Inclus dans:

• Fonds: Fonds Melvin Charney, 1947-2012
•    Série(s): Projects, 1955-2012
•      Projet: Une histoire, 1975-1978

Personnes et institutions:

• Melvin Charney (architect)
• Melvin Charney (draughtsman)
• Melvin Charney (photographer)
• Melvin Charney (archive creator)

Titre:

Une histoire

Date:

1975-1978

Niveau de description archivistique:
Project

Collation:

• 34 photographic materials
  8 drawings

Présentation du contenu:
UNE HISTOIRE is a project consisting of photographs, photomontages, drawings and a wooden sculpture. A photograph of a worker’s house near a pulp mill in Trois-Rivières became the focus of the series. In an attempt to understand the architecture of that house, and how industrialization was being reflected in the architecture of Québec, Charney went to visit the house in 1974, only to find it had already been torn down. Charney photographed its surroundings and tried to reproduce its likeness in drawings. Unsatisfied with the results, he built a wooden sculpture (UNE HISTOIRE…Le trésor de Trois-Rivières, 1975), a replica of the house, in an attempt to fully “know” and understand the structure.

Source: Melvin Charney: Oeuvres 1970-1979. Montréal Musée d’art contemporain. (p. 29-36)

Numéro de référence:

AP041.S1.1975.D1

Mode de classement:

Material in this series was likely kept in it's original order when it was first processed upon it's arrival at CCA.

Langue et écriture des documents:

• English, French, German

Sources complémentaires:

• For material related the press coverage and the promotion of this project can also be found under the series AP041.S5.D1 Press coverage, as well as some photographs under AP041.S6.D2 Photographic materials.

Contient:

• DR2007:0084:001, Sketches, "Une histoire", 1974-1977
• DR2007:0086:001, Photographs of the installation, Une histoire, 1977
• DR2007:0086:004, Photocollage of the the installation of a sculpture called "Le trésor de Trois-Rivières", part of the project "Une histoire... Scénarisation", 1977
• DR2007:0086:005, Installation plan, Une histoire..., 1977
• DR2012:0012:073:002, Mounted photograph of the installation, and mounted photographs panels, possibly used in the installation, 1975
• DR2012:0012:073:003, Mounted photograph of the installation, and mounted photographs panels, possibly used in the installation, 1975
• DR2012:0012:075:001:004, Photograph of Melvin Charney's studio wall during the Une histoire... series, circa 1975