Rax Rinnekangas. Five Master Houses of the World
Five Master Houses of the World is a series of five independent documentary films directed by the Finnish photographer, filmmaker and writer Rax Rinnekangas about outstanding private houses on different continents designed by the world’s leading architects in the 20th century, the period of modernism. The films provide a perspective on the idiom and philosophy of major architects of the modernist era as manifest in these private homes, and on the role of the 20th century in the history of architecture as a whole.
1. The Melnikov House, Konstantin Melnikov, Moscow, Russia, 1927–29;
2. Villa Mairea, Alvar Aalto, Noormarkku, Finland, 1938;
3. Casa Estudio por Luis Barragán, Mexico City, Mexico, 1948;
4. Le Cabanon par Le Corbusier, Roquebrune Cap Martin, France, 1952;
5.The Koshino House / Tadao Ando, Ashiya, Hyogo, Japan, 1979 – 84.
Until November 4, 2012, Sala 1 gallery hosts a selection of Rinnekangas' photographs from the series Európia. The exhibition is part of the Fotografia Festival Internazionale di Roma, XI edition. Rinnekangas loves to photograph migrants and workers in their daily context. His photographs portray "real" people living in the suburbs of the European Union, far from the hustle and bustle of big cities, linked to their roots, disinterested in current materialism.
Information
Film screenings: 24, 25, 27 and 30 October, 2012 at 18:00
Free admission: first come, first seated (Subject to availability).
Infoline: tel. +39 060608 (daily, from 9:00 to 21:00)
Promoted by: Assessorato alle Politiche Culturali e Centro Storico - Sovraintendenza ai Beni Culturali di Roma Capitale, in collaboration with Sala 1
