| June 12, 2020
Sunday night is the beginning of ADFF@NeoConnect. To celebrate, ADFF has selected four films that have a connection to both architecture and to the commercial design industry.
In Sunday’s film, Strange and Familiar, all the furniture featured in the film’s hotel is made by craftspeople from Fogo Island. (Click here to see Fogo Island furniture). On Monday’s film, Mario Botta is a film about the architect's sacred buildings. Although not highlighted in this film, here are some examples of the furniture he designed over his career. (Click here to see examples.) On Tuesday, many of the architects and designers featured in SuperDesign also created a wide range of furniture. (Click here to read about an exhibit highlighting some of their products.) Lastly, Wednesday’s film about the architect, Charlotte Perriand, explores the life and passion of one of the legendary furniture designers of the 20th century. (Click here to see examples.)
Each night’s program will be live-streamed at 8:00 pm EST and replay again at 8:00 pm PST. There’s a modest $3 fee for each film. Tickets can be purchased by clicking here, or on the link following each film’s description.
These screenings would not be made possible without the generous support of NeoCon, Eventscape, Teknion, and NEEZO Studios. Their generous support makes it possible for everyone to see these amazing films.
Enjoy the films!
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| | 2014 / 54 min / Canada
Directors: Katherine Knight, Marcia Connolly
Architect Todd Saunders’s buildings on Fogo Island, Newfoundland embrace the excitement of being on the edge of nature and contemporary design while fulfilling the goal of doing ‘new things with old ways.’
Saunders and his commissioner, Zita Cobb, provide a personal account of the ideas and traditions that inspire this bold and socially ambitious architectural venture. Gorgeously photographed, the film is a flowing, visual narrative that unfolds over seven seasons as the Fogo Island Inn approaches completion.
Special introduction by Architect Todd Saunders
After the film, a Q&A with the directors, Katherine Knight and Marcia Connolly
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| 2018 / 78 min / Switzerland
Directors: Loretta Dalpozzo, Michèle Volontè
This film is a rare, in-depth artistic journey into the work of internationally acclaimed Swiss architect Mario Botta. The film explores Botta’s ever-growing curiosity and reflections on the contradictions of society through his sacred spaces. Why does a globalized society feel the urge to build such spaces?
Passionate, tireless, at age 76, Botta is one of the few architects who has built places of prayer for the three main monotheistic religions. After building many churches, chapels and a synagogue, he is now working on a mosque in China. Through his reflections and his interactions with artists, colleagues, clients and family members, the viewers have a glimpse of the man behind the architect.
Special introduction by Architect Mario Botta with Christine Abbate
After the film, a Q&A with the director, Loretta Dalpozzo
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Tuesday, June 16th
SuperDesign: Italian Radical Design 1965-75
2017 / 62 min / Italy
Director: Francesca Molteni
SuperDesign is a film about the Italian Radical Movement in Architecture & Design in the 1960s and ’70s. Through the words and stories of people who were part of that movement, we retrace the history and the heritage of the movement. They take us back to that time when everything seemed possible.
The mid-1960s represented a revolutionary time when the need for change has spread everywhere in the Western world and has pervaded all the aspects of life. Some beautiful archival historical images recreate the atmosphere of the period — a time of positive turbulence on an artistic level.
In the film we encounter an amazing collection of architects and designers from this fertile period: Emilio Ambasz, Franco Audrito, Dario Bartolini, Lapo Binazzi, Andrea Branzi, Germano Celant, Gilberto Coretti, Pietro Derossi, Piero Gilardi, Ugo La Pietra, Roberta Meloni, Alessandro Mendini, Adolfo Natalini, Gaetano Pesce, Gianni Pettena, Franco Raggi, Charlie Stendig, Cristiano Toraldo di Francia and Jim Walrod.
Special introduction with the gallerist Evan Snyderman
After the film, a Q&A with the director Francesca Molteni, and Maria Cristina Didero, editor-at-large, ICON Design
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2019 / 52 min / France
Director: Stéphane Ghez
The designer and architect Charlotte Perriand was a highly creative figure who left her mark on the 20th century. Free-spirited and politically engaged, she designed revolutionary furnishings and participated in the invention of modern dwellings that were in harmony with both their inhabitants and their environment.
From her avant-garde battles alongside Le Corbusier in the 1930s to her experience in Japan, and affirmation of a lifestyle based on openness and flexibility, this film, in the the shape of a notebook of memories gives us an up-close and personal look at a life filled with passion and creativity. It also opens us to reflections about contemporary society, as seen through the eyes of an exceptional figure.
After the film, a Q&A with the director, Stéphane Ghez
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