Short film
Two Museums
2014 · 17 min
A quiet, contemplative study of light and space that rewards patient looking more than narrative engagement.
- Directed by
- Heinz Emigholz
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- The film juxtaposes/compares two museums: The Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel, which Samuel Bickels (1909-1975) built there in 1948, and The Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, built by Renzo Piano (b. 1937) 1986 . The method of natural lighting in Bickels‘s construction was the direct model for Piano, who adopted for his construction at the request of its patroness Dominique de Menil.
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Art, memory, nature
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Heinz Emigholz
- Genres
- Documentary