Chandigarh's modern architecture is explored through Le Corbusier's early writings on repetition and order. The architect's zealous ideals taken from his 1929 text The City of Tomorrow and Its Planning are revisited via the buildings and symbolism of the planned capital city.
City of Tomorrow (trailer) (2017)
Other works by Gavin Hipkins
Gavin Hipkins
This Fine Island (2012)
Charles Darwin's 19th century travel writing becomes a vehicle for present day tourisms, travel romance, and racial othering.
Gavin Hipkins
The Quarry (2013)
Shot in Canterbury and post-earthquake Christchurch, The Quarry witnesses the city’s suburban rebuild while also documenting planned sites for new housing.
Gavin Hipkins
The Port (trailer) (2014)
Described as ‘apocalyptic’ The Port negotiates urban planning, the solar system, time travel, ecological fragility, memory and more.
Related writing & podcast
Sonya Lacey and Gavin Hipkins
Sonya Lacey and Gavin Hipkins
CIRCUIT Cast series·Artists In Conversation
The fourth episode in our long-form Artists in Conversation series sees Sonya Lacey and Gavin Hipkins discuss their work.
This is Old Zeeland: CIRCUIT in Europe 2018
This is Old Zeeland: CIRCUIT in Europe 2018
Essay
A round up of recent CIRCUIT screenings in Europe, audience response, and reflection on different models for exchange.