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In honour of the 50th anniversary of the 1967 International and Universal Exposition, we’ve pulled some titles from past catalogues to help celebrate the monumental event we all know as Expo ’67.
Reimagining Cinema
Film at Expo 67
Edited by Monika Kin Gagnon and Janine Marchessault
Expo 67, in its utopian aspirations, invited artists to create the world anew. What distinguished Montreal’s exhibition from previous world fairs were its dramatic displays of film and media, transformed into urban and futuristic architectures. Reimagining Cinema explores the innovations that film and media artists offered Expo audiences and presents extensive visual material to reconstruct the viewer’s experience. Read more >>
The following titles contain chapters devoted to Expo ’67:
Museum Pieces
By Ruth Phillips
The politics of Canadian museums – the controversies, boycotts, and debates – and the international impact of the innovations they have stimulated. Read More >>
Crafting Identity
By Sandra Alfoldy
The first study of the emergence of Canadian fine craft as a professional artistic practice. Read More >>
For Canada’s Sake
By Gary Miedema
A bold new approach to religious history that uses public celebrations and material culture to trace the birth of an “interfaith” Canada. Read More>>
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