The Urban Landscape - screening seriesMain MenuLandscape Theorysome general thoughtsThe City SymphonyOrganism (Hilary Harris, 1975, 19m) Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1983, 85m)Rivers and DamsThe River (Pare Lorentz, 1938, 31 min) Up the Yangtzee (Yung Chang, 2008, 90 min)OilOil: A symphony in Motion (Artkino, 1933, 8m) Petropolis (Mettler, 2009, 42m) Deep Weather (Ursula Biemann, 2013, 10m)LaborWorkers Leaving the Factory (Harun Farocki, 1995, 36m) Maquilapolis (Sergio De La Torre & Vicky Funari, 2006, 69m) Workers leaving the GooglePlex (Andrew Norman Wilson, 2011, 11m)Space & PlacePowers of Ten (Ray & Charles Eames, 1977, 9m) Space is the Place (John Corney, 1972, 85m)NostalgiaThe Royal Road (Jenni Olson, 2015, 64m)The Urban CommonsStyle Wars: The Original Hip Hop Documentary (Tony Silver, USA, 1983, 70m)SurveillanceHow Not to be Seen (Monty Python, 1970, 3min) How Not to be Seen: A Fucking Didactic Educational .Mov File (Hito Steyerl, 2013, 15 min) Nostalgia for the Light (Patricio Guzman, 2011, 90m)Topiary Landbergcfb350d468ec5c2054ab0b7ea98b3e2b63e3e296
Pollution
1media/Red-Desert.jpg2017-10-31T17:15:24-07:00Topiary Landbergcfb350d468ec5c2054ab0b7ea98b3e2b63e3e29670872Red Desert (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1964)image_header2017-10-31T17:15:50-07:00Topiary Landbergcfb350d468ec5c2054ab0b7ea98b3e2b63e3e296An enigmatic narrative film in which the industrial landscape of a factory-filled, polluted Italian city becomes a both a symbol and the material expression of the main character, Guiliana’s emotional anxiety, alienation and distress. The superb cinematography, coupled with an unnerving sound design built around almost imperceivable high pitched tonal screeches, creates a toxic modern world in which the protagonist Giuliana, played by Antonioni muse Monica ViJ, suffers a nervous breakdown and shares her turmoil with her husband’s co-worker, Corrado (Richard Harris). Antonioni’s first color film is unforgetable for its use of color and in particular, for the putrid yellow smoke against a perpetually grey sky.