Heinz Emigholz – Short Films II
Combined programme
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IFFR 2014
Two complimentary examples of architecture and the visions of enlightenment, modernity and community they can convey. Followed by two diary-like collages of Emigholz’s life and thoughts.
In this combined programme
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Miscellanea II
A diary-like view of Emigholz’s life and thoughts around the time of Sullivan’s Banks and Maillart’s Bridges. A meditation on the fabulous folly of hu -
Miscellanea I
A diary-like view of Emigholz’s life and thoughts around the time of The Holy Bunch, transformed into a concise meditation on life’s fleetingness. -
Maillarts Brücken
Exploration of 14 steel/concrete structures, mainly bridges. Emigholz’s gaze reveals the austere poetry of Robert Maillart’s art. -
Sullivans Banken
An exploration of eight buildings in the US Midwest built 1908-1920. Their generosity suggests a Whitmanian ideal of community and democracy.