Michael Blackwood Productions Movies

  • 2007
    Bernd and Hilla Becher: Typologies of Industrial Architecture

    Bernd and Hilla Becher: Typologies of Industrial Architecture

    Bernd and Hilla Becher: Typologies of Industrial Architecture

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    Working together as photographers since 1957, Bernd and Hilla Becher have become known for capturing endangered architecture quickly vanishing from th...

    Bernd and Hilla Becher: Typologies of Industrial Architecture
  • 1981
    We Were German Jews

    We Were German Jews

    We Were German Jews

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    In 1943 Herbert and Lotte Strauss made the courageous decision to escape from Germany and almost certain extermination in a Nazi concentration camp. T...

    We Were German Jews
  • 2011
    Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering

    Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering

    Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering

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    "Permanent Change" looks at the history and development of plastic within the architectural world. Capturing both a series of lectures and a panel wit...

    Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering
  • 2003
    Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality

    Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality

    Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality

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    In Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality Portugal's renowned architect reviews his work with architectural historian, Kenneth Frampton. While touring his...

    Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality
  • 2007
    Vija Celmins: 4 Decades

    Vija Celmins: 4 Decades

    Vija Celmins: 4 Decades

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    Best known for her drawings of the ocean and the galaxies of the night sky, Vija Celmins has solidified herself as one of the most important artists o...

    Vija Celmins: 4 Decades
  • 2014
    The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham

    The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham

    The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham

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    In an effort to work without the distractions of the city, artist Carroll Dunham moved his studio from Manhattan to a small village in Connecticut, no...

    The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham
  • 2004
    What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-1968

    What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-1968

    What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-1968

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    Featuring notable Minimalist artists such as Bride Marden, Claes Oldenburg, and Donald Judd, What is Minimalism: The American Perspective 1958-1968 ex...

    What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-1968
  • 1989
    Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects

    Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects

    Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects

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    Japan's establishment as an economic superpower led to a Golden Age of Japanese architecture. Six innovators stand out particularly, fusing Japanese t...

    Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects
  • 2005
    Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades

    Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades

    Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades

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    Ed Ruscha made his very first art in his native Oklahoma, but soon became attracted to Los Angeles . Curator Margit Rowell has examined his extensive...

    Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades
  • 1969
    Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann

    Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann

    Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann

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    Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann
  • 1978
    Masters of Modern Sculpture Part I: The Pioneers

    Masters of Modern Sculpture Part I: The Pioneers

    Masters of Modern Sculpture Part I: The Pioneers

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    The first chapter in our Masters of Modern Sculpture series looks at groundbreaking work from the brilliant minds that reshaped sculptural art and ins...

    Masters of Modern Sculpture Part I: The Pioneers
  • 1999
    Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

    Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

    Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

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    At the beginning of the twenty-first century, abstraction - that most quintessentially modernist innovation - maintains a peculiarly contradictory pos...

    Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language
  • 2009
    Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways

    Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways

    Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways

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    Wrapped Walk Ways, in Jacob Loose Memorial Park, Kansas City, Missouri, consisted of the installation of 136,268 square feet (12,540 square meters) of...

    Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways
  • 2004
    A Day with Zaha Hadid

    A Day with Zaha Hadid

    A Day with Zaha Hadid

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    While guiding us through her retrospective exhibition “Zaha Hadid Has Arrived”, the renowned architect recalls her career from its beginning, discussi...

    A Day with Zaha Hadid
  • 1974
    Christo: Works in Progress

    Christo: Works in Progress

    Christo: Works in Progress

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    “Christo: Works in Progress” takes us around the world on a showcase of the artist’s grand environmental installations. With both critique and praise...

    Christo: Works in Progress
  • 2014
    The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires

    The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires

    The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires

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    "The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires" is a revealing insight into a long-term radical expansion of the Clark Art Institute i...

    The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires
  • 2012
    David Chipperfield: Form Matters

    David Chipperfield: Form Matters

    David Chipperfield: Form Matters

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    When the Tuscan city of Pisa commissioned David Chipperfield to create a master plan that would bring new vitality to this historic spot on the Arno,...

    David Chipperfield: Form Matters
  • 1994
    Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy

    Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy

    Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy

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    American composers have long struggled against the momentum of the Western European classical tradition and the prestige it has held in America's cult...

    Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy
  • 1976
    Artpark People

    Artpark People

    Artpark People

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    Encouraging visitors to engage and connect with on site artist's, Artpark provides a unique environment for those craving culture away from the whirri...

    Artpark People
  • 1967
    Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966

    Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966

    Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966

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    Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966 follows the acclaimed German composer to Salzburg and Berlin, documenting his rehearsals for his now famous opera, "...

    Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966