Chandigarh vu par Lucien Hervé
Réflexions sur l’architecture moderne dans l’Inde indépendante
(2013, 22′)
OV st EN (French spoken, English subtitles)
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Reflexions on modern architecture in independent India
This film gives us a first hand recollection of Lucien Hervé’s collaboration with modern architect Le Corbusier.
Hervé revives the memory of Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier’s cousin and long time collaborator, and depicts him as a fine architect and urban planner primarily focussed on the human needs of the Indian people.
The French architecture photographer Lucien Hervé reflects upon his friendship with Le Corbusier and his work in India. He ponders on the architect’s only fully realised urban design, the plan and architecture for the new Indian city of Chandigarh (1950) – created by independent India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) as …”an expression of the nation’s faith in the future.”
Credits
The film is adapted from the earlier video installation produced by Kinokast in 1993 for the international traveling exhibition ‘Chandigarh 40 years after Le Corbusier‘.
adaptation for film (2013)
Jérôme Bertrand
original installation written and directed by
Jérôme Bertrand and Martin van den Oever (1993)
montage
Beatrix Günther (2013)
photography
Lucien Hervé
music
Iannis Xenakis
We are grateful to Judith and Lucien Hervé.
country
The Netherlands/ Germany
production
Kinokast
Year of production:
1993, 2013
movie language:
OV st en (French spoken, English subtitles)
kinokast © 1993, 2013