Awakening from the 20th Century

Chip Lord

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San Francisco is a city where the virtual and the real co-exist. It is both a center of multi-media and Internet activity, and a city with a vibrant street life and commitment to public space. Awakening From the 20th Century explores these issues by asking the questions: Is life becoming virtual? Are we witnessing the end of the city? Will the computer replace the automobile?

This title is also available on Chip Lord Videoworks: Volume 2.

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Mapping a City of Fragments

Chip Lord

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Architecture, City, Documentary, Expedition/Travel

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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.

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#		Title	Artists	Run Time	Year	Country
1		Awakening from the 20th Century	Chip Lord	00:35:00	1999	United States
2		Mapping a City of Fragments	Chip Lord	00:09:30	1997	United States