Slaughterhouses of Modernity
Synopsis
Contemporary cinemaās preeminent chronicler of architecture and its intersection with the ever-present crisis of 20th-century modernity, Heinz Emigholz returns with an alternately mournful and sly treatise on how the presenceāand, in some cases, absenceāof municipal and communal building architecture is inseparable from capitalist ideology. Focusing mainly on cities and provinces in Argentina, Germany, and Bolivia, Emigholzās latest film is a work of quiet observation and historical excavation. From slaughterhouses in Salamone to the flooded former spa city of EpecuĆ©n to the newly built Humboldt Forum in Berlin, the film demonstrates the effect of capital on public spaces, where creation and destruction go hand in hand, and as always, Emigholz makes the journey one of intellectual force and cinematic beauty.
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