Point of Origin / Veins
45 minutes | 45 minutes · Netherlands | Romania · 2023 | 2023Double Feature
POINT OF ORIGIN
An international tech entrepreneur purchases an impossibly narrow piece of steep mountain slope in Austria, where he grew up. The building site will only allow for a 4-meter-wide house. This challenge sparks the interest of well-known architect Rem Koolhaas, but Rem has not built a private house since his acclaimed House in Bordeaux over 20 years ago. The process was captured by photographer and filmmaker Frans Parthesius, using primarily a simple static security camera. Slowly, the house reveals itself as the film reveals clues about Koolhaas's process.
VEINS
This film invites viewers to reflect on the transformative journey from a raw, anonymous block of marble to a meticulously crafted building. Extracted from a Portuguese quarry, processed in four factories around the European continent, and intricately transformed into the translucent façade of the Perelman Performing Arts Center, the marble touches different human and industrial processes across various geographies and socio-political contexts. (No trailer available)
Ticket buyers for the Friday night (2/2) show are invited to attend a private happy hour reception in the ADFF lounge preceding the screening, beginning at 7:15 PM
About the film
skip this section| Director: | Frans Parthesius | Laurian Ghinițoiu and Arata Mori |
|---|---|
| Year: | 2023 | 2023 |
| Runtime: | 45 minutes | 45 minutes |
| Country: | Netherlands | Romania |
| Language: | English |
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