Director Alysa Nahmias on Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and The New Bauhaus
On this episode of Archinect Sessions we\u2019re sharing a conversation I had with\xa0Alysa Nahmias, the director and producer of the documentary film \u201cThe New Bauhaus.\u201d We recorded this conversation last month, poolside, a few hours before the film premiered to a packed house in the\xa0Annenberg Theater\xa0at the\xa0Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Alysa, a trained architect-turned-filmmaker, made her directorial debut in 2011 with\xa0Unfinished Spaces, a critically acclaimed documentary about the unfinished National Art School in Cuba.\xa0
While she has a number of producing credits under her belt, The New Bauhaus is the second documentary film project that she directed. The film focuses on the life and legacy of\xa0L\xe1szl\xf3 Moholy-Nagy, the Hungarian artist and teacher most famously known through his work at the Bauhaus. It\u2019s a beautifully told story, presented in a unique, non-linear fashion, narrated by\xa0Hans Ulrich Obrist\xa0who represent Maholy in a surprisingly effective way.\xa0
The film will be screened again at this year\u2019s\xa0Modernism Week\xa0in Palm springs, tomorrow, February 14th, followed by screenings at\xa0Melbourne Design Week\xa0the\xa0Architecture & Design Film Festival in DC\xa0in March, and in Los Angeles, at\xa0SC-Arc, in April. Full details can be found at\xa0thenewbauhaus.com.\xa0