Empathy for Concrete Things
Five visual artists collaborate with the filmmaker to examine attitudes towards Soviet-era concrete apartments through personal stories and experimental techniques.
Synopsis
Five visual artists collaborate with the filmmaker to examine attitudes towards Soviet-era concrete apartments through personal stories and experimental techniques.
Synopsis
Amidst the stark Soviet-era concrete of panel-block apartments, a filmmaker collaborates with five visual artists to reflect on their shared experiences. They investigate attitudes toward these structures, blending personal narratives with research on twentieth-century art and architecture. The film employs original watercolors animated through digital and stop-motion techniques. As it intertwines global and personal histories, it addresses moral and political responsibilities tied to physical spaces. "Empathy for Concrete Things" runs for 61 minutes and was released in 2023.
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