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Screening | A Road not Taken
Thursday | May 2 | 7PM
18 Wooster Street
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On the occasion of IDEAS CITY, Swiss Institute is pleased to screen A Road not Taken, a documentary film by Swiss artists Christina Hemauer and Roman Keller.
In 1979, Jimmy Carter, in a visionary move, installed solar panels on the roof of the White House. This functional and symbolic installation was dismantled in 1986 during the Reagan presidency. Unity College, an environmentally-minded centre of learning in Maine, acquired the panels in 1991 and later installed them on the roof of the campus cafeteria.
In A Road not Taken, filmmakers Hemauer and Keller travel back in time, following the panels' route from the White House to Unity College. The film includes interviews with decision-makers who guided the panels on this journey, as well as with figures from the 1970s energy crisis. It provides a unique look at how this initial installation has presaged our own era.
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ABOUT IDEAS CITY
IDEAS CITY explores the future of cities around the globe with the belief that arts and culture are essential to the vitality of urban centers, making them better places to live, work, and play. Founded by the New Museum in 2011, IDEAS CITY is a major collaborative initiative between hundreds of arts, education, and civic organizations. This yearâs theme is Untapped Capital, with participants focused on resources that are under-recognized or underutilized in our cities.
IDEAS CITY is a four-day Festival of conferences and workshops, an innovative StreetFest around the Bowery, and more than one hundred independent projects and public events that are forums for exchanging ideas, proposing solutions, and accelerating creativity.
More info: ideas-city.org
Plan your visit: ideas-city.org/visit
Twitter: @IDEASCITY #IDEASCITY
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