Title: Unfinished spaces
Authors: Nahmias, Alysa.; Murray, Benjamin.; Unfinished Spaces, LLC.; Ajna Films.; Latino Public Broadcasting (Firm)
Publisher: Bullfrog Films,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Art schools Cuba.; Arts facilities Cuba Havana Design and construction.; Art schools Cuba Havana.; School buildings Cuba Havana.; Organic architecture Cuba Havana.; Communism and architecture Cuba Havana.; Architecture Political aspects Cuba Havana.; Art Study and teaching Cuba.; Cuba History; Cuba History; Cuba Social conditions
Abstract: 'In 1961, three young architects were commissioned by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara to create Cuba's National Art Schools on the grounds of a former golf course in Havana, Cuba. Construction of their radical designs began immediately and the school's first classes soon followed. Dancers, musicians, and artists from all over the country reveled in the beauty of the schools, but as the dream of the Revolution quickly became a reality, construction was abruptly halted and the architects and their designs were deemed irrelevant in the prevailing political climate. Forty years later, the schools are in use, but remain unfinished and decaying. Castro has invited the exiled architects back to finish their unrealized dream.' -- Container.
Contents: 86-minute version -- 58-minute version.