Empathy for Concrete Things

Overview

Based on their experiences living and working amongst Soviet-era concrete, panel-block apartments, the filmmaker, together with five visual artists, examine past and present attitudes towards their former homes. Combining touching, personal stories with experimental research on the history of twentieth-century art and architecture, the film creates both a compelling narrative, and a contemporary aesthetic of panel-block mass housing using original watercolors, put into motion using digital animation and stop-motion techniques. As global and personal histories interweave, the film explores notions of moral and political responsibility as evinced in physical space.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 12, 2023

Original language

German

Spoken languages

Russian, English

Countries

Germany

Director

Gregory Gan

Writer

Gregory Gan

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt30140972