FLAMIN

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Façade

Image of Facade by Phil Coy (Production Still), FLAMIN Productions 2009

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

Key Information

Film

Façade

Artist

Phil Coy

Project

FLAMIN Productions 09 (Production)

Year Completed

2010

Duration

35' / 45'

Shooting format

TBC

Screening format

TBC