Exhibition tour and lecture by Irina Davidovici “The Catalogue as Paper Apparatus,” return of catalogues to lenders.

Sold out in three consecutive editions between 1975 and 1977 and reissued as a facsimile in 2010, the exhibition catalogue Tendenzen: Neuere Architektur im Tessin has achieved an iconic status. By reproducing the displays, the catalogue became a portable, private exhibition that reached a wider international audience and contributed to the global mediatization of Ticinese architecture. This event sees the celebratory dismantling of the exhibition installation 40 Catalogues, 40 Stories. This has brought together copies of the Tendenzen catalogue in all its versions, from the first to third editions published by ETH in the 1970s, to the facsimile published by Birkhäuser in 2010, gathered from across Switzerland and around the world. During this event, all the lenders are invited to come and collect their catalogue and reminisce on their experiences with and uses of the Tendenzen catalogue.