Bêka & Lemoine

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Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine are two architectural artists and fimmakers.[1] Their films focus on the relationship of people and design, emphasising the presence of everyday life within some of the most iconic architectural projects of recent decades.[1] Bêka's and Lemoine's complete work (16 films) has been acquired in 2016 by MoMA, Museum of Modern Art in New York, and is now part of its permanent collection.[2]

Filmography[]

  • 2008: Koolhaas Houselife (58min) - Documentary - Official Selection at 8th Venice Biennale of Architecture
  • 2010: "Inside Piano": The Submarine (39min), "The little Beaubourg (26min), "The power of silence (34min) - 3 Documentaries
  • 2013: Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron (51min) - Documentary
  • 2013: Xmas Meier (51min) - Documentary
  • 2013: Gehry's Vertigo, (48min) - Documentary - Official Selection at 10th Venice Biennale of Architecture (extract)
  • 2013: Living Architectures Zip (60min) - Documentary - Best Film at ArchFilmLund Festival, Sweden
  • 2013: 25bis (46min) - Documentary
  • 2014: La Maddalena (12min) - Video installation - Official Selection at 14th Venice Biennale of Architecture
  • 2014: La Maddalena Chair (25min) - Video installation - Official Selection at 14th Venice Biennale of Architecture
  • 2014: (90min) - Documentary - Special Jury Prize at 32nd Torino Film Festival
  • 2014: L'expérience du vide (45min) - Documentary
  • 2014: Barbicania (90min) - Documentary - Art project commissioned by Barbican Centre
  • 2015: The Infinite Happiness (85min) - Documentary
  • 2015: Spiriti (15x3min circa)- Video installation- Art project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milano[3]
  • 2016: Voyage autour de la Lune (75min) - Documentary
  • 2016: Selling Dreams (25min + 12min) - Video installation - Official Selection Oslo Triennale
  • 2017: Moriyama-San (63min) - Documentary - Best Prize at Architecture Film Festival London
  • 2019: Butohouse (34min) - Documentary - International Premiere at DocAviv Film Festival.
  • 2017-2020: Homo Urbanus (10 x 55min) - Video installation - Official Selection Seoul Biennale and Agora Biennale in Bordeaux
  • 2020: Tokyo Ride (90min) - Documentary - Artistic Vision Award, Depth of Field Competition - Best Prize - Docaviv Film Festival, 2020
  • 2021: Oslavia, The Cave of the Past Future (17min) - Video installation - World premiere at MAXXI Museum in Rome

Teaching[]

  • In 2019-2022 he taught the Diploma Unit "Homo Urbanus, Laboratory for Sensitive Observers" at AA School, Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.[1]
  • In 2019-2021 he taught the course "Filming Architecture" at the AAM, the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, in Switzerland.[2]
  • In 2021 he taught The Berlage Theory Master Class "A Journey Round My Room" at The Berlage Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design, in Delft.[3]
  • In 2020 he taught the course "MAXXI Architecture Film Summer School" at MAXXI The National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome, IT.[4]
  • In 2019-2020 he taught the course "Voyage autour de ma chambre" at HEAD, Haute École d'art et de design de Genève.
  • In 2017 he taught the course "The Emotion of Space" at Domaine de Boisbuchet in Lessac, France.
  • In 2016 and 2015 he taught the course "Filming Architecture" with Marco Müller and Louise Lemoine at the AAM, the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, in Switzerland.
  • In 2014 and 2013 he taught the course "Cinema & Architecture" at GSAPP Columbia University for the New York/Paris program.

Recognition[]

  • MoMA, Museum of Modern Art in New York: The complete work (16 films) of Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine has been acquired for the permanent collection.[2]
  • CNAP, Centre National des Arts Plastiques: "Koolhaas Houselife" and "La Maddalena" have been acquired for the permanent collection.
  • FRAC Centre, Orléans: "Butohouse", "Moriyama-San", "The Infinite Happiness", "Selling Dreams", "Gehry's Vertigo" have been acquired for the permanent collection.
  • Awarded by Metropolis (architecture magazine) as Game Changer 2015.[4]
  • Artists in residence at , Japan, 2018.
  • Rome Prize Italian Fellow at American Academy in Rome (Ila Bêka), Italy, 2018.
  • Selected by Icon Design as one of the 100 most talented personalities in the world in 2017.[5]
  • Presented by the Metropolitan Museum of Art as one of the “Most exciting and critical design project of the year 2016”.
  • Prix d'Honneur FILAF 2020, Festival International du Livre d’Art et du Film, Perpignan, 2020.[2]

Published Dvd-Books[]

  • Beka & Lemoine, 2016, DVD-Box Set Volume 1 & 2. 0701197948082
  • The Infinite Happiness, 2016, DVD. 0701197948105
  • Koolhaas Houselife, 2016, DVD. 0701197948112
  • Koolhaas Houselife, 2008, ISBN 978-88-903602-0-6.
  • Koolhaas Houselife,[6] 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-00-5.
  • Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron,[7] 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-01-2.
  • Xmas Meier,[8] 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-02-9.
  • Gehry's Vertigo,[9] 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-03-6.
  • Inside Piano,[10] 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-04-3.
  • Living Architectures, 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-05-0.

References[]

  1. ^ Dobbins, Tom (30 June 2018). "Bêka & Lemoine's Award-Winning Film "Moriyama-San"". ArchDaily.
  2. ^ a b "MoMA | MoMA Collects: Architecture on Film". moma.org. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  3. ^ "Icon Design 100 Talents".
  4. ^ Véronique Vienne. "Game Changers 2015: Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine" Archived 2015-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, Metropolis (architecture magazine), January 2015.
  5. ^ "Icon Design 100 Talents".
  6. ^ ArchDaily. "Living Architectures: Koolhaas Houselife / Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine", ArchDaily, 28 May 2013.
  7. ^ ArchDaily. "Living Architectures: Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron / Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine", ArchDaily, 29 May 2013.
  8. ^ ArchDaily. "Living Architectures: Xmas Meir / Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine", ArchDaily, 31 May 2013.
  9. ^ ArchDaily. "Living Architectures: Gehry’s Vertigo / Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine", ArchDaily, 1 June 2013.
  10. ^ ArchDaily. "Living Architectures: Inside Piano / Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine", ArchDaily, 2 June 2013.
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