Art | Architecture on Film
A feast for the eyes! A new film series that reveals the stories behind this century’s most intriguing artists and architects. What better way to spend Sunday afternoons this winter - two films and a free wine reception during intermission!
Tickets
Daily Pass (good for one or both films): $10 general public / $5 for UCSB students with current student ID. Each ticket includes complimentary intermission wine reception, must be 21 or over.
For tickets or more information, call 805-893-3535 or purchase online at www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
Location
All films will be screened at the new Pollock Theater at UCSB, located at the central bus loop on campus. See parking and directions below
SunDay, January 15
1:00 PM The Universe of Keith Haring
(Christina Clausen, 2008, 82 minutes)
Christina Clausen's documentary offers an affectionate, deeply personal glimpse into Haring's life, from his early years growing up in a small, conservative Pennsylvania town to his heyday as a world-renowned artist, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Madonna, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Andy Warhol.
3:00 PM Jean-Michel Basquiat – The Radiant Child
(Tamra Davis, 2010, 93 minutes)
Jean-Michel Basquiat chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of the young artist starting in the crime-ridden NYC of the 1970s. It is centered on a rare interview that director and friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat over twenty years ago.
Sunday, January 22
1:00 PM Urbanized
(Gary Hustwit, 2011, 85 minutes)
Urbanized is a feature-length documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world's foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers
3:00 PM Objectified
(Gary Hustwit, 2009, 76 minutes)
Objectified is a film that makes the viewer think about their consumption and where material objects come from. Who designed them? How do they make our lives better? What are negative effects of producing these items?
Sunday, February 12
1:00 PM How Much Does Your Building Weigh Mr. Foster?
(Norbeto Lopez Amado & Carlos Carcas, 2010, 79 minutes)
This film traces the rise of one of the world's premier architects, Norman Foster, and his unending quest to improve the quality of life through design. Portrayed are Foster's origins and how his dreams and influences inspired the design of emblematic projects such as the largest building in the world Beijing Airport, the Reichstag, the Hearst Building in New York.
3:00 PM Malls R Us
(Helen Klodawsky, 2009, 78 minutes)
Combining nostalgia, dazzling architecture, pop culture, economics and politics, Malls R Us examines North America's most popular and profitable suburban destination-the enclosed shopping center-and how for consumers they function as a communal, even ceremonial experience and, for retailers, sites where their idealism, passion and greed merge.
SunDay, February 19
1:00 PM Alice Neel
(Andrew Neel, 2007, 81 minutes)
Directed by Neel's grandson Andrew Neel, Alice Neel explores her struggles as an artist and a single mother from the Depression era until her death in 1984.
3:00 PM Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow – A Film about Anselm Kiefer
(Sophie Fiennes, 2010, 105 minutes)
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow is a film about Kiefer's project to create a parcel of land that eats up more than 85 acres and was once the site of an old silk factory. Mr. Kiefer and his team burrowed into the earth, dug tunnels, constructed an amphitheater, painted (and threw dust and broken glass on) canvases and kiln-fired lead sculptures that look like books, turning the sprawl into a massive atelier he called La Ribaute.
Sunday, March 4
1:00 PM Eames – The Architect and the Painter
(Jason Cohn & Bill Jersey, 2011, 84 minutes)
In Person: filmmaker Bill Jersey
The Architect and the Painter is the first film about Charles and Ray Eames since their deaths and the only film to peer inside their collaboration, their marriage and the "Renaissance studio" they created in a gritty warehouse in Venice, CA.
3:00 PM Visual Acoustics – The Modernism of Julius Shulman
(Eric Bricker, 2009, 84 minutes)
Visual Acoustics celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world's greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. This unique film is both a testament to the evolution of modern architecture and a joyful portrait of the magnetic, whip-smart gentleman who chronicled it with his unforgettable images.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition:
Carefree California: Cliff May and the Romance of the Ranch
February 26 - June 17, 2012 (Opening: Sunday, February 26 from 1 to 5 PM / Free)
Art, Design, & Architecture Museum at UCSB
Information: 805-893-2951
Sunday, March 11
1:00 PM In a Dream
(Jeremiah Zagar, 2008, 80 minutes)
Over the past four decades, Isaiah Zagar has covered more than 50,000 square feet of Philadelphia with stunning mosaic murals. In A Dream is a documentary feature film that chronicles his work and his tumultuous relationship with his wife, Julia.
3:00 PM Fold Crumple Crush – The Art of El Anatsui
(Susan Vogel, 2010, 53 minutes)
Filmed over three years in Venice, Italy, Nsukka, Nigeria, and the US, Fold Crumple Crush a powerful portrait of Africa's most widely acclaimed contemporary artist, El Anatsui, and gives an insider's view of the artist's practice, the ingenious steps and thousands of hours of labor that convert used bottle tops into huge, opulent wall hangings.
The Future of Mud – A Tale of Houses and Lives in Djenne
(Susan Vogel, 2007, 58 minutes)
The Future of Mud examines an African tradition of mud architecture in Mali and the environmental genius of these ancient construction techniques, including the annual repair of the Great Mosque.
Art|Architecture on Film series is film series is presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures, the Carsey-Wolf Center, and the Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UCSBin collaboration with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara, and AIA Santa Barbara, a Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Additional support provided by the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation and Winick Architects. Sponsors are the Santa Barbara Independent, KCSB 91.9 FM and Left Coast Books.
Parking
From 101 Heading North
1. Take exit 104B to merge onto CA-217 W toward Airport/UCSB.
2. Continue on CA-217 (left lane) to the UCSB Campus.
3. Drive through Henley Gate and turn right, directly onto Mesa Road, avoiding the traffic circle.
4. Turn left onto Ocean Road at the third stoplight from Mesa Road.
5. At the first stoplight, turn left and enter the gate to the stacked structure on your right. You will see signage on the walking paths that will lead you to the Pollock Theater on the bus circle.
For Passenger Drop-off:
Follow directions 1-4 above.
5. Proceed straight on Ocean Road past the parking structure.
6. At the first stop sign, continue straight into the bus circle. The Pollock Theater is on the right. (Note: there is no parking in the bus circle)
7. To return to the Mesa parking structure, continue around the bus circle. At the stop sign, continue straight back out Ocean Road. At the light, turn right and enter the gate to the parking structure on the right.
From 101 Heading South
1. Take the Los Carneros Exit (Exit 107).
2. Stay on Los Carneros until it ends at El Colegio Road.
3. Turn left on El Colegio Road (you will be in Isla Vista) and drive straight onto the UC Santa Barbara Campus.
4. Continue straight through, then turn left onto Ocean Road. As you come to a stop sign, you will pass the Pollock Theater on your right.
5. Turn left at the stop sign to follow Ocean Road (curving to the North), until you get to the stoplight next to the Recreation Center.
6. Turn right and enter the gate to the stacked structure on your right. You will see signage on the walking paths that will lead you to the Pollock Theater on the bus circle.
For Passenger Drop-off:
Follow directions 1-4 above.
5. At the stop sign make a right turn curving around the Pollock Theater into the bus circle.
6. The Pollock Theater passenger drop off is immediately on the right. (Note: there is no parking in the bus circle)
7. To park in the Mesa parking structure, continue around the bus circle. At the stop sign, continue straight onto Ocean Road. At the light, turn right and enter the gate to the parking structure on the right.
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