The Proposal

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  • Cinematheque at Home
  • September 16th–20th, 2020
  • Directed by Jill Magid
  • 2018USA86 minutesEnglish

Performance artist Jill Magid is preparing a public exhibition inspired by the “emotional architecture” of Luis Barragán, the world renowned Mexican architect, engineer, and builder of colorful and luminous temple-like homes. To gain access to Barragán’s professional archives, she orchestrates a surreal scheme of cunning intrigue, as creative and defiant as it is profoundly ironic.

The Manitoba Association of Architects

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