- This event has passed.
The Architecture + Design Film Series: Mies On Scene
September 25, 2019 at 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
2018, Spain, 58 minutes VIEW TRAILER
The Architecture + Design Film Series, shown monthly in Brattleboro and Burlington, returns for its seventh season in Burlington, second in Brattleboro, with a screening of MIES ON SCENE: BARCELONA IN TWO ACTS (2018, Directed by Xavi Campreciós & Pep Martín, Spain, 58 min) on Wednesday, September 25 at 6:30 pm at 118 Elliot in downtown Brattleboro.
All film showings are free and open to all.
The Barcelona Pavilion, designed by Mies van der Rohe and Lily Reich, has been an emblem of modernist architecture for almost a century. First built for the 1929 International Exposition and demolished immediately thereafter, the Pavilion’s cultural impact was such that in 1986 the building was reconstructed permanently. Mies On Scene tells the story of this building that changed the history of architecture in a reflection on the art, space, and the idea of “a masterpiece.”
The Pavilion is “a scenario of endless perspectives, lights and reflections, a living building that changes at every hour of the day and at any season of the year,” say directors Xavi Campreciós and Pep Martín. “Each time you record it, the Pavilion surprises you with a new reflection or a new visual composition, and you discover that fourth dimension that Mies created with the game of materials and perspectives.”
The Architecture + Design Film Series, started six years ago in Burlington, selects diverse films celebrating design in all its various forms. Their success in Burlington led local architect Jim Williams, who designed the popular 118 Elliot, to extend the series’ reach to the opposite end of the state in Brattleboro with support from the American Institute of Architects Vermont Chapter (AIAVT) and numerous local business and individual sponsors. Now the monthly screenings are held simultaneously in Burlington and in Brattleboro at 118 Elliot through April 2020. Film showings are free and open to all, presented to foster understanding and stimulate conversation about the impact of design and beauty in our daily lives.The Architecture + Design Film Series website www.adfilmseries.org tells the history of the film series and presents film trailers for movies in this upcoming season. 118 Elliot is a modern, fully accessible arts and educational center in downtown Brattleboro. Learn more at www.118Elliot.com.