Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine are two architectural artists and filmmakers.[1] Their films focus on the relationship of people and design, emphasising the presence of everyday life within some of the most iconic architectural projects of recent decades.[1] Bêka's and Lemoine's complete work (16 films) has been acquired in 2016 by MoMA, Museum of Modern Art in New York, and is now part of its permanent collection.[2]

Filmography

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  • 2008: Koolhaas Houselife (58min) - Documentary - Official Selection at 8th Venice Biennale of Architecture
  • 2010: "Inside Piano": The Submarine (39min), "The little Beaubourg (26min), "The power of silence (34min) - 3 Documentaries
  • 2013: Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron (51min) - Documentary
  • 2013: Xmas Meier (51min) - Documentary
  • 2013: Gehry's Vertigo, (48min) - Documentary - Official Selection at 10th Venice Biennale of Architecture (extract)
  • 2013: Living Architectures Zip (60min) - Documentary - Best Film at ArchFilmLund Festival, Sweden
  • 2013: 25bis (46min) - Documentary
  • 2014: La Maddalena (12min) - Video installation - Official Selection at 14th Venice Biennale of Architecture
  • 2014: La Maddalena Chair (25min) - Video installation - Official Selection at 14th Venice Biennale of Architecture
  • 2014: 24 heures sur place (90min) - Documentary - Special Jury Prize at 32nd Torino Film Festival
  • 2014: L'expérience du vide (45min) - Documentary
  • 2014: Barbicania (90min) - Documentary - Art project commissioned by Barbican Centre
  • 2015: The Infinite Happiness (85min) - Documentary
  • 2015: Spiriti (15x3min circa)- Video installation- Art project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milano[3]
  • 2016: Voyage autour de la Lune (75min) - Documentary
  • 2016: Selling Dreams (25min + 12min) - Video installation - Official Selection Oslo Triennale
  • 2017: Moriyama-San (63min) - Documentary - Best Prize at Architecture Film Festival London
  • 2019: Butohouse (34min) - Documentary - International Premiere at DocAviv Film Festival.
  • 2017-2024: Homo Urbanus (13 x 55min) - Video installation - Official Selection Seoul Biennale, Agora Biennale in Bordeaux
  • 2020: Tokyo Ride (90min) - Documentary - Artistic Vision Award, Depth of Field Competition - Best Prize - Docaviv Film Festival, 2020
  • 2021: Oslavia, The Cave of the Past Future (17min) - Video installation - World premiere at MAXXI Museum in Rome
  • 2022: Big Ears Listen with Feet (93min) - Special Mention, Milano Design Film Festival, MDFF 2022, Milan
  • 2023: Rehab from Rehab (86min) - In competition at Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Prague
  • 2024: The Sense of Tuning (96min) - International Premiere at Fondation Cartier in Paris

Teaching

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  • In 2024-2020 they taught the course "Filming Architecture" at the AAM, the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, in Switzerland.[2]
  • In 2022-2019 they taught the Diploma Unit "Homo Urbanus, Laboratory for Sensitive Observers" at AA School, Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.[1]
  • In 2021 the taught The Berlage Theory Master Class "A Journey Round My Room" at The Berlage Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design, in Delft.[3]
  • In 2020 they taught the course "MAXXI Architecture Film Summer School" at MAXXI The National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome, IT.[4]
  • In 2019-2020 they taught the course "Voyage autour de ma chambre" at HEAD, Haute École d'art et de design de Genève.
  • In 2017 they taught the course "The Emotion of Space" at Domaine de Boisbuchet in Lessac, France.
  • In 2016 and 2015 they taught the course "Filming Architecture" with Marco Müller and Louise Lemoine at the AAM, the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, in Switzerland.
  • In 2014 and 2013 they taught the course "Cinema & Architecture" at GSAPP Columbia University for the New York/Paris program.

Recognition

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Published Books and Dvd-Books

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  • The Emotional Power of Space, 2023, B&L, 979-10-92194-06-7
  • Beka & Lemoine, 2016, DVD-Box Set Volume 1 & 2. 0701197948082
  • The Infinite Happiness, 2016, DVD. 0701197948105
  • Koolhaas Houselife, 2016, DVD. 0701197948112
  • Koolhaas Houselife, 2008, ISBN 978-88-903602-0-6.
  • Koolhaas Houselife,[6] 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-00-5.
  • Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron,[7] 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-01-2.
  • Xmas Meier,[8] 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-02-9.
  • Gehry's Vertigo,[9] 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-03-6.
  • Inside Piano,[10] 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-04-3.
  • Living Architectures, 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-05-0.

References

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