{"id":1133,"date":"2020-10-15T10:41:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T14:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?post_type=ajde_events&p=1133"},"modified":"2020-10-15T12:24:45","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T16:24:45","slug":"open-sky-portrait-of-a-pavilion-in-venice-by-katerine-giguere","status":"publish","type":"ajde_events","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/events\/open-sky-portrait-of-a-pavilion-in-venice-by-katerine-giguere\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Sky: Portrait of a Pavilion in Venice by Katerine Gigu\u00e8re"},"content":{"rendered":"

Da Mer 7 Ott 2020<\/strong> a Gio 31 Dic 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The documentary by Katerine Gigu\u00e8re,\u00a0Open Sky: Portrait of a Pavilion in Venice<\/strong>\u00a0invites you to the famous Venice Biennale<\/a> to discover the Canadian Pavilion, designed by Milan\u2019s renowned Studio BBPR, and restored, together with its surrounding gardens, by the National Gallery of Canada<\/a> on the occasion of the building\u2019s 60th anniversary in 2018.<\/p>\n

This elegantly crafted short film, like the pavilion it celebrates, is intimate and made on a human scale. The building, too little known to the Canadian public, is an architectural jewel and an exceptional world showcase for the country and contemporary Canadian artists. This film provides a unique opportunity for viewers to discover its beauty and its history.<\/p>\n

Filmmaker Katerine Gigu\u00e8re was both director and cinematographer of the project, and with her warm, sensuous approach, she creates an inviting portrait of the building, one of 29 pavilions in the Venice Biennale Gardens. She skillfully intermingles more than 120 archival images, a dozen interviews with experts in various fields, and recent documentary footage revealing the innovative design of the building, its grace and elegance, and its profound relationship with the natural surroundings. The film is an hommage to a special architectural achievement, bathed in light and open to the sky.<\/p>\n

The experts interviewed for the film in Canada and Italy offer accounts of their personal connections with the pavilion and its gardens. Among them are R\u00e9jean Legault, professor at the \u00c9cole de design at the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al (UQAM); Karen Colby-Stothart, chief executive officer of the National Gallery of Canada Foundation (2013\u20132019); Jos\u00e9e Drouin-Brisebois, senior curator of contemporary art at the National Gallery of Canada; Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, landscape architect; Paolo Baratta, president of the Venice Biennale (2008\u20132020); and Alberico Belgiojoso, architect and heir to the Studio BBPR.<\/p>\n

Open Sky: Portrait of a Pavilion in Venice<\/strong> by Katerine Gigu\u00e8re (25 minutes) is produced by Andr\u00e9 Picard for the NFB in partnership with the National Gallery of Canada and the National Gallery of Canada Foundation. With editing by Annie Leclair and music by Pierre-Philippe C\u00f4t\u00e9 and Steven Doman.<\/p>\n

The film is available online and free of charge by logging in to the NFB website.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>CLICK HERE TO VIEW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1134,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"tags":[123,121,122],"event_type":[3],"event_type_2":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1133","1":"ajde_events","2":"type-ajde_events","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"tag-national-gallery-of-canada","7":"tag-open-sky-portrait-of-a-pavilion-in-venice","8":"tag-venice-biennale","9":"event_type-toronto"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t