Film about Antinio Gaudi at Casa Luz, Sunday April 14, 7:30

Posted by Nansee New on April 9, 2012, 10:00 pm
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Film : Antonio Gaudi, by Hiroshi Teshigahara Where : Casa Luz, 75 Boca del Rio When: Sunday April 14, 7:30 pm Some people know Gaudi was the architect who designed and built highly original cathedrals (principally the Sagrada Familia) and other buildings in Barcelona. But what they may not know is that he was also a ceramics artist and a sculptor. Teshigahara lovingly and meticulously guides and glides us through the surreal archiect's work, comprising not only the aforementioned structures, but also buttresses, apartment building exteriors and interiors both, gates, ceilings, and all manner of unusual and strikingly organic shapes--a group of stone columns uncannily resembles a clump of trees--that amaze the viewer. All the while, Takemitsu's music provides a unique complement to these startling visual images, often juxtaposing stark experimental sequences with their opposite--rigidly formal church music. The contrast of the two is an intriguing mix and a perfect match to what we are seeing. Gaudi was strongly religious, yet at the same time boldly innovative in his designs. Nowhere else on earth will anyone ever see buildings and structures like they will in Barcelona. The hour long film will be preceded by a 15 minute short explaining the work of this master architect.

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