Subversive Architects

Optimistic Productions and Fulcrum TV

Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2005
Duration: 3'44''

London is a fascinating city because it offers such diverse opportunities for interaction, particularly as an architect, urban designer or artistic activist. During the six years I have spent in London the city has changed dramatically. The skyline is constantly transforming and down on the ground new urban practices have been seeking out and finding territories in which to operate and intervene in. A major part of our work with osa focuses on those areas of the city which tend to be overlooked, forgotten or abandoned. All over London you can find these neglected sites that invite exploration and engagement. They offer up a rich resource of histories and structures with which to work and create temporary projects that explore their innate potential and the possibilities for positive future development.

The work of the Office for Subversive Architecture (osa) sits somewhere between art and architecture with recent projects exploring the way people use and interact with public spaces. osa is well known for addressing issues relating to urban regeneration. osa is a network of 8 full time architects in 5 different cities and 3 different countries.
(http://www.osa-online.net)

additional credits
producer: Optimistic Productions and Fulcrum TV
(http://www.optimisticproductions.co.uk)
director: Dan Edelstyn
camera: Hilary Powell
project team: Karsten Huneck, Bernd Truempler
collaborators: Harald Huegues, Trenton Oldfield
photograph: Trenton Oldfield

Video selected by Image ARCHIVE http://www.image-web.org/archive for VISIONS, the 9th edition of the BEYOND MEDIA festival http://www.beyondmedia.it.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Architecture
• City
• Video
• BEYOND
• MEDIA
• Image
• ARCHIVE
• Festival
• VISIONS