future architecture
Asking architects to dream about future/futuristic dwellings and cities for the movie industry is nothing new. Asking sci-fi matte painters and concept designers from the movie industry to lecture to and inspire architects is perhaps more so.
This is exactly what architecture futurist Geoff Manaugh did: on May 8th, at the Art Center College of Design, he invited the amazing Ryan Church, James Clyne, Mark Goerner and Ben Procter (see also here) to give their take on future architecture. In addition, three films were shown: Giant Robot, K.I.L.L., 2x4x96.
It is interesting to see how matte painters in a sense also work in a scenario-based way, by designing e.g. a cityscape by seeing it as connected to and co-shaped by the society of which it is part. We already highlighted the work of Syd Mead in this respect.
As a matter of fact, we got a nice email from Joaquin Montalvan the other day, who was so kind to let us know that his movie ‘Visual Futurist: the art and life of Syd Mead’ is finally out and available to the public.
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