The title, “Super City”, is borrowed from a product by Ideal Toys made in 1967-68. Inside the box, children found the necessary components for building a “super city” of skyscrapers, pharmaceutical works and research labs. The curator’s theory? These games, more or less easy to use, have influenced our vision of the world since childhood and ended up conditioning our choices as adults. “Montreal itself,” explains Coupland, “was also the site of many 1960s related superprojects.” E.S.
Montréal – Canada
Super City
Fino a/Until 20.11.2005
Canadian Centre for Architecture, CCA
1920 rue Baile
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