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Canadian Centre for Architecture
CCA launches exhibition website
http://www.sorryoutofgas.org
CCA
1920, rue Baile
Montreal, Québec, Canada
H3H 2S6
514 939 7026
http://www.cca.qc.ca
The Canadian Centre for Architecture announces the launch of a bilingual microsite related to its current major exhibition, 1973: Sorry, Out of Gas. Accessible at http://www.sorryoutofgas.org , the microsite offers an online complement to the timely exhibition and its catalogue exploring the architectural response to the 1973 oil crisis. The exhibition remains on view in the CCA’s main galleries until 20
April 2008.
Designed to make the exhibition content available to a broader international public, http://www.sorryoutofgas.org features some of the most innovative architectural projects and research triggered by the 1973 energy crisis. Represented are works by Steve Baer and Michael Jantzen using passive and active solar systems, Malcolm Wells’ explorations in underground architecture, the energy independent homes built of recycled materials by Michael Reynolds, unprecedented experiments applying wind technology in urban settings, new social models based on integrated systems developed by several forward-thinking groups, and other innovations of the era. The website content is organised along the same four main principle themes seen in the exhibition galleries: Sun, Earth, Wind, and Integrated Systems.
A central feature of the microsite is the opportunity to fully explore the catalogue section “An Endangered Species,” a children’s story by British author and illustrator Harriet Russell. Specifically commissioned by the CCA, the story uses humour and irony to describe the role of oil in daily life and to suggest alternatives to this rapidly diminishing resource. Presented in its entirety online, users can browse the story page by page and explore details of the text and drawings through a magnified view.
As an introduction to the ideas and findings presented in 1973: Sorry, Out of Gas, the microsite further serves the concerns of the exhibition curators by exposing the research and innovations of thirty years ago to a new generation. “It is of vital importance to consider the radical yet, in many cases, little-known work from the 1970s as architects today struggle to address similar issues,” said CCA director Mirko Zardini, who curated the exhibition with Giovanna Borasi, CCA Curator of Contemporary Architecture. “The crisis we are facing in the year 2007,” he continued, “has all the features that emerged in 1973. However, today’s energy problem is accompanied by a heightened environmental crisis that is plain for all to see.”
The microsite was designed by Bluesponge, a Montréal-based firm specialising in the development of interactive solutions. Founded in 2000, Bluesponge has been honoured on numerous occasions, winning awards from Boomerang, Canadian New Media, and Communication Arts Magazine.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Organised by the CCA, 1973: Sorry, Out of Gas is the first exhibition to study the architectural innovation spurred by the 1973 oil crisis, when the value of oil increased exponentially and triggered economic, political, and social upheaval across the world. Featuring over 350 objects including architectural drawings, photographs, books and pamphlets, archival television footage, and historical artefacts, the exhibition maps the global response to the shortage and its relevance to architecture today. Occupying the CCA’s main galleries, 1973: Sorry, Out of Gas is curated by Mirko Zardini, CCA Director and Chief Curator, with Giovanna Borasi, CCA Curator of Contemporary Architecture.
ABOUT THE CCA
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas is the third in a series of thematic exhibitions organised by the CCA to explore contemporary issues in architecture with a specific focus on urban, social, and environmental concerns. It follows Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow (2006) and Sense of the City (2005), the groundbreaking exhibition dedicated to the sensory dimensions of urban life that have traditionally been ignored or repressed.
The CCA is an international research centre and museum founded in 1979 on the conviction that architecture is a public concern. Based on its extensive collections, the CCA is a leading voice in advancing knowledge, promoting public understanding, and widening thought and debate on the art of architecture, its history, theory, practice, and role in society today.
Witte de With
Program 2008: Individuality
Witte de With,
Center for Contemporary Art
Witte de Withstraat 50
3012 BR Rotterdam
The Netherlands
+31 10 411 0144
info@wdw.nl
Witte de With puts the individual artist at the heart of its 2008 program. Like the musical parts played by the members of an orchestra, the various elements of this program vary in scale, in duration, and in tone, creating a sense of natural flow over the course of the year. At times they run in parallel; at others they overlap or interfere with one another, with clear solo passages emerging. Nevertheless, the impulse behind each manifestation remains the same: to create a moment of concentration around a singular practice by putting the work of an individual artist under the spotlight.
EXHIBITIONS
The year begins with Liam Gillick’s mid-career retrospective (19 Jan – 24 Mar), which sees Witte de With’s interior transformed by a labyrinthine architectural intervention. Its meta-structure will remain long after the exhibition itself closes, creating a challenging context in which the work of other artists will be presented.
First among these is Manon de Boer (25 Jan – 24 Feb), whose exhibition features two films exploring the genres of documentary and portraiture. This is followed by an exhibition of two of Keren Cytter’s video works (1 – 30 Mar). She adopts a very different approach from that of de Boer, working with theater actors to create scenes that blur fiction and reality.
Subsequently Gareth Moore (3 Apr – 4 May) will present his enigmatic explorations of the life and work of Viktor Schauberger, a turn-of-the-century naturalist and inventor from Vienna. This will be followed first by an exhibition by Claire Fontaine (10 May – 8 June), the collective who declare themselves to be an artistic readymade for neo-conceptual art; and then by Annette Kelm, whose photographs question the mute quality of the image (13 Jun – 24 Aug).
On the top floor of Witte de With, independent of Gillick’s intervention, two other solo shows will take place. In early spring, Geoffrey Farmer’s first major solo exhibition in Europe (3 Apr – 1 Jun) will reveal his performance-based approach to sculpture and installation, with a work that continues to shift and mutate over the course of its presentation. During the summer, Saâdane Afif will experiment with a new variant of his exhibition practice, developing work that incorporates musical elements, writing and installation (13 Jun – 24 Aug).
LECTURES
In addition to presenting exclusively solo exhibitions, Witte de With will host monthly lectures by leading art historians under the title Cornerstones, focusing on the work of one key artist. The program until the summer is as follows:
7 February: Dominic van den Boogerd on René Daniels
6 March: Vanessa Joan Müller on John Baldessari
1 April: Douglas Crimp on Gordon Matta-Clark
8 May: Michael Fried on Douglas Gordon
5 June: Peter Osborne on Robert Smithson,
3 July: John C. Welchman on Mike Kelley
PUBLICATIONS
Witte de With expands its publications range in 2008 with several new formats, editions and collaborations. The Sourcebooks series – a now established platform for in-depth engagement with artistic practice – will continue focusing on artists in transitional moments of their careers.
Several of the solo exhibitions in 2008 will present opportunities to collaborate with other institutions on extensive monographic publications, including Liam Gillick (with Kunstverein München, Kunsthalle Zürich and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago), Manon de Boer (with Frankfurter Kunstverein), and Annette Kelm (with Kunstwerke Berlin).
Renowned German critic Diedrich Diederichsen has been invited to think with us over the course of the year about the “added value” that art has for society. His thoughts will be published in the spring as a book-length essay, in the inaugural volume of the new annual series Reflections. This series seeks to address broad cultural leitmotifs that are critical to an engagement with contemporary culture. Diederichsen’s ideas will thus form a leitmotif for all Witte de With’s activities in 2008.