Deconstructivist Architects

1989 / 58 min. / color
Directed by Michael Blackwood

Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Coop Himmelblau, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, Michael Sorkin, Bernard Tschumi, Hajime Yatsuka. Critic Jacques Derrida. Narration by Joseph Giovannini.

By the end of the 1980’s a new architectural sensibility challenged the prevailing post-Modern attitude and brought forth new and daring designs. Driven by the philosophy and theory of Jacques Derrida, the architects of Deconstructivism are rooted in a movement that urges us to examine the space we move through. Deconstructivist Architects documents explosive and seemingly chaotic structures from Vienna to L.A., and interviews those who pursue its aesthetic issues. Filmed on location with the architects and at the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition Deconstructivist Architecture, which was curated by Philip Johnson.