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generals were removed f r o m central squares in H a v a n a . In his series On Monuments these ( 2 0 0 0 ) , M a n u e l Pina p h o t o g r a p h e d n o w e m p t y spaces t o c o m m e n t on ideology, t h e o b l i t e r a t i o n of t h e past, a n d , consequently, h o w w e u n d e r s t a n d histories. Both p h o t o g r a p h e r s look a t historical c o n d i t i o n s that reconfigure our perceptions of the p r e s e n t s t r u c t u r e o f t h e s e t w o key cities, a n d in so d o i n g p o r t r a y a l a n d s c a p e of absence as w e l l as resilient presence. The i m a g e s c o n s t r u c t n a r r a t i v e s t h a t reveal broader cultural, social, and political m e a n i n g s . The u r b a n e n v i r o n m e n t becomes a m a p and a metaphor for revolutionary ideals and ideas. These are revealed as much w i t h i n t h e s h a t t e r i n g of i d e n t i t i e s as in t h e construction of t h e m , leaving, in t h e case of Haraldsson's Paris, an organic w h o l e in place of a M o d e r n i s t d r e a m , and in Pina's Havana, a series of post-Revolution sites w h o s e use is ' t o be d e t e r m i n e d ' . An exhibition of new works, opens titled at Displacement House and Gallery Encounter: (PHG) What: Displacement and Encounter: Projects and Utopias by A m i Haraldsson and Manuel Pina. Curated by Vancouver w r i t e r Petra Watson. Circulated by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, in Projects on and Utopias 2. Presentation November The idea b e h i n d t h e s e w o r k s is t h a t artists can f i n d interesting subject m a t t e r in b o t h in t h i n g s t h a t w e r e p r o p o s e d a n d never b u i l t , as w e l l as t h o s e t h a t w e r e b u i l t a n d t h e n quickly Encounter: graphic removed. Projects work by In Displacement and Utopias and photoAmi t h e c o o r d i n a t e s o f Le C o r b u s i e r ' s p r o j e c t , t h e Voisin Plan. unbuilt conjunction w i t h the National Gallery of Canada. When: Nov 2 - Dec 15 Opening reception w i t h artists' talk, Nov 2 @ 2 pm Where: Presentation House Gallery, 333 Chesterfield Ave, North Vancouver phone: 604.986.1351 fax: 604.986.5380 email: presentationhousegall@telus.net Bird's-eye v i e w s c o m b i n e w i t h those f r o m street level t o m a p t h e city c e n t r e t h a t w o u l d h a v e b e e n d e m o l i s h e d if this project had been realized. Vancouver's A t t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e Cuban R e v o l u t i o n , m o n u m e n t s t o p r o - A m e r i c a n presidents and H a r a l d s s o n a n d C u b a n a r t i s t M a n u e l Pina d e f i n e s a n d r e c o n s t r u c t s u r b a n landscapes as b o t h stratified space a n d layered time. unbuilt of H a r a l d s s o n ' s f o c u s is C o r b u s i e r ' s p l a n f o r Paris, a n d Piha's, t h e traces Battista's pre- r e v o l u t i o n a r y Havana. Their photographs, though markedly absence d i f f e r e n t in style, b o t h r e c o r d r a t h e r t h a n p r e s e n c e a n d as s u c h d o n o t reveal the physical e n v i r o n m e n t of t h e c i t y t h a t is t h e i r s u b j e c t t o v i e w e r s . T h e landscapes they researched for this w o r k a p p e a r as t r a c e s , v e s t i g e s , a n d h i s t o r i c a l dialogues on 'the unrealized and the r e m o v e d ' . V i e w e d in t h i s w a y , t h e c i t i e s they depict 'live t h r o u g h remembering', b u t t h e h i s t o r i e s in q u e s t i o n are so h i d d e n that w i t h o u t this research, they remain little-known would In a series of images e n t i t l e d The Center of Paris ( 1 9 9 9 ) , A m i Haraldsson p h o t o g r a p h e d