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Façade

Synopsis
Façade re-transmits some of the flawed utopias and polarised theories suggested by Sergei Eisenstein's unmade film 'The Glass House' into a fantastical vision of contemporary glass architecture far removed from its egalitarian origins. Shot in a green screen television studio the action takes place in the non-spaces it describes conflating archive footage of plate glass manufacture with architectural 'walkthroughs' of never-to-be-built glass buildings. Narrated by TV news anchor Julia Somerville, Façade casts 'glass' as a transparent subject rendered slowly opaque by the language it engenders.
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Selected Screenings
- Whitstable Biennale, 19 June - 4 July 2010
- South London Gallery, October 2010
- Artprojx Cinema at the SVA Theatre, New York, March 2011
- Façade at the National Glass Centre, 18 March - 20 July 2011
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Key Information
Film
Façade
Artist
Phil Coy
Project
FLAMIN Productions 09 (Production)
Year Completed
2010
Duration
35' / 45'
Shooting format
TBC
Screening format
TBC
