A New World, in Storyboards
John Hill
24. September 2018
Alessandro Poli (Superstudio). Autostrada Terra-Luna [Earth-moon highway], 1970—1971. Alessandro Poli fonds, CCA. © Archivio Superstudio
Scripts for a new world, a new exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal, presents the images, storyboards, scripts and audio that Superstudio member Alessandro Poli used in the early 1970s to visualize radical ways of living through film.
Scripts for a new world: Film storyboards by Alessandro Poli explores Poli's forward-thinking use of film in an increasingly image-dependent world. It includes, among other projects, his master's thesis from 1969 and two projects from his brief time as a member of Superstudio (1970-72). The latter, with their infinite grids covering the earth and in some cases extending into outer space, are fairly well-known images. Presented here in the context of Poli's films, they are tools for exploring architecture's boundaries through a popular narrative art form.
Scripts for a new world: Film storyboards by Alessandro Poli is curated by CCA's Giovanna Borasi and is on display at the CCA from 20 September 2018 to 20 January 2019.
Alessandro Poli (Superstudio). Collage of a horse for the film Supersuperficie [Supersurface] (later excluded from film), 1972. Alessandro Poli fonds, CCA. © Archivio Superstudio
Superstudio. Collage of a woman standing in front of an ironing board with articles of clothing and other domestic objects around her, over an infinite grid surface, demonstrating how the grid replaces all three-dimensional architecture and integrates scenes of daily life, 1972. Alessandro Poli fonds, CCA. © Archivio Superstudio
Alessandro Poli. Photomontage on a double-sided magazine spread showing scenes from the moon landing, superimposed with an image of a lake and boating vacationers on one side, and on the reverse, various annotations and sketches, some with reference to Poli’s thesis work, 1970—1971. Alessandro Poli fonds, CCA. © Alessandro Poli
Alessandro Poli (Superstudio). Nuove architetture lunari [New lunar architectures], ca. 1970—1971. Alessandro Poli fonds, CCA. © Archivio Superstudio
