City Visions

Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London
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This event ended on Sunday 9th of November 2014
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Barbican Centre
Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS
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Barbican 0.17 miles

In the 21st century, the city will triumph. Already 50% of the earth’s population lives in urban centres, and as rural workers flock to cities around the world, this is predicted to rise to over 75% by 2050. Urban growth has never been more explosive.

This season of films, talks and debates, which takes Constructing Worlds exhibition in the Art Gallery as its catalyst, explores the ways in which cinema has engaged with the phenomenon of the modern city and the experience of urban life. Film has celebrated the freedoms and energy of the city; it has also provided memorable images of urban decay and anxiety, and engaged with key debates around architecture, urban planning and globalization.

Beginning with the cycle of silent films in the 1920s known as City Symphonies, and extending to current-day representations of life in the over-saturated megalopolises of South America, Africa and China, City Visions offers a compelling worldwide exploration of the urban environment and experience on screen.

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