[vittorio viganò's] la scala is a rather small house on a spectacular headland overlooking lake garda. it consists of two horizontal concrete planes in which the rooms are shaped by glass separators and it is characterized by a long stairway that connects the house to the banks of the lake. in her new film, aglaia konrad combines in a split-screen different views of the villa and its surroundings. (penelope curtis)cinematography léo lefèvre | editing dana munro, aglaia konrad | sound giulia del piero | producer vidok | screening format dcp | distribution auguste orts
the title of the film indicates a relationship, or what is more, trust and intimacy: 'donald judd and i' is like something said in passing and only up close. but in fact and from the very start, sasha pirker's four-minute miniature encapsulates manifold relationships and shifting dynamics. (esther buss)
the passage is one of the few realized works by the artist walter pichler. its completion was due thanks to a passionate private collector, the dream of every artist. the building becomes a manifestation of their relationship. (prod. info) 
the camera records details of the façade and interior rather than 'telling about' the sizes of the spaces and their built arrangement, for example, through a tour of the building. the clearly drawn lines and diverse opportunities to look in, out, and through, provide evidence of classical modernism's formal language, and also subject this formal language to a visual play of light and shadow, gray tones and black-and-white, dissolving the structure's three dimensions. (vrääth öhner)
draschan constructed his work of individual images, joining into a narrative. the film succeeds in providing a wholly unique interpretation of the materiality, the mood and the construction of the sacred space, and also in creating its own filmic reality. (harald krejci)
hotel guests look restrained, sedated in the diffuse light of the service provider's shimmering cage. a network of joists, pilasters and fluting exposes the proverbial off-season chill in the seating arrangements. smartphones and tablets mask a total lack of communication. (josef dabernig)