To Build a Better City: Selected Films about Art and Urban Development

Description:

To Build a Better City: Selected Films about Art and Urban Development was a screening curated by Caitlin Jones and Jesse McKee presented as part of Urgent Imagination: Art and Urban Development, Part 2—a multi-day conference that examined how art and creative thinking can influence urban planning.

Program:

Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the City of Vancouver, To Build a Better City (1964). 14 min. 20 sec. 

Neïl Beloufa, People’s passion, lifestyle beautiful wine, gigantic glass towers, all surrounded by water (2011). 10 min. 59 sec. 

Kate Craig and Margaret Dragu, Backup (1978). 37 min. 52 sec. 

Ant Farm, Inflatables Illustrated (1971–2003). 21 min. 20 sec. 

Andreas Angelidakis, TROLL or The Voluntary Ruin (2011). 5 min. 30 sec. 

Eugenia Butler, Kitchen Table Talk 4: Art and the Power to Change Community (1993). 2 hr. 28 min. 22 sec. 

Les Levine, I Am An Artist (1975). 1 hr. 53 min. 39 sec.

Urgent Imagination: Art and Urban Development was a two-part project that proposed creative alternatives to developer-driven architecture and urban planning in Vancouver. The project generated events, artworks, conferences, and an online platform for critical inquiry into issues concerning urban development, spatial justice, and critical theory.

Documents:

• To Build a Better City: Selected Films about Art and Urban Development program (2015).