The Grand River Film Festival has partnered with student-run Bridge Centre for Architecture + Design to curate an exhibition of film related works. POSITION, an exploration of what it means to be an architect through various medias, will combine the components of film and design.
Work Media: Installation, film, sculpture, painting.
Must fit through a 36” x 84” door and be ready to hang or place in the space.Films should be on DVD or Bluray disks.
Requirements:
- Written description of the work.
- An image of the work, or link to film.
- Social media and/or website link (for promotional purposes).
Entry Deadline: Sept 2nd (extended from July 31st)
Exhibition Date: October 28 and 29
Please contact us at bridge.grff@gmail.com with any questions and/or submissions. Also, do check out GRFF’s website!
For those interested, we screened 9 excellent short films with GRFF back in April as a kickstart to POSITION. The films were selected by Poorna Patange from UWSA and Tamara Louks from GRFF. Here is the line-up…
1) Meeting at the Building, 2012.
A film by Carlota Coloma and Adrià Lahuerta.
In collaboration with Flores & Prats Architects.
2) The Cinder Cone, 2014.
Directed by Foster Huntington, Edited by Jess Gibson.
3) The Romance of Systems, 2010.
A film by MOS Architects.
4) Can City, 2013.
Film by Juriaan Booij.
Concept & Design: Alexander Groves & Azusa Murakami.
5) The Absent Column, 2012.
Directed and Produced by Nathan Eddy.
6) Chupan Chupai, 2016.
Film by Factory Fifteen
Directed by Mohsin Ali, Produced by Ray Khan & Zayed Sheikh
7) Fortress, 2012.
Directed by Michael R. Phillips Released by Bayou Pictures.
8) Skinhearts, 2016.
Film by Sally Fenaux Barleycorn.
9) The Couple, 2011.
Film by Elliot Storey
(Header image credit – Movie still from Chupan Chupai)
Sneha Sumanth is a graduate student at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. Her role in BRIDGE involves overseeing the website and publications. Her thesis work looks at the relationship of energy and architecture in the offshore infrastructure of the Santa Barbara Channel in California.
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