"Homo Urbanus. A city-matographic odyssey" by Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine, LOOP festival
17/11/2021.
[BCN] Spain 09.11 > 30.11.2021
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
Enric Miralles Foundation, on the occasion of the Loop Festival in Barcelona, is presenting the exhibition «"Homo Urbanus. A city-matographic odyssey" por Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine», at its facilities from November 9 to 30, 2021, accompanied by a series of interesting films made by well-known people, Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine (see calendar below).
Homo Urbanus is a city-matograhic odyssey by Bêka & Lemoine also in the form of a touring exhibition. Shown in Bordeaux, Prague, Berlin, Sao Paulo, Graz and now in Barcelona. The exhibition translates their latest mega-project, a free-wheeling journey around the world, as an immersive environment, offering a vibrant tribute to what we have been most cruelly deprived of in times of lockdown and social distancing: namely, the public space.
10 films, 10 cities, 10 hours of films: Seúl, Bogotá, Nápoles, San Petersburgo, Rabat, Tokio, Kioto, Shanghai, Doha and Venecia.
Homo Urbanus is a city-matograhic odyssey by Bêka & Lemoine also in the form of a touring exhibition. Shown in Bordeaux, Prague, Berlin, Sao Paulo, Graz and now in Barcelona. The exhibition translates their latest mega-project, a free-wheeling journey around the world, as an immersive environment, offering a vibrant tribute to what we have been most cruelly deprived of in times of lockdown and social distancing: namely, the public space.
10 films, 10 cities, 10 hours of films: Seúl, Bogotá, Nápoles, San Petersburgo, Rabat, Tokio, Kioto, Shanghai, Doha and Venecia.
Homo Urbanus. A city-matographic odyssey by Bêka & Lemoine. Image courtesy of Bêka & Lemoine
Homo Urbanus. A city-matographic odyssey by Bêka & Lemoine. Image courtesy of Bêka & Lemoine
Homo Urbanus. A city-matographic odyssey by Bêka & Lemoine. Image courtesy of Bêka & Lemoine
Homo Urbanus. A city-matographic odyssey by Bêka & Lemoine. Image courtesy of Bêka & Lemoine
Homo Urbanus. A city-matographic odyssey by Bêka & Lemoine. Image courtesy of Bêka & Lemoine
Homo Urbanus. A city-matographic odyssey by Bêka & Lemoine. Image courtesy of Bêka & Lemoine
Homo Urbanus. A city-matographic odyssey by Bêka & Lemoine. Image courtesy of Bêka & Lemoine
Homo Urbanus. A city-matographic odyssey by Bêka & Lemoine. Image courtesy of Bêka & Lemoine
Homo Urbanus. A city-matographic odyssey by Bêka & Lemoine. Image courtesy of Bêka & Lemoine
Homo Urbanus. A city-matographic odyssey by Bêka & Lemoine. Image courtesy of Bêka & Lemoine
Homo Urbanus. A city-matographic odyssey by Bêka & Lemoine. Image courtesy of Bêka & Lemoine
Homo Urbanus. A city-matographic odyssey by Bêka & Lemoine. Image courtesy of Bêka & Lemoine
Homo Urbanus. A city-matographic odyssey by Bêka & Lemoine. Image courtesy of Bêka & Lemoine
Homo Urbanus. A city-matographic odyssey by Bêka & Lemoine. Image courtesy of Bêka & Lemoine
Homo Urbanus. A city-matographic odyssey by Bêka & Lemoine. Image courtesy of Bêka & Lemoine
Homo Urbanus. A city-matographic odyssey by Bêka & Lemoine. Image courtesy of Bêka & Lemoine
With their latest mega-project, Homo Urbanus, Bêka & Lemoine stepped up their game, exploring the urban realm with their signature wit and humor, inviting us to observe the multiple forms and com- plex interactions that exist every day between people and their urban environments in detail.
"Walking in unknown cities to collect impressions, to catch a vibration, to gather situations and things seen at the angle of a street, on a crossroad, from the top of a building.
Depicting a city in its present, in the simplicity of its daily life. Listening to its rumble, the sound of its depths.
Slipping into its rhythm. To be on the lookout, in a continuous wonder towards the imagination and creativity men have managed to develop to find a way to live together. Asking ourselves what makes a city, trying to understand its silent rules, its habits, its imperfections, its difficulties, and its unique way to answer the endless question: Where do we go?"
Depicting a city in its present, in the simplicity of its daily life. Listening to its rumble, the sound of its depths.
Slipping into its rhythm. To be on the lookout, in a continuous wonder towards the imagination and creativity men have managed to develop to find a way to live together. Asking ourselves what makes a city, trying to understand its silent rules, its habits, its imperfections, its difficulties, and its unique way to answer the endless question: Where do we go?"
The project is visual notes set, made on the fly, look at the urban inhabitant within his group and in his deep solitude, redrawing the outline of each city following a sentimental geography.
