Overview
Plot
A late-1980s architectural movement, Deconstructivism, challenged post-Modernism with daring designs inspired by Jacques Derrida. This documentary explores its structures from Vienna to L.A. and interviews its architects.
- Directors
- Michael Blackwood
- Cast
- Jacques Derrida, Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Coop Himmelblau, Jeffrey Kipnis, Heinrich Klotz, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, Hani Rashid, Michael Sorkin, Helmut Swiczinsky, Bernard Tschumi, Mark Wigley, Hajime Yatsuka
- Release date
- 1990-12-31
Plot
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Filmed on location with architects and at the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition Deconstructivist Architecture, curated by Philip Johnson, this documentary captures a movement that emerged in the late 1980s. Driven by Jacques Derrida's philosophy, Deconstructivism urges a reexamination of the spaces we inhabit, showcasing explosive and seemingly chaotic structures from Vienna to Los Angeles and interviewing those who pursue its aesthetic issues.
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