Cast in concrete, and positioned on Ballyloughane Beach in Ireland, the installation of two Brutalist architectural benches on the Galway coast polarized opinion among the local community. Sparking a public reaction between the positive and the scathing, the broad perspective they were met with reflects the often divisive nature of urban architecture – as the tone shifts from admiration and appreciation, to criticism on the use of council funding, and the realities of their presence in practice.
Capturing these imposing forms while the public weigh in on their arrival, director Ane Crisan illuminates the online debate that accompanied the structures for short film The Benches of Ballyloughane. Seeing wit and humor in the pithy remarks directed at the benches, Crisan finds a fitting narrative in the discussion that already surrounded them, exploring how two static objects can generate new conversations that define the space they inhabit – and how interactions between them can determine their fate. …read more at nowness.com
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