To Remain in the No Longer
In 1962, Oscar Niemeyer was invited to conceive an international fairground in the city of Tripoli, Lebanon, which was never completed. _To Remain in the No Longer_ looks at how architecture operates in this failed state. By examining the precarity of the project site that remains to this day, the film reflects on the country’s current socio-economic crisis.
| Director | Joyce Joumaa |
| Actor | Matthew Wolkow |
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Light on Concrete
Radio Echoes
A plant growing through the cracks
كيف لا نغرق في السراب
Under the gaze of Joyce Joumaa, optical tracking shots and lateral panoramas reveal the unfinished works of architect Oscar Niemeyer, originally intended for an international fair in the city of Tripoli. Through the vanishing points of the structures and the geometric tensions that echo between the architect's work and that of the filmmaker, Joumaa subtly traces the socio-political issues underlying these structures. Some recall childhood memories there. Others see it as a metaphor for the 2019 economic collapse or the city’s recent structural failures. Through a series of tableaux, the emptiness no longer appears inert from Joumaa’s perspective, but gradually transforms into movement — a movement punctuated by a sound design that blends archival radio broadcasts with futuristic music, evoking a new dawn carried by the voices of those living on the margins.
Matthew Wolkow
Filmmaker and curious by profession
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Français
38 mn
Language: Français -
English
38 mn
Language: English
- Année 2023
- Pays Quebec, Lebanon
- Durée 38
- Producteur Centre canadien d'architecture
- Langue Arab
- Sous-titres French, English
- Résumé court Through the story of Oscar Niemeyer’s unfinished fairground in Tripoli, this film examines how abandoned architecture exposes the political and cultural forces shaping a fractured nation.
- Ordre 6
Light on Concrete
Radio Echoes
A plant growing through the cracks
كيف لا نغرق في السراب
Under the gaze of Joyce Joumaa, optical tracking shots and lateral panoramas reveal the unfinished works of architect Oscar Niemeyer, originally intended for an international fair in the city of Tripoli. Through the vanishing points of the structures and the geometric tensions that echo between the architect's work and that of the filmmaker, Joumaa subtly traces the socio-political issues underlying these structures. Some recall childhood memories there. Others see it as a metaphor for the 2019 economic collapse or the city’s recent structural failures. Through a series of tableaux, the emptiness no longer appears inert from Joumaa’s perspective, but gradually transforms into movement — a movement punctuated by a sound design that blends archival radio broadcasts with futuristic music, evoking a new dawn carried by the voices of those living on the margins.
Matthew Wolkow
Filmmaker and curious by profession
-
Français
Duration: 38 minutesLanguage: Français38 mn -
English
Duration: 38 minutesLanguage: English38 mn
- Année 2023
- Pays Quebec, Lebanon
- Durée 38
- Producteur Centre canadien d'architecture
- Langue Arab
- Sous-titres French, English
- Résumé court Through the story of Oscar Niemeyer’s unfinished fairground in Tripoli, this film examines how abandoned architecture exposes the political and cultural forces shaping a fractured nation.
- Ordre 6
