The Tower : a Concrete Utopia
Géographique
Afrique centrale, République démocratique du Congo (RDC), KinshasaThématique
architecture, urbanismeFiche validée
Titre | The Tower : a Concrete Utopia |
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Type de publication | Film et vidéo |
Langue principale de la publication | français |
Année de production | 2015 |
Réalisateur | Filip DE BOECK Sammy BALOJI |
Durée | 70 min. |
Institution / production | Twenty Nine Studio and Production |
Belgique |
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Résumé/Présentation | "[...] Belgo-Congolese film produced by anthropologist Filip de Boeck and photographer Sammy Baloji. This film is a reflection in the form of a visual essay on the legacy of colonial architecture in the Congo, the social afterlives of colonialist infrastructure, and different historical and contemporary visions for the city of Kinshasa. / The film (70', French spoken, English subtitles) follows a guided tour by ?Docteur?, the owner and creator of a remarkable building that is situated in the municipality of Limete, Kinshasa, the capital of the Congo. Conceived and realised by the doctor without the help of any professional architects, as demonstrated by the unusual resting areas between each staircase, the construction of this as yet unfinished tower was started in 2003. [...]" (https://www.academia.edu/37011210/Baloji_S._and_F._De_Boeck_2015._The_To... - c. 07.2018) |
Référence complète | The Tower : a Concrete Utopia. Film documentaire. Réal. Filip De Boeck ; Sammy Baloji. Bruxelles : Twenty Nine Studio and Production, 2015, 70 min. |