In this seminar series, we will discuss how the films form and turn into images the utopia, dystopia and heterotopias that make up the archive of architecture of modern and postmodern times.

During these days when we #stayathome due to Corona virus measures, we are trying to carry our workshops and seminars to an online platform.

Our first online seminar focuses on the representations of the city in cinema and on the relationship between architecture and cinema. The online seminar “City, Architecture and Cinema: Cinematic City” will be held in 4 sessions between April 16 and April 30, via Zoom. Each session will last an hour, followed by a 15-minute Q & A session.

In this process, which changes our ways of thinking and working, we will keep our online contact as much as possible and continue to think about architecture and culture, while maintaining our physical social distance.

Wish you all good health.

Instructor: Işıl Baysan Serim

In this seminar series, we will discuss how the films form and turn into images the utopia, dystopia and heterotopias that make up the archive of architecture of modern and postmodern times. The program includes readings that allow us to trace the discursive, social, political, economic and technological developments that determine the structure of the relationship between cinema, architecture and city.

Program:

Week 1: The Utopia of Modernism: The Birth of the Cinematic City

Week 2: The Fragility of Modern Utopianism: City Distopias in Cinema

Week 3: City Heterotopias from ‘Indefinite-Spaces’ to ‘Non-Spaces’    

Week 4: Digitopias and Digital Heterotpoias: Cities Born out of the Screen