The politics of public space buffed to a blinding shine - coal drops and blast furnaces regenerate into boutiques and tech corridors. George Romero and petty thievery spur re-calibrations of a home town’s self-image. Citizens navigate a maze of civic responsibility, community pride, and collective disgrace in a media city gone viral.
Program:
French Camera (2023, IR, 30’)
Ardavan Zeini Sough
*available virtually only in Colorado at this link
Public Surfaces (2023, US, 12’)
Gillian Waldo
Privately Owned Public Space (2023, UK, 23’)
Patrick Tarrant
no more room in hell (2023, US, 23’)
rebecca shapass
In 1964, Baltimore became the second city in the country to pass a 1% for art law, allocating one percent of the construction budget for any public building to commissioning a new piece of art. But by 2016, it was revealed that many of the pieces had gone missing. Through landscapes of the city and depictions of the sculptures, this film explores the history of the program, the failures of modernism, the neglect of the school system, and asks, who can public art really serve?
- Year2023
- Runtime12 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorGillian Waldo
The politics of public space buffed to a blinding shine - coal drops and blast furnaces regenerate into boutiques and tech corridors. George Romero and petty thievery spur re-calibrations of a home town’s self-image. Citizens navigate a maze of civic responsibility, community pride, and collective disgrace in a media city gone viral.
Program:
French Camera (2023, IR, 30’)
Ardavan Zeini Sough
*available virtually only in Colorado at this link
Public Surfaces (2023, US, 12’)
Gillian Waldo
Privately Owned Public Space (2023, UK, 23’)
Patrick Tarrant
no more room in hell (2023, US, 23’)
rebecca shapass
In 1964, Baltimore became the second city in the country to pass a 1% for art law, allocating one percent of the construction budget for any public building to commissioning a new piece of art. But by 2016, it was revealed that many of the pieces had gone missing. Through landscapes of the city and depictions of the sculptures, this film explores the history of the program, the failures of modernism, the neglect of the school system, and asks, who can public art really serve?
- Year2023
- Runtime12 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorGillian Waldo