2 DVD, 316′, 19/9 & 4/3, Stereo, French with English subtitles
Graphics by Roch Deniau
Directed by Sylvie Boulanger and produced by Gilles Le Mao
Co-production cneai = et La Huit production
An advocate of disciplined anarchy and realistic utopia, Yona Friedman transcends disciplinary boundaries. Architect, artist, sociologist and anthropologist, he develops applied research into ways of inhabiting the earth… Rich in paradoxes beneath their apparent simplicity, Yona Friedman’s concepts of the spatial city and mobile architecture do not describe a model of society, but a process of self-decision. Far removed from any ideology, he expresses, with his characteristic humor and relevance, a thought of context… The right to understand and the right to interpret according to one’s own experience are the watchwords underlying a holistic and systemic, but above all political, philosophy… An illustrated two-and-a-half-hour interview, recorded in his Paris apartment in June 2016.
DVD 1
A major interview with Yona Friedman (2h30)
DVD 2
A slide show on the architect designed by Yona Friedman and set to music by Max-Louis Raugel
11 animated films - African Tales directed by Yona Friedman from 1960 to 1963