Mapping a City of Fragments
1997 | 00:09:30 | United States | English | Color | Mono | 4:3 | Hi8 video
Collection: Single Titles
Tags: Architecture, City, Documentary, Expedition/Travel


Using the opening of Godard's film Alphaville as a foundation, Lord constructs a vision of the evolving global city during the last years of the 20th Century. Structured as a series of repetitions, the montage of the changing city is offset by shots of corporate Silicon Valley facades. The result is a dialectical contrast between urban and suburban space, body and mind, chaos and order, and the postmodern and the modern. Shot in Hi-8 video in Tokyo, Fukuoka City, Mexico City, Rome, San Francisco, Naples, and Los Angeles.
This title is also available on Chip Lord Videoworks: Volume 2.
Prizes + Awards
Director's Citations Award, Black Maria Film and Video Festival
Premiere
Merz AcademieStuttgart
Exhibitions + Festivals
Dallas Video Festival, 1998