London-based artist and LAFVA 2006 awardee, Bernd Behr, presents a lecture reflecting on the influences of architecture on his film-making practice. The event will take place on Friday 2 February (6.30 pm) at the Architectural Association in central London.

Behr will discuss his practice with reference to ideas of architectural performativity, describing among other things the research and production behind his recent film House Without a Door. The work explores a literal and metaphorical ‘collision’ of film and architecture as embodied in a US military structure built in the Utah desert in 1943 to test incendiary bombs eventually deployed in WWII.

Designed by Erich Mendelsohn and ‘authenticated’ by Hollywood studio RKO, the structure is a replica of a Berlin housing tract. Behr’s film ‘constructs’ a fictional interior for this building through references to Mendelsohn’s connections to German expressionist cinema, F W Murnau’s 1926 film Faust and a Utah village of the same name near the test site.

Bernd Behr studied at Goldsmiths College, London and is a recipient of a 2006 deciBel Award. Selected exhibitions include House Without a Door, Chisenhale Gallery; London Movies, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels; Beck's Futures 2003, ICA; Charlie's Place, Annely Juda, London.

He is currently exhibiting, alongside fellow LAFVA awardee Gail Pickering, in Behemoth at the Danielle Arnaud Gallery and The Ice Trade at Chelsea Space.

For more information on this event, and to book tickets, visit the Architectural Association’s website.