Described by the New York Times as "cult figures in the world of European architecture," Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine center their research on experimenting with new narrative and cinematic forms related to contemporary architecture and the city. Their complete oeuvre (16 films) was acquired in 2016 by the MoMA Museum of Modern Art in New York and became part of its permanent collection. Through their work, Bêka and Lemoine question, through a subjective, irreverent and ironic gaze, the idealization in the representation of architecture, while exalting its vulnerability, vitality and beauty.
Their contribution to Polit(t)ico:
