Zaha Hadid: Words by Eva Jiricna by Laura Mark and Jim Stephenson | VDF

Описание: Today's collaboration between Virtual Design Festival and filmmakers Laura Mark and Jim Stephenson sees the launch of their film Zaha Hadid: Words by Eva Jiřičná.

"She never lost her confidence, she always knew that her work was really outstanding," Jiřičná says of architect Zaha Hadid in this new film from Mark and Stephenson, shown for the first time as part of VDF. "She suffered from the lack of understanding."

The footage was shot as part of a documentary that the filmmakers made for the Architects' Journal in 2017 to mark the one year anniversary of Zaha Hadid's death.

This short film shows the architect's work and features her friend Jiřičná speaking of Hadid, whom she had known since she was a student at the Architectural Association (AA).

"We wanted that film to draw on the voices of those who had known Zaha well – her close friends and colleagues, and we paired their voices with buildings which had marked particular moments in her career – the Vitra Fire Station, the MAXXI, and the Olympic Swimming Pool," Mark explained.

The original documentary was one of the duo's first longer films and as their film-making has developed since, Stephenson returned to the project during lockdown and decided to make this short film focusing on Jiřičná.

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