Architecton

In the organizer's words:

Special event in the presence of director Victor Kossakovsky, followed by a film discussion

The architect Michele De Lucchi is an idealist in his profession - in his buildings he manifests an unbreakable belief in the good in people. He is now forced to design artless skyscrapers. The architecture cast in concrete is not only ugly and polluting. Their average lifespan is also no more than 40 years. In ARCHITECTON, Russian documentary filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky ("Gunda") portrays a disillusioned representative of our present day and his attempt to defy man's ruthless war against nature. In overwhelming shots of nature, we follow the life cycle of stones, which begins in nature and ends in the garbage dump. While modern buildings collapse in wars and natural disasters, ancient ruins in the most remote areas of the world remind us of a stability and aesthetics of life that seems lost. Architecture is not just the design of buildings. It is a spatial art that determines the scope of our actions, our politics, our being. (Source: distributor)

Germany 2024; Director: Victor Kossakovsky