It born as an artistic commission for the Agora Biennale in Bordeaux around the theme of the moving landscapes, these videos plunge into cities in a spontaneous and subjective approach with very modest means in order to translate in the closest possible way the feel of their constant moving nature: their human landscape.
Presented in a comparative dynamic through the lens of a selection of themes and issues linked with the street daily life, the videos enable us to perceive each of these different urban contexts as an experimental, local and unique laboratory answering the same global challenge of how can we live all together.
It born as an artistic commission for the Agora Biennale in Bordeaux around the theme of the moving landscapes, these videos plunge into cities in a spontaneous and subjective approach with very modest means in order to translate in the closest possible way the feel of their constant moving nature: their human landscape.
Presented in a comparative dynamic through the lens of a selection of themes and issues linked with the street daily life, the videos enable us to perceive each of these different urban contexts as an experimental, local and unique laboratory answering the same global challenge of how can we live all together.
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Movies set
Homo Urbanus Bogotanus - Bogotá, 43 min
Homo Urbanus Petroburgumus - Saint-Petersburg, 41 min
Homo Urbanus Rabatius - Rabat, 50 min
Homo Urbanus Seoulianus - Seoul, 44 min
Homo Urbanus Neapolitanus - Naples, 50 min
Homo Urbanus Tokyoitus - Tokyo, 55 min
Homo Urbanus Kyotoitus - Kyoto, 84 min
Homo Urbanus Dohanus - Doha, 62 min
Homo Urbanus Shanghaianus - Shanghai, 72 min
Homo Urbanus Venetianus, Venice, 62 min
Homo Urbanus Petroburgumus - Saint-Petersburg, 41 min
Homo Urbanus Rabatius - Rabat, 50 min
Homo Urbanus Seoulianus - Seoul, 44 min
Homo Urbanus Neapolitanus - Naples, 50 min
Homo Urbanus Tokyoitus - Tokyo, 55 min
Homo Urbanus Kyotoitus - Kyoto, 84 min
Homo Urbanus Dohanus - Doha, 62 min
Homo Urbanus Shanghaianus - Shanghai, 72 min
Homo Urbanus Venetianus, Venice, 62 min
Dates
Thursday 11 de noviembre, 20h
'Homo Urbanus Rabatius', screening, 50
Tuesday 16 de noviembre, 20h
'Homo Urbanus Tokyoitus', screening, 55'
Thursday 18 de noviembre, 20h
'Homo Urbanus Seoulianus', screening, 44'
Friday 19 de noviembre, 18.30h
'Homo Urbanus Venetianus', screening, 62' and conversation with Bêka & Lemoine
Tuesday 23 de noviembre, 20h
'Homo Urbanus Petroburgumus', screening, 41'
Thursday 25 de noviembre, 20h
'Homo Urbanus Neapolitanus, screening, 50'
Tuesday 30 de noviembre, 20h
'Homo Urbanus Bogotanus', screening, 43'
Access
To control the capacity, please confirm attendance at
info@fundacioenricmiralles.com or book your place by following this link: www.eventbrite.es/o/fundacio-enric-miralles-37648718063
Location/Venue
Fundació Enric Miralles. Passatge de la Pau, 10 BIS, 08002 Barcelona, Spain.
Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine Bêka and Lemoine
Ila Bêka y Louise Lemoine. Artists, filmmakers, producers and publishers, Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine have been working together for the past 10 years mainly focusing their research on experimenting new narrative and cinematographic forms in relation to contemporary architecture. Since 2007 they have been developing a film series entitled “Living Architectures”. “Koolhaas Houselife”, renowned as the “architecture cult movie” (El Pais), is probably the most famous film of their series, featuring Guadalupe - the irresistible housekeeper of the Bordeaux House built by Rem Koolhaas.
Selected as one of the 100 most talented personalities of 2017 by Icon Design, presented by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) as one of the “most exciting and critical design project of the year 2016”, the complete work of Bêka & Lemoine has been acquired in 2016 by the Museum of Modern Art in New-York (MoMA) for their permanent collection. Their films have been widely shown in some of the most prestigious international cultural institutions and events such as the Venice Architecture Biennale, Centre Pompidou (Paris), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Barbican Centre (London), CCA (Montreal) and Fondazione Prada (Milan, Italy).
Selected as one of the 100 most talented personalities of 2017 by Icon Design, presented by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) as one of the “most exciting and critical design project of the year 2016”, the complete work of Bêka & Lemoine has been acquired in 2016 by the Museum of Modern Art in New-York (MoMA) for their permanent collection. Their films have been widely shown in some of the most prestigious international cultural institutions and events such as the Venice Architecture Biennale, Centre Pompidou (Paris), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Barbican Centre (London), CCA (Montreal) and Fondazione Prada (Milan, Italy).
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