Montage of Metropolis
Visual Essay
2022 Spring
Harvard - AFVS 70: the Art of Film
Looking back to the development from German Expressionism, the Weimar Street Film, to the City Symphony Movement, we would find out that, instead of a conventional narrative, spatial practices and city experiences drive the urban works of these filmmakers. How can we combine films and space to create an alternative form of spatial experience with cultural and architectural theory and criticism? Instead of merely documenting the reality, how can films inspire and influence the architecture and urban space the other way round-both from spatial and social aspects?
︎ Visual Essay - Montage of the 1920s Metropolis