Friday night MOVIE on us! These wild urban dudes (and chicks) make Spiderman feel a little threatened. Now we know what team Cirque du Soleil does in their spare time.
A blog post that contains discussion on urban architecture and Cirque du Soleil?! Never saw it comin’! This eclectic intersection of concepts is exactly what makes this film so awesome. Our team fell “head over feet” with this video and after watching you’ll see why. Can’t wait for the full-length deal. Enjoy!
MY PLAYGROUND
A documentary film by Kaspar Astrup Schröder about movement in urban space.
The film explores the way Parkour and Freerunning is changing the perception of urban space and how the space is changing the traceurs and freerunners.
Mainly set in Copenhagen the film follows the making of the first dedicated parkour park in the world, designed by the Danish team, Team JiYo.
The film also travels around the world to Japan, United States, United Kingdom, and China to explore the common understanding of exploring the urban space seen from a traceur and freerunners perspective.
Founding architect of B.I.G. Architects, Bjarke Ingels in participating in exploring an untraditional path in perceiving a new approach to urban architecture and together with Team Jiyo he travels to Shanghai and Shenzhen to meet with a different people and culture. Does travel to the other end of the world change our understanding of movement in the urban space that surrounds us?
Featuring
Freerunners, traceurs, Architects, Urban Planners, Politicians and Philosophers from Japan, China, United States, United Kingdom and Denmark.
Premiere at Shenzhen & Hong Kong Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture on the 6th of December 2009. Released on dvd in the end of January 2010. The film will be approximately 30 minutes long.
[via kasparworks.com]
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Twitter: @paulhassing
Whoa! Nice one! Easily the best thing I’ve seen all week. Many thanks for the entertainment. I think this project has success written all over it. I’m off to tweet it now. I hope you get a truckload of interest. Best regards, P.
That was awesome!! These guys and gals are in some serious shape…if I attempted that I would have a set of broken ankles in a matter of seconds.
Twitter: @cheatspulse
Amazing, I’m an architecture student (though not urban) and a huge fan of cirque du soleil so I will definitely need to check this film out.
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