Bêka & Lemoine

Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine are two architectural artists and filmmakers.[1] Their films focus on the relationship of people and design, emphasising the presence of everyday life within some of the most iconic architectural projects of recent decades.^[1] Bêka's and Lemoine's complete work (16 films) has been acquired in 2016 by MoMA, Museum of Modern Art in New York, and is now part of its permanent collection.^[2]

Filmography

• 2008: Koolhaas Houselife (58min) - Documentary - Official Selection at 8th Venice Biennale of Architecture
• 2010: "Inside Piano": The Submarine (39min), "The little Beaubourg (26min), "The power of silence (34min) - 3 Documentaries
• 2013: Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron (51min) - Documentary
• 2013: Xmas Meier (51min) - Documentary
• 2013: Gehry's Vertigo, (48min) - Documentary - Official Selection at 10th Venice Biennale of Architecture (extract)
• 2013: Living Architectures Zip (60min) - Documentary - Best Film at ArchFilmLund Festival, Sweden
• 2013: 25bis (46min) - Documentary
• 2014: La Maddalena (12min) - Video installation - Official Selection at 14th Venice Biennale of Architecture
• 2014: La Maddalena Chair (25min) - Video installation - Official Selection at 14th Venice Biennale of Architecture
• 2014: 24 heures sur place (90min) - Documentary - Special Jury Prize at 32nd Torino Film Festival
• 2014: L'expérience du vide (45min) - Documentary
• 2014: Barbicania (90min) - Documentary - Art project commissioned by Barbican Centre
• 2015: The Infinite Happiness (85min) - Documentary
• 2015: Spiriti (15x3min circa)- Video installation- Art project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milano^[3]
• 2016: Voyage autour de la Lune (75min) - Documentary
• 2016: Selling Dreams (25min + 12min) - Video installation - Official Selection Oslo Triennale
• 2017: Moriyama-San (63min) - Documentary - Best Prize at Architecture Film Festival London
• 2019: Butohouse (34min) - Documentary - International Premiere at DocAviv Film Festival.
• 2017-2024: Homo Urbanus (13 x 55min) - Video installation - Official Selection Seoul Biennale, Agora Biennale in Bordeaux
• 2020: Tokyo Ride (90min) - Documentary - Artistic Vision Award, Depth of Field Competition - Best Prize - Docaviv Film Festival, 2020
• 2021: Oslavia, The Cave of the Past Future (17min) - Video installation - World premiere at MAXXI Museum in Rome
• 2022: Big Ears Listen with Feet (93min) - Special Mention, Milano Design Film Festival, MDFF 2022, Milan
• 2023: Rehab from Rehab (86min) - In competition at Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Prague
• 2024: The Sense of Tuning (96min) - International Premiere at Fondation Cartier in Paris

Teaching

• In 2024-2020 they taught the course "Filming Architecture" at the AAM, the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, in Switzerland.[2]
• In 2022-2019 they taught the Diploma Unit "Homo Urbanus, Laboratory for Sensitive Observers" at AA School, Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.[1]
• In 2021 the taught The Berlage Theory Master Class "A Journey Round My Room" at The Berlage Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design, in Delft.[3]
• In 2020 they taught the course "MAXXI Architecture Film Summer School" at MAXXI The National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome, IT.[4]
• In 2019-2020 they taught the course "Voyage autour de ma chambre" at HEAD, Haute École d'art et de design de Genève.
• In 2017 they taught the course "The Emotion of Space" at Domaine de Boisbuchet in Lessac, France.
• In 2016 and 2015 they taught the course "Filming Architecture" with Marco Müller and Louise Lemoine at the AAM, the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, in Switzerland.
• In 2014 and 2013 they taught the course "Cinema & Architecture" at GSAPP Columbia University for the New York/Paris program.

Recognition

• MoMA, Museum of Modern Art in New York: The complete work (16 films) of Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine has been acquired for the permanent collection.^[2]
• CNAP, Centre National des Arts Plastiques: "Koolhaas Houselife" and "La Maddalena" have been acquired for the permanent collection.
• FRAC Centre, Orléans: "Butohouse", "Moriyama-San", "The Infinite Happiness", "Selling Dreams", "Gehry's Vertigo" have been acquired for the permanent collection.
• Awarded by Metropolis (architecture magazine) as Game Changer 2015.^[4]
• Artists in residence at Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto, Japan, 2018.
• Rome Prize Italian Fellow at American Academy in Rome (Ila Bêka), Italy, 2018.
• Selected by Icon Design as one of the 100 most talented personalities in the world in 2017.^[5]
• Presented by the Metropolitan Museum of Art as one of the “Most exciting and critical design project of the year 2016”.
• Prix d'Honneur FILAF 2020, Festival International du Livre d’Art et du Film, Perpignan, 2020.[2]

Published Books and Dvd-Books

• The Emotional Power of Space, 2023, B&L, 979-10-92194-06-7
• Beka & Lemoine, 2016, DVD-Box Set Volume 1 & 2. 0701197948082
• The Infinite Happiness, 2016, DVD. 0701197948105
• Koolhaas Houselife, 2016, DVD. 0701197948112
• Koolhaas Houselife, 2008, ISBN 978-88-903602-0-6.
• Koolhaas Houselife,^[6] 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-00-5.
• Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron,^[7] 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-01-2.
• Xmas Meier,^[8] 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-02-9.
• Gehry's Vertigo,^[9] 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-03-6.
• Inside Piano,^[10] 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-04-3.
• Living Architectures, 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-05-0.

References

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