artist)

Titre

Applausi [Applause] (1968)

Dates de création

circa 1968-2015

Niveau de description archivistique

Project

Collation

• 13 digital files (458 MB)
• 7 photographic materials
• 2 drawings

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This project series documents Pettena's design for "Applausi", a suitcase split in half to create two flashing signs with the word "Applausi". The signs were designed for the music performance by Vittorio Gelmetti, "La descrittione del gran paese" a post-pop opera for which Pettena was also in charge of the scene direction. The performance was presented at the 6th Festival of Avant-Garde Music at the Teatro Biondo, in Palermo, in December 1968. The signs were placed on each side of the stage, toward the audience. "The text, together with others that indicated the piano, the singer and the cello, reminded the audience of the habits of an illiterate public participating in a televised show." [1] The "Applausi" signs were also presented in the exhibition "The living currency" in Varsaw, at the Teatr Dramatyczny in 2010, and at the 6th Berlin Biennale at the Hau1, Die lebende Münze, in 2010.

The project series contains photographs of the 'Applausi' signs, a drawing of the sign, and a draft poster showing the display of the stage for Vittorio Gelmetti performance at the 6th Festival of Avant-Garde Music. The project series also includes photographs of the music performance, a video of Pettena and the sign at the Berlin Biennale in 2010, and project descriptions in English and Italian.

Source:

[1] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 102.

Numéro de réference

AP207.S1.1968.PR05

Mode de classement

Material in this project series was kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.

Localisation

Palermo Italie

Langue et écriture des documents

English, Italian

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  • Numéro de réference: AP207.S1.1968.PR05.001
  • Titre: Drawing showing the sign and the closed suitcase, Applausi
  • Dates de création: circa 1968
  • Classification: dessins
  • Objets catalogués : 0

  Personnes et institutions:

  • Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
  • Gianni Pettena (artist)

  Quantité / Type d’objet:

  1 File

  Collation:

  • 1 drawing

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 35 x 48.5 cm

  Mention de crédit:

  Gianni Pettena fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Gianni Pettena/
  Gift of Gianni Pettena
  

  Numéro de chemise:

  207-001-005

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  • Numéro de réference: AP207.S1.1968.PR05.002
  • Titre: Draft poster with stage setting drawing and photographs of the sign, Applausi
  • Dates de création: 1968
  • Classification: photographies
  • Objets catalogués : 0

  Personnes et institutions:

  • Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
  • Gianni Pettena (artist)

  Quantité / Type d’objet:

  1 File

  Collation:

  • 4 slides
  • 2 photographs
  • 1 drawing

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 30 x 21.5 cm

  Mention de crédit:

  Gianni Pettena fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Gianni Pettena/
  Gift of Gianni Pettena
  

  Numéro de chemise:

  207-005-009

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  • Numéro de réference: AP207.S1.1968.PR05.003
  • Titre: Photographs of the music performance and the sign, a video of Pettena and the sign in Berlin Biennale in 2010, and project descriptions, Applausi
  • Dates de création: 2010 - 2015
  • Classification: né numérique, photographies
  • Objets catalogués : 0

  Personnes et institutions:

  • Gianni Pettena (archive creator)

  Description:

  Most common file formats: JPEG File Interchange Format, Microsoft Word for Windows, Audio/Video Interleaved Format, Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed)

  Quantité / Type d’objet:

  1 File

  Collation:

  • 12 digital files (458 MB)

  Conditions d’accès:

  • Digital material can only be accessed on-site. Please contact Reference at ref@cca.qc.ca for more information. Access by appointment only.

  Mention de crédit:

  Gianni Pettena fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Gianni Pettena/
  Gift of Gianni Pettena