NC Modernist Houses Launches 2014-2015 MODTriangle Architecture Movie Series

RALEIGH, N.C. - Oct. 1, 2014 - PRLog -- North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) and MODTriangle Realty will launch the 2014-2015 MODTriangle Architecture Movie Series this Wednesday, October 1, at Full Frame Theater, American Tobacco Campus, Durham, NC, with a special showing of “Fully Awake: Black Mountain College” at 7:30 p.m.

Before the film, North Carolina State University College of Design Adjunct Associate Professor Margret Kentgens-Craig, author of The Bauhaus in America, will speak about the Bauhaus movement and Black Mountain College’s influence on architecture.

From October through February, NCMH and MODTriangle Realty will screen films focused on architecture once a month. Full Frame Theater will host most, but not all, of the films. The theater is located within the American Tobacco Campus at 319 Blackwell Street, Durham, NC 27701 (919.431.1566).

“Fully Awake: Black Mountain College” is a documentary film that explores the college's radical approach to arts education. Throughout its existence from 1933-1957, this unique college in Western North Carolina was an influential experiment in education that inspired and shaped 20th century American art. This film screening is sponsored by Dail Dixon, FAIA.

On Wednesday, November 5, the movie series continues at Full Frame Theater with “Unfinished Spaces,” sponsored by BuildSense. This documentary looks at the radical designs three young, visionary architects created in 1961 when Fidel Castro and Che Guevara invited them to produce Cuba’s National Art Schools on the grounds of a former golf course in Havana, Cuba.

On Wednesday, December 3, comedy comes to the MODTriangle Movie Series when architect/blogger/comedian Jody Brown and stand-up comedian Marcie Maier accompany a screening of “The Fountainhead” (location to be announced). This classic 1949 film is based on Ayn Rand’s novel by the same name, which illuminates idealism versus reality in the pursuit of architecture. Starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal, the film now displays some humerous and awkward moments, which Brown and Maier will exploit. The event is sponsored by Carrington Electric LLC.

On Wednesday, January 7, Full Frame Theater will host a documentary about Santiago Calatrava Valls, the renowned Spanish neo-futuristic architect, structural engineer, sculptor, and painter whose buildings are often considered giant sculpture. The specific film and the location for the screening will be announced at a later date. Center Studio Architecture will sponsor the Calatrava film.

On Wednesday, February 4, the 2014-2015 series will conclude with “The Competition,” a documentary on the politics and the power struggles of an architecture competition for the Andorran National Museum of Art. The competition pitted five world-renowned "starchitects" against each other: Jean Nouvel, Frank Gehry, Dominique Perrault, Zaha Hadid, and Norman Foster. The museum remains unbuilt. This special screening, sponsored by Blueplate PR, will be held at the AIA NC Center for Architecture & Design, 14 East Peace Street, Raleigh, NC (919.833.6656).

All films begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door. NCMH Mod Squad members are admitted free until capacity is reached. Seating is very limited so movie-goers are encouraged to arrive early.

George Smart, NCMH director, will also raffle off various architecture-related items after each screening.

Additional sponsors for the 2014-2015 NCMH MODTriangle Movie Series include The Kitchen Specialist in Durham, VMZinc in Raleigh, and Palette & Parlor in Chapel Hill.

For more information on the movie series and NCMH in general, visit www.ncmodernst.com.

About North Carolina Modernist Houses:

North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) is an award-winning, 501C3 nonprofit organization established in 2007 and dedicated to documenting, preserving, and promoting Modernist residential design. The website is now the largest open digital archive for Modernist residential design in America. NCMH also hosts popular architecture events every month and frequent home tours, giving the public access to the most exciting residential architecture, past and present. These tours and events raise awareness and help preserve these "livable works of art" for future generations. For more information: www.ncmodernist.org.