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Reframing Berlin is about how architecture and the built
environment can reveal the memory of a city, an urban memory,
through its transformation and consistency over time by means of
'urban strategies', which have developed throughout history as
cities have adjusted to numerous political, religious, economic and
societal changes. These strategies are organised on a 'memory
spectrum', which range from demolition to memorialisation. It
reveals the complicated relationship between urban strategies and
their influence on memory-making in the context of Berlin since
1895, with the help of film locations. It utilises cinematic
representations of locations as an audio-visual archive to provide
a deeper analysis of the issues brought up by strategies and case
studies in relation to memory-making. Foreword by Kathleen
James-Chakraborty A new volume in the Mediated Cities series from
Intellect
Architecture, whether in the foreground or background, is an
intrinsic part of any film, and cinema holds a position as a
transformative reference in contemporary architecture. This book
addresses the role of architecture in cinema, and through a focus
on the use of space, it presents a critical overview of the
relation between the two. The cinematic camera, with its unique
viewpoint, has the ability to transform architectural space.
Through framing, flattening and editing, cinematic space, as the
representation of architectural space, focuses on its certain
qualities, while eliminating others. Thus, cinema emphasizes
individual aspects of space that may be overlooked when the whole
context is considered. Space 'acts' in the foreground rather than
simply filling the background in the films of Peter Greenaway and
Wim Wenders, which are used to analyze two significant cinematic
approaches to space, space as form and space as symbol. The
detailed analysis of Greenaway's The Belly of an Architect and
Wenders' Der Himmel uber Berlin (Wings of Desire) offers an
innovative and original perspective on space to those interested in
both fields of architecture and film studies.
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