TWO MUSEUMS
DOS MUSEOS


GERMANY | 2013 | DCP | COLOUR | NO DIALOGUE | 18 MIN | HEINZ EMIGHOLZ

Director / Director: Heinz Emigholz

Guión / Screenplay: Heinz Emigholz

Productor / Producer: Frieder Schlaich, Irene von Alberti

Fotografía / Cinematography: Heinz Emigholz

Edición / Editing: Heinz Emigholz, Till Beckmann

Sonido / Sound: Jochen Jezussek, Christian Obermaier,Stephan Konken

Compañía Productora / Production Company: Filmgalerie 451


Sinopsis / Synopsis:

The film juxtaposes/compares two museums: The Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel, which Samuel Bickel (1909-1975) built there in 1948, and The Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, built by Renzo Piano (b. 1937) 1986 . The method of natural lighting in Bickel‘s construction was the direct model for Piano, who adopted for his construction at the request of its patroness Dominique de Menil. The shooting of the film Two museums took place in March 2012 in Houston, Texas, and in May 2012 in Ein Harod, Israel.

Biografía / Biography:

Born in 1948 near Bremen in Germany, Heinz Emigholz trained first as a draftsman before studying philosophy and literature in Hamburg. He began filmmaking in 1968 and has worked since 1973 as a filmmaker, artist, writer and producer in Germany and the USA.

Festivales / Festivals:

International Film Festival Rotterdam - Netherlands, 2014
Vienna International Film Festival - Austria, 2014
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen - Germany, 2014

Contacto / Contact:

Viviana Kammel
presse@filmgalerie451.de