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architecture essay monotony ----------------------------- 13', color, HD, 2014 -----------------------------
Minsk has
become a disfigured and anonymous city. Despite a history of
almost 1000 years, there is nothing left. Founded during the
Xllth century, no trace has survived the WWll, " the great
patriotic war ", when the city was destroyed at 90%. Ruins
were erased after the war and the city completely rebuilt in
typical stalinist architectural style whose main
characteristic is a global uniformity of massive concrete
buildings split by long and wide straight avenues. This bedroom
community of more than 2 million inhabitants has no human face
: no shops except few vending kiosks mostly near bus stops and
inside the subway, a world of supermarkets spread here and
there between the huge housing bars. Only numerous parks
desperately try to give a semblance of life. Market economy
hasn't settled and billboards are rare, accentuating the dull
side. A fascinating monotony is the only feeling that comes from Minsk, one of the saddest capital city in the world.
MONOTONY from christophe beaucourt on Vimeo.
broadcast on souvenir from earth channel 2O15 : cinema perpetuum mobile festival (minsk)
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MONOTONY
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christophe beaucourt
motion
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