In the world, 1 of 8 people lives in a slum, and the phenomenon is rising. In Romania, informal living is a reality that not so many know about. This reality, however, is affecting over 64 000 families and over 200 000 people – invisible citizens that can’t receive a…
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families – the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the…
Like an abandoned alien spaceship, the building of Dostoevsky’s Drama Theater stands on the bank of the Volkhov River, only a kilometer away from the walls of famous Novgorod Kremlin. An architecture freak, unloved and uncared for, it sails high above the comforting provinciality of Novgorod the Great. Erected during…
Nubia Way, a development of 13 houses in London, was built in the 1990s by a group formed in response to the extremely long waiting lists for social housing, a problem that disproportionately affected Black people. Nubia Way was the second of three housing developments built by the group in…
Amatrice, Chernobyl, Aleppo: three iconic disaster sites from modern history. Constructed as a cinematic triptych, Once the Dust Settles shows what happens when the dust has settled and the camera crews have left for new catastrophes. The film centers around the evocative stories of survivors who are now trying…
In the heart of Rome, an apartment has remained untouched since 1958. It is the house-studio where Giacomo Balla, one of the most important Futurist painters and a key figure of the early 20th-century European avant-garde, spent the last thirty years of his life. The entire space —…
In the heart of Rome, an apartment has remained untouched since 1958. It is the home and studio where Giacomo Balla, one of the most important Futurist painters and a leading figure of the early 20th-century European avant-garde, spent the last thirty years of his life. The entire space –…
Gili and Yaara decide to leave the city and have a fresh start, building a house in the countryside of the Galilee. But while their dream house is being built, the foundations of their relationship slowly collapse.
A decade ago, in various regions of Italy, the phenomenon of “guerilla gardening” emerged from the desire of some young people not to remain passive, waiting for things to change in their city. On their own initiative, they began to clean and revitalize urban spaces neglected or forgotten by local…
2500-year-old aqueduct of Qanate near Yazd (Sarkh) is considered an environmental UNESCO world heritage. Due to corruption and mismanagement the subterranean canals are not being maintained properly. Wastewater pollution is poisoning pure and clear water on its 84 km watercourse and causing its decay.
PALACE FOR THE PEOPLE tells the stories of five buildings, representative of socialist times and witnessing the historical turbulence in Eastern Europe in the second half of the XX century. The National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Moscow State University, Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Palace of Serbia…
In a newly built housing estate on the outskirts of Prague, nothing works: the streets have no names, the apartments are riddled with defects, infrastructure is lacking, and residents struggle not only with the uniformity and ugliness of the new buildings, but also with lies, infidelity, and mistrust. Panelstory weaves…
