The Competition-Angel Borrego Cubero-AZ Architectural Film Showcase-Night

3121 North 3rd Avenue,Phoenix AZ 85013

22 April, 2023

Description

7:30 PM (doors open at 7:00 pm) FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING-BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR (OR RENT ONE) THE COMPETITION– A film by Angel Borrego Cubero, film running time 90 minutes The Competition is the first film documenting the tense developments that characterize architectural contests. A documentary movie constructed as an almost uncomfortable but intensely fascinating account of how some of the best architects in the world, design giants like Jean Nouvel or Frank Gehry, toil, struggle and strategize to beat the competition. While nearly as old as the profession itself, architectural competitions became a social, political and cultural phenomenon of the post-Guggenheim Bilbao museums and real estate bubbles of the recent past. Taking place at the dramatic moment in which the bubble became a crisis, this is the first competition to be documented in excruciatingly raw detail. Sponsors-Arizona Architectural Film Showcase Jones Studio azarchitecture/Jarson and Jarson Real Estate Floor Associates DAVIS Butler Housing Company Arizona Preservation Foundation John Woodcock Photography Bragg’s Pie Factory Dr. Ivette Jorge Dental Care Supporting Sponsors-Arizona Architectural Film Showcase Artlink Park Central Potential Grounds ASU Art Museum Found:re Hotel MANIFOLD__architecture.design