Ila Bêka Explained

Ila Bêka is a contemporary Italian artist, filmmaker and producer living in Paris. Ila Bêka is part of the artist duo Bêka & Lemoine.

Ila Bêka, together with Louise Lemoine, are two of the most important architectural artists working today. Their films focus on the relationship of people and design. They emphasize the presence of everyday life within some of the most iconic architectural projects of recent decades.[1] Bêka & Lemoine's complete work (16 films) was acquired in 2016 by MoMA, Museum of Modern Art in New York, and is now part of its permanent collection. The acquisition of a complete work by MoMA, Museum of Modern Art is an extremely rare event for a living artist.[2]

Life and career

Ila Bêka trained as an architect with a degree from the Università Iuav di Venezia of Venice and the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville, where he studied with Aldo Rossi, Manfredo Tafuri, Vittorio Gregotti, Massimo Cacciari, Bernardo Secchi, Gino Valle, Ugo La Pietra, Henri Ciriani and Jacques Lucan.

Since 2005 he has been working in collaboration with Louise Lemoine with whom he founded the research and creation platform Bêka & Lemoine. Described by The New York Times as "cult figures in the European architecture world",[3] Bêka and Lemoine focus their work on experimental new narrative and cinematographic forms in relation to contemporary architecture. Koolhaas Houselife, the first film Ila Bêka co-directed with Lemoine in 2008, has been acclaimed by the international critique as "The architectural cult movie".[4]

Ila Bêka has been invited to lecture and present his films at many international cultural institutions and prestigious universities such as Venice Biennale (2008,[5] 2010, 2014[6]), MoMA (New-York), Metropolitan Museum of Art[7] (New-York), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Palais de Tokyo[8] (Paris), Barbican Art Gallery[9] (London), Canadian Centre for Architecture (Montréal), NAi (Rotterdam, NL), MAXXI[10] (Rome), SALT (Istanbul), Harvard GSD, Architectural Association School of Architecture (London), Mextropoli (Mexico).

According to ArchDaily, one of the most visited architecture websites worldwide, their films "alter the face of architectural criticism".[11]

Ila Bêka is currently teaching Diploma 16 at AA School, Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.[12]

Filmography

Teaching

Recognition

Awards

Published Dvd-Books

References

  1. Web site: Bêka & Lemoine's Award-Winning Film "Moriyama-San". Dobbins. Tom. 30 June 2018. ArchDaily.
  2. Web site: Il MOMA Compra La "Rivoluzion" Artistica Di Ila Bêla E Louise Lemoine. Zancan. Roberto. 19 April 2016. Stati Generali.
  3. Nicolai Ouroussoff. "Inhabiting a Piece of Art: It’s Not Always So Pretty", The New York Times, 29 January 2010.
  4. Elsa Fernàndez-Santos. "La casa de Guadalupe", El Pais, 13 April 2009.
  5. Web site: The Client: and Her Architects. 30 April 2024. Biennale Architettura.
  6. Web site: Monditalia: La Maddalena. 6 March 2017.
  7. http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-speaks/symposia/in-our-time In Our Time: A Year of Architecture in a Day.
  8. Web site: Living Architectures, Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine. Palais de Tokyo. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150913032756/http://palaisdetokyo.com/fr/projection/living-architectures. 2015-09-13.
  9. Web site: Barbicania, by Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine. Barbican.
  10. Web site: Ila Bêka al Maxxi. Spazi intimi o urbani, per una pioggia di microfilm.. Marsala. Helga. 22 November 2014. Artribune.
  11. News: Architecture Criticism By the People, For the People: The Films of Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine. 2015-02-02. ArchDaily. 2017-10-02. en-US.
  12. Web site: Bêka & Lemoine at AA School.
  13. Web site: Icon Design 100 Talents. 2017.
  14. Web site: The Emotion of Space" with Bêka & Lemoine. 2017-09-25. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170925040254/https://www.boisbuchet.org/fr/the-emotion-of-space-with-beka-lemoine/. 2017-09-25. 2020-05-12.
  15. Web site: Locarno Film Festival, "Filmare l'architettura". 6 August 2015. Università della. Svizzera italiana, Accademia di architettura.
  16. Web site: MoMA MoMA Collects: Architecture on Film. moma.org. 2016-04-24.
  17. Véronique Vienne. "Game Changers 2015: Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine", Metropolis (architecture magazine), January 2015.
  18. ArchDaily. "Living Architectures: Koolhaas Houselife / Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine", ArchDaily, 28 May 2013.
  19. ArchDaily. "Living Architectures: Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron / Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine", ArchDaily, 29 May 2013.
  20. ArchDaily. "Living Architectures: Xmas Meir / Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine", ArchDaily, 31 May 2013.
  21. ArchDaily. "Living Architectures: Gehry’s Vertigo / Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine", ArchDaily, 1 June 2013.
  22. ArchDaily. "Living Architectures: Inside Piano / Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine", ArchDaily, 2 June 2013.

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