Tadao Ando ©2013
Thursday, June 9, the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art's Modernism + Film program screens the documentary Tadao Ando: From Emptiness to Infinity. The 52 minute film is presented in multiple languages with English subtitles and was an official selection at the A Design Film Festival in Singapore 2014. You can view a trailer here.
"The essence of architecture is to open the hearts of the people," Japanese minimalist master Tadao Ando has said, "and to move them in such a way that they are glad to be on Earth."
Tadao Ando: From Emptiness to Infinity is a 2013 documentary by German filmmaker Mathias Frick. The film takes an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into the work and processes of Ando, the only architect to have won the discipline's four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker Architecture Prize, Carlsberg Architectural Prize, Praemium Imperiale Prize for Architecture, and Kyoto Prize.
Ando uses concrete, wood, water, light, space, and natural forms to create a Zen-like connection between Japanese traditions and contemporary modernism. His buildings make creative use of natural light to evoke the contours of the landscape. Ando's numerous award-winning homes, churches, museums, apartment buildings and cultural spaces possess an open, inviting quality that belies the structures' minimalist construction.
"To change the dwelling is to change the city and to reform society,” Ando says. His deceptively simple buildings are meant to give people space to unfold their lives in a contemplative manner.
"To change the dwelling is to change the city and to reform society,” Ando says. His deceptively simple buildings are meant to give people space to unfold their lives in a contemplative manner.
John Boyer, President and CEO of the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, will provide remarks prior to the film screening.
An event reception with a cash-only bar and free light bites begins at 6 p.m. in the Bechtler lobby followed by the presentation and film screening at 7 p.m. in the Wells Fargo Auditorium.
Tickets are $10 for the public, $8 for museum members and $5 for students. Buy tickets online, via phone by calling 704.353.9200 or at the admissions desk. Student tickets may be purchased at the door or by phone. Must present student ID to claim.
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