Bernd Behr "Weimar Villa"

Still from Bernd Behr, Weimar Villa (Unreconstructed), 2010, 9min 28sec, High Definition video, colour, stereo.

Chronicling part of a New Town development in China designed by Albert Speer Jr., Weimar Villa (Unreconstructed) ponders the 'ruin value' of white concrete housing shells set amidst mounds of dug-up earth that make up the new Bauhaus-themed gated community of 'Weimar Villa'. Inhabiting a perpetual moment in the cycle of construction and excavation, the video leaves the development to drift between an incomplete destination and an uncertain origin.

Supported by Arts Council England and Bloomberg Space

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