Barbicania(MOViE MOViE: Life is Art 2022)

Built during the 1960s and 70s, Barbican Arts Centre and Estate in London is one of the most representative achievements of brutalist architecture – a cultural icon of residential development.

For one month, architectural filmmakers Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine live in the Barbican Arts Centre and turn the camera on themselves as a personal video diary with the Barbican; they explore its buildings from the top floors of the towers to the underground level of the art centre, as well as interviewing the residents in their homes. The pair aim to find the soul of an estate, contrary to the existing view of the Barbican being cold and soulless due to its concrete and raw brick heritage of that of post-war brutalist architecture.

With post-screening sharing:

14.11 (Mon)｜7:15pm｜MMCP
Guest: Ar Bob Pang (Curator, Brutalism Hong Kong Research Group), Ar Allen Poon (Honorary Secretary, Hong Kong Institute of Architects)

23.11 (Wed)｜7:35pm｜MMPP
Guest: Soilworm Lai (Designer, Co-founder of STICKYLINE), Mr Allen Poon (Honorary Secretary, Hong Kong Institute of Architects)