Future Cities Screening notes

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future cities

an eclectic selection of short films, animations and motion graphics presenting evocative visions of future cities and our urban destinies. juxtaposing utopian fantasies with nightmarish dystopias, future cities highlights the possible metropolis of tomorrow with sci-fi architectural visions, near future worlds and even touches the warped frontier of space. joshua frankel: plan of the city / usa 2011 / 13:18 a musical opus and animated collage of live action footage, animation, illustrations and treated photographs imagining what would happen if the people and architecture of new york city blasted off into outer space and resettled on mars. includes photos taken by the mars rovers spirit and opportunity made available to the public domain by the nasa jet propulsion laboratory. created in collaboration with composer judd greenstein and now ensemble. benjamin ducroz [eness]: mťbius / australia 2011 / 1:21 a time-lapse animation that transforms melbourne’s federation square with a sculptural optical illusion of 21 triangles that behave in cyclical patterns, appearing to sink into and re-emerge from the ground. a suggestion of how public art may look and behave in the future. ben craig: modern times / uk 2010 / 3:49 how will people spend their recreational time in years to come? this visually arresting short from scottish director ben craig imagines a futuristic space age community who enjoy watching early hollywood cinema classics on an unusual cinema screen. gives a whole new meaning to widescreen imax.

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