Underskog

In conjunction with the 4th Oslo International Architecture Triennale:

ROM for kunst og Arkitektur in Oslo is proud to present:

A film series by Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine

“*Living Architectures*” is a series that seeks to develop a way of looking at architecture, which turns away from the current trend of idealizing the representation of our architectural heritage. The cult of perfect, disembodied forms entirely devoid of people, inevitably leads to a break-up between architecture and living space.

Through these films, Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine put into question the fascination with the picture, which covers up the buildings with preconceived ideas of perfection, virtuosity and infallibility, in order to demonstrate the vitality, fragility and vulnerable beauty of architecture as recounted and witnessed by people who actually live in, use or maintain the spaces they have selected.

The Films:

• Koolhaas HouseLife* (2008)

• Inside Piano (2010)

• Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron (2010)

• Gehry’s Vertigo (2010)

• Xmas Meier (2010)

(For Full Screening program see under)

Thus, their intention is to talk about architecture, or rather to let architecture talk to us, from an “inner” point of view, both personal and subjective. Unlike most movies about architecture, these films focus less on explaining the building, its structure and its technical details than on letting the viewer enter into the invisible bubble of the daily intimacy of some icons of contemporary architecture. Through a series of moments and fragments of life, an unusually spontaneous portrait of the building would emerge. This experiment presents a new way of looking at architecture and broadens the field of its representation.

The films have been presented on several international venues from the beginning of 2010. Including Storefront for Art and Architecture in NYC (USA), The Architecture Foundation, London (UK), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (France) and The Architecture Centre, Bristol (UK) and met with very good receptions. A special edition of the films is presented at the 12th International Architecture Biennale in Venice.

Opens Friday September 24th 18:00

Maridalsveien 3, Oslo

The authors are present at the opening and will hold a 30 min presentation of the project!

• Koolhaas HouseLife will be screened in full length. It is available for purchase on DVD at ROM.
  The remaining 4 films are still under post-production and will be screened in shorter, exhibition lengths.

Please visit our website for more information about the films and the directors:
www.r-o-m.no

SCREENING PROGRAM: LIVING ARCHITECTURES

Friday Sept. 24th (Opening)

18:00 Welcome

18:15 Presentation of the project “Living Architectures” by: Ila Bêka & louise Lemoine
(Including a short Q & A session with the directors)

19:00 Screening: Special Biennale edition of Living Architectures. (Contains excerpts from all films)

Saturday Sept. 25th

16:00

- Koolhaas HouseLife (Full version 58 min)

Sunday Sept. 26th

12:00 – 18:00

- Koolhaas HouseLife (Exhibition version 18 min in loop)

19:00 (Two new films)

- Inside Piano (15min)

- Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron (16 min)

Monday Sept. 27th

12:00 – 18:00 (In loop)

- Koolhaas HouseLife

- Inside Piano

- Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron

19:00 (Two new films)

- Gehry’s Vertigo (19 min)

- Xmas Meier (15 min)

Tuesday Sept. 28th

CLOSED

From Wednesday Sept. 29th to Sunday Oct. 3rd

12:00 – 18:00 (In loop)

- Koolhaas HouseLife

- Inside Piano

- Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron

- Gehry’s Vertigo

- Xmas Meier