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ARCHITETTURA film series
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a caipirinha productions presentation.
directed by Iara Lee, produced by George Gund
16mm/video, available now.
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Towers of Wind (film #1)
color, 6:25 min, 1999
during the day, toyo ito's tower of winds rises as an oval, aluminum
cylinder out of the center of a roundabout in yokohama, japan. at
night, it transforms into a kaleidoscope of lights triggered by wind,
temperature and the ambient noises of the city. taylor deupree and
savvas ysatis provide the soundtrack to the transformation, and the
montage of vertical structures around the world.
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music by: Savvas Ysatis & Taylor
Deupree
song: May 19:06pm Picking Up the Change
structure: Tower of Winds, Yokohama, Japan
architect: Toyo Ito
album: Tower of Winds vol. 1 of the ARCHITETTURA cd series
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Terminal Happiness (film #2)
color, 4:28 min, 1999
tetsu inoue's aural interpretation of nicholas grimshaw's waterloo
terminal is a sonic diagram of the station's arches and surfaces,
echoing the structure's asymetry. 'room fx' accompanies this exploration
of train and airport terminals as self-contained environments where
world citizens re-evaluate concepts of time, space and place in this
age of globalization.
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music by: Tetsu Inoue
song: Room Fx
structure: Waterloo Terminal, London, England
architect: Nicholas Grimshaw
album: Waterloo Terminal vol. 2 of the ARCHITETTURA cd series
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Enclosed Nature (film #3)
color, 1:27 min, 1999
itsuko hasegawa's museum of fruit, comprised of three domes stemming
out of the earth, is a natural form on a gentle slope by mount fuji,
japan, acting as a metallic home to the vegetation within. arranged
to david toop's 'utopia in a fiction form', this short film examines
the enclosure of nature and the control exerted by technology.
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music by: David Toop
song: Utopia in a Fiction Form
structure: Museum of Fruit, Yamanashi, Japan
architect: Itsuko Hasegawa
album: Museum of Fruit vol. 3 of the ARCHITETTURA cd series
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Monumental Minimalism (film
#4)
color, 1:30 min, 2000
set to the controlled frenetics of panacea's 'void of safety', this
short film is a journey through the paradoxes of oscar niemeyer's
pre-planned city of brasilia. built of austere although sensual concrete,
niemeyer changed the face of modernist architecture through his use
of curved lines and surfaces, contrasting the traditional straight
planes of chaste modernism. also politically contradictory, the city
was built with the hopes of bridging classes, but soon became a ghost
town for the elite. brasilia's futuristic sculptural buildings continue
to intrigue and haunt exactly for these juxtapositions.
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music by: Panacea
song: Void of Safety
town: Brasilia
architect: Oscar Nieneyer
album: Brasilia vol. 4 of the ARCHITETTURA cd series
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Caipirinha Productions inc.
all rights reserved 2000
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directed by Iara Lee
produced by George Gund
directors of photography: Marcus Burnett + Peter Agliata+Yasushi Handa
edited by: Andreas Troeger + Josh Cramer
production manager: Mark Lukowitsky
production team:
Rob Marane + Daniel Kessler
Sarah Park + Judite Lee
Malcolm Bailey + Fabio Storrer + Patricia de Paula
Amanda Zug-more+ Tul Waitoonkiat
colorist Robert Leaton
shot in Denmark, Spain, Japan, England, France, Brazil and the United
States
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Special Thanks to:
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Ben Van Berkel, Christian de
Portzamparc, Agnes Gund, Dominique Perrault, Dr. Santiago Calatrava,
Frank Gehry, Herzog & de Meuron, Itsuko Hasegawa, Jean Nouvel, Kenzo
Tange, Mario Botta, Nicholas Grimshaw, Oscar Niemeyer, Philip Johnson,
Reichen & Robert, Rem Koolhaas, Renzo Piano, Richard Meier, Richard
Rogers, Sir Norman Foster, Terry Riley, Thomas Spiegelhalter, Toyo
Ito, Zaha Hadid, Zvi Hecker, and all the wonderful people who made
this film possible
all cds are released on caipirinha music. http://www.caipirinha.com/
all films are directed by Iara Lee, produced by george gund.
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September 23 ( Sat.) 6:00pm-, 2000 [Finished]
Gallery A