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Polyphilo or The Dark Forest Revisited

March 1994
Curated by Louise Pelletier and Alberto P茅rez-G贸mez
Macdonald Harrington Building
815 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal

Dreamlike Photo image in color of interior of a building
Still from the analog projection of a long strip-image at the exhibition 鈥淧olyphilo or The Dark Forest Revisited鈥 漏 James Aitken and Stephen Pack

In March of 1994, the exhibition titled 鈥淧olyphilo or The Dark Forest Revisited,鈥 inspired by the听Hypnerotomachia Poliphili听(1499) printed by the famous Aldine Press in Venice, opened at 看片视频鈥檚 School of Architecture. The exhibition was a part of a series of presentations on faculty work at the School of Architecture. Curated by Louise Pelletier and Alberto P茅rez-G贸mez, this show involved participation from students from the Architectural History and Theory program featuring graphic work and related architectural projects from the then recently published book by P茅rez-G贸mez,听Polyphilo or The Dark Forest Revisited听(1992). The exhibition鈥檚 most prominent feature was a large canvas wing that hung in the middle of the exhibition space. The large central canvas functioned as a screen for the analog projection of a long strip-image that ran at the bottom of the听Hypnerotomachia Poliphili鈥檚 pages. The projection demonstrated the original cinematographic concept driving the imagery. The exhibition also included projections of the 鈥減laces鈥 visited by the hero of the听Hypnerotomachia Poliphili听鈥揵oth real and generated through other artists鈥 works; 鈥渓iquid light鈥 prints on water-color paper of original 鈥減olyphilic鈥 cyborgs; and an architectural project for a site in Japan, loosely based on the book鈥檚 narrative and imagery.听

Another dreamlike color photo of the inside of a building
Still from the analog projection of a long strip-image at the exhibition 鈥淧olyphilo or The Dark Forest Revisited鈥 漏 James Aitken and Stephen Pack

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