The Economist Plaza

Searching for Antonioni

This film revisits a key site of Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up: Alison and Peter Smithson’s modernist tour de force The Economist Plaza. Shot on Super 8 on a grey Sunday morning the film operates at the nexus of personal obsession, architectural space and cinematic memory. Soundtrack by John Encarnacao.

The Economist Plaza first screened at Sydney Underground Film Festival in 2018.

DURATION
2 min 52 sec

MEDIUM
Ektachrome 100D #7285 Super 8

YEAR
2011/18