Michael Blackwood Productions Movies
- 2007
Bernd and Hilla Becher: Typologies of Industrial Architecture
Bernd and Hilla Becher: Typologies of Industrial Architecture02007HD
Working together as photographers since 1957, Bernd and Hilla Becher have become known for capturing endangered architecture quickly vanishing from th...
- 1981
We Were German Jews
We Were German Jews01981HD
In 1943 Herbert and Lotte Strauss made the courageous decision to escape from Germany and almost certain extermination in a Nazi concentration camp. T...
- 2011
Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering
Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering02011HD
"Permanent Change" looks at the history and development of plastic within the architectural world. Capturing both a series of lectures and a panel wit...
- 2003
Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality
Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality02003HD
In Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality Portugal's renowned architect reviews his work with architectural historian, Kenneth Frampton. While touring his...
- 2007
Vija Celmins: 4 Decades
Vija Celmins: 4 Decades02007HD
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...
- 2014
The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham
The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham02014HD
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...
- 2004
What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-1968
What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-196802004HD
Featuring notable Minimalist artists such as Bride Marden, Claes Oldenburg, and Donald Judd, What is Minimalism: The American Perspective 1958-1968 ex...
- 1989
Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects
Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects101989HD
Japan's establishment as an economic superpower led to a Golden Age of Japanese architecture. Six innovators stand out particularly, fusing Japanese t...
- 2005
Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades
Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades02005HD
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...
- 1969
Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann
Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann01969HD
- 1978
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part I: The Pioneers
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part I: The Pioneers01978HD
The first chapter in our Masters of Modern Sculpture series looks at groundbreaking work from the brilliant minds that reshaped sculptural art and ins...
- 1999
Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language
Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language01999HD
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, abstraction - that most quintessentially modernist innovation - maintains a peculiarly contradictory pos...
- 2009
Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways
Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways02009HD
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...
- 2004
A Day with Zaha Hadid
A Day with Zaha Hadid02004HD
While guiding us through her retrospective exhibition “Zaha Hadid Has Arrived”, the renowned architect recalls her career from its beginning, discussi...
- 1974
Christo: Works in Progress
Christo: Works in Progress01974HD
“Christo: Works in Progress” takes us around the world on a showcase of the artist’s grand environmental installations. With both critique and praise...
- 2014
The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires
The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires02014HD
"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...
- 2012
David Chipperfield: Form Matters
David Chipperfield: Form Matters02012HD
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,...
- 1994
Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy
Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy61994HD
American composers have long struggled against the momentum of the Western European classical tradition and the prestige it has held in America's cult...
- 1976
Artpark People
Artpark People01976HD
Encouraging visitors to engage and connect with on site artist's, Artpark provides a unique environment for those craving culture away from the whirri...
- 1967
Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966
Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 196601967HD
Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966 follows the acclaimed German composer to Salzburg and Berlin, documenting his rehearsals for his now famous opera, "...