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Tuesday, December 27, 2005
EXHIBITION:::::MONTREAL
CCA/////SENSE OF THE CITY
until 10 September 2006
The Canadian Center for Architecture actually propose an interesting exhibition that propose an other point of view of our urban reality where banality become exception.
Redirect TXT from CCA
Sense of the City is a major exhibition dedicated to the theme of urban phenomena and perceptions which have traditionally been ignored, repressed, or maligned. Challenging the dominance of the visual in the urban environment, the exhibition proposes a re-thinking of latent qualities of the city, offering complex analyses of the comforts, communication systems, and sensory dimensions of urban life—thus advancing a new spectrum of experience and engagement.
The most banal and ubiquitous phenomena - asphalt, the second crust of the earth, cacophonies of everyday sounds and smells, competing light effects, manipulations of temperature and climate, heat and cold, the junk and graffiti that disfigure buildings and streets, as well as the subtle, mostly hidden signs of regeneration in the urban environment - will be presented through artefacts and images that collectively suggest the rich array of urban experiences and behaviours lying just beyond traditional interpretations of the city.
Sense of the City explores overlooked modes of perception, offering a complex analysis of urban phenomena and proposing a new ‘sensorial’ approach to urbanism.
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