FESTIVAL TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE ON-LINE and at the Gene Siskel Film Center Box Office Gene Siskel Film Center 164 North State Street Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 846-2800
PRE- FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHTS Tuesday, May 3 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Wright A cocktail reception for the 1st annual Architecture & Design Film Festival in Chicago will be hosted by Wright and will feature a looped screening of Points on a Line, a film by Sarah Morris. On display for the first time in Chicago is a 1964 work , Wall by Tony Smith, and the light Sculpture Fractal Cloud by Arik Levy.
Venue: Wright 1440 West Hubbard Chicago, IL
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FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHTS Saturday, May 7th 1:00pm - 3:00pm A reading of the play The Glass House By June Finfer Directed by Evan Bergman Featuring: Harris Yulin Janet Zarish Chris Burns Gina Nagy
Followed by a Q&A with Architect Dirk Lohan
The design and building of Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House and Philip Johnson's Glass House is the backdrop for this penetrating drama that depicts an epic conflict between artist and patron. The Glass House explores classic themes of ambition, love and betrayal Gene Siskel Film Center 164 N State Street, Chicago
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Saturday and Sunday May 7 & 8 1:00pm -7:00pm
THE AUDI A7 Architecture Tour
You’re invited to experience the perfect fusion of style, luxury and technology while enjoying an exclusive driving tour of architectural masterpieces in the Chicago Loop. Sit back and appreciate the designs of some of the most talented architects while riding in the all new Audi A7 – a bold expression of progressive luxury. The Tour is designed and narrated by the Chicago Architecture Foundation and is being offered in conjunction with the 2011 Architecture and Design Film Festival.
We hope you join us! Please note that you must be 25 years old to participate and are welcome to bring a guest. To register for this unique experience featuring the Audi A7, please click here or call 1-877-251-9200.
PANEL DISCUSSIONS SCHEDULE: Free- No Tickets Needed
Documenting Architecture May 6, 5:30 – 6:30 Moderator: Zoe Ryan Bjarke Ingels Iker Gil
Design/Build/Learn May 7, 3:30 – 4:30 Moderator: Kyle Bergman Frank Flury Hank Louis Dave Sellers
Telling Stories May 7, 5:30 – 6:30 Moderator: Geoffrey Baer Jeanne Gang Ultan Guilfoyle Edward Lifson
Objects of Desire May 8, 3:30 – 4:30 Moderator: Zurich Esposito Obi Nwazota Tim Parsons
Filming Architecture May 8, 5:00 – 6:00 Moderator: Edward Lifson Red Mike TBA
CEU credits are available for all panels and film programs
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Twice Upon A Garden
Director - Philippe Baylaucq
Created during the 1930s, not far from the 49th parallel, Les Jardins de Métis are unlike any other. Situated at the confluence of the Mitis, the legendary salmon river, and the majestic St. Lawrence estuary, they are protected by the site's unique geography and microclimate. This botanical paradise stems from the labours of Elsie Reford, who in 1926 decided to transform her Gaspé fishing camp into gardens. Today, they display some 3,000 species and varieties of indigenous and exotic plants along a kilometre and a half of pathways. Every year, tens of thousands of visitors come to see Elsie's gardens, which have constantly evolved over the past eighty years, as well as the International Garden Festival, which was founded by her great grandson Alexander, and which celebrated its 10th edition in 2009. A film on both the art of nature and the nature of art.
Eye Over Prague
Director - Olga Spátová
The international premiere of a documentary dedicated to the late Czech architect Jan Kaplický, co-founder of London based internationally acclaimed practice Future Systems. The film featuring Brian Clarke, Eva Jiricná, Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Václav Havel and the team Future Systems tells the story of Kaplický's last grand design. The project for the National Library in Prague called the Eye over Prague is radical, exciting and far enough ahead of its time to provoke a fair degree of controversy. For Kaplický, a Czech-born émigré, it also represents a triumphant return to his homeland, a vindication of his uncompromisingly forward-looking philosophy and, eventually, a tragically poetic ending to his remarkable career. After winning the international competition chaired by Zaha Hadid, the popular and much supported design met opposition from the Czech government and the local administration and the fierce battle began.
Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm
Directed by Laura Harrison & Elizabeth Federici Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm is the first film to consider the work of the 1970s architecture collective Ant Farm, best known for its iconic land-art piece Cadillac Ranch. Radical architects, video pioneers, and mordantly funny cultural commentators, the Ant Farmers created a body of deeply subversive work that questioned the boundaries of architecture and predicted many of the ideas and technologies we take for granted today. Incorporating breathtaking archival video, new footage shot over ten years and animation based on zany period sketches, this film is about the joy of creation in a time when there were no limits.
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