Latest film by Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine, BUTOHOUSE is currently on show at Orléans Biennale of Architecture "Nos années de solitude" at FRAC Centre until 19/01/2020.
BUTOHOUSE is a brutalist portrait of Japanese architect-artist Keisuke Oka who has been building alone for the past 15 years his house in the center of Tokyo, just in front of a masterpiece by Kenzo Tange.
Inspired by butoh dance, this concrete building follows the dynamic of an everyday total improvisation.
The long term project Homo Urbanus by Bêka & Lemoine, shot until now in 9 different cities (Bogotà, Saint-Petersburg, Tokyo, Kyoto, Shanghai, Doha, Rabat, Naples, Seoul), is now on show in various biennials:
- "Todo dia", 12th International Architecture Biennale in Sao Paolo (Brazil)
- "Un instant avant le monde", Biennale internationale d'art contemporain de Rabat (Morocco)
- "Amman Design Week" (Jordan)
Homo Urbanus is also the subject this year of Bêka & Lemoine's diploma unit program at AA - Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, within their "Laboratory for sensitive observers".
More infos here.
Two years after its release, we are delighted to say that the film Moriyama San has won an impressive number of awards, turning to be one of the most awarded films related to architecture of all times.
And the film is still on tour!
All films by Beka & Lemoine on stream, download or dvd available here!
