Mario Botta: Architecture and Memory
Francesca Molteni
Italy, 2014, 12’
Languages: Italian
Subtitles: English
Languages: Italian
Subtitles: English
A dialogue on the themes which characterize Mario Botta’s vision and practice.
A dialogue on the themes which characterize Mario Botta’s vision and practice.
SYNOPSIS
The film arose from an encounter with Mario Botta during the 2013 Architecture and Memory exhibit held at the Charlotte, North Carolina, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, which the architect designed. The exhibit gathered and then proposed to the public the Swiss architect’s most significant projects spanning the gamut from his first single-family homes and original expressions of the School of Ticino to his extensive public buildings, libraries, theatres, museums, churches, and synagogues which have been built across the globe. The film is a dialogue on the themes which characterize Mario Botta’s vision and practice: his relationship with history and the territory, the designing of collective spaces, and encounters with the leading protagonists of the 20th century. The interview, conducted in Mario Botta’s studio in Mendrisio, is replete with photographic materials, designs, and sketches which document his “spaces of memory”.
CREDITS
Director Francesca Molteni
Screenplay Francesca Molteni in collaboration with Fulvio Irace
Photography Mario Flandoli
Editing Anna Pastorelli
Music Fabrizio Campanelli
Production Muse Factory of Projects
With Mario Botta
