ECUMENÓPOLIS. UNFINISHED ITALY by Benoit Felici

Architecture of the unfinished: A journey through Italy’s modern-day ruins. A foray into the symbols of an age uncertain about its future and the people who re- invented these paradoxical products of political corruption.Here, the unfinished becomes a source of creativity...

  "Unfinished buildings have the beauty of this which could have been. Of this which is not yet there. Of this which might be one day."        (Inspired by "Le temps en ruines" by Marc Augé)

Unfinished Sicily is an architectural style. Probably the mostt important Italian style since the 2nd World War till now.

Italy, home of ruins: A foray into the unfinished, Italy's most prominent architectural style between the end of WW2 and the present day.

Buildings in a limbo between perfection and nothingness, given up on halfway through their construction, fallen into ruin before they were ever used, are an integral part of the Italian architectural landscape: Stadiums without audiences, hospitals without patients, theatres that after 50 years have not yet seen their premiere.

This is a study of the potential value of unfinished buildings in Italy and of man's ability to adapt them to his everyday needs. These ruins, whose future has already passed and whose present carries the taste of an eternal wait, act as an invitation to meditate about time.

Unfinished Italy.
Benoit Felici, Italy 2010, 32’,, O.V.S. Spanish.

Venue: COAC auditorium hall. Pl. Nova 5. Barcelona. Spain.
Date: 19 November 2012, 19:30 - 22:00.
 

Team

Directors Biography
Benoit Felici was born in 1984 in France. His italian origins and the passion for documentary led him to ZeLIG, documentary film school in north Italy. He worked for different production companies, in 2009 for EyeSteelFilm in Canada. Graduated in 2010 at ZeLIG. Major: Direction.

Cinematographers Biography
Bastian Esser was born in 1982 in Munich, he worked for different Productions like F24film in Munich or the ARD Studio in Tel Aviv. Graduated in 2010 at ZeLIG. Major: Camera.

Editors Biography
Milena Holzknecht was born in 1981 in Bressanone, Italy. She studied social sciences at the university of Tübingen (Germany) and graduated with a Master of Arts in 2007. She worked for several documentary projects and in 2009 for the production company Hugofilm in Zurich.Graduated in 2010 at ZeLIG. Major: Editing.