Colonnade Park
With COLONNADE PARK, the last part of a documentary trilogy about modernist
residential buildings, Heidrun Holzfeind, after turning toward Rome (Corviale, Il Serpentone, 2001); and Warsaw (Behind the
Iron Gate, 2009); for the first time turns to the New World with the high-rise Colonnade as well as two pavilion buildings
by Mies van der Rohe in Newark, New Jersey. Built in the 1950s to appeal to a middle-class elite and make living in the center
of Newark attractive again, the building has a moving story behind it, which tells, over and above urban developments, of
social shifts. Holzfeind immediately produces an impressive result. Even more so than in previous films, here it is the house
that provides the structure – like a figure display case filled with portraits of current residents of the house. (Dominik
Kamalzadeh)
Director's Biography
Heidrun Holzfeind, geboren 1972 in Lienz, Österreich. Ihre
Arbeit befragt immanente architektonische und soziale Utopien und lotet die Grenze zwischen Geschichte und Identität, zwischen
individuellen Geschichten und den politischen Narrativen der Gegenwart aus. // www.heidrunholzfeind.com
OK Artist in Residence 2012
Heidrun Holzfeind
Austria / USA
2011
color
54 minutes
Screenplay Heidrun Holzfeind
Cinematography Heidrun Holzfeind
Editing Heidrun Holzfeind