From the organizer: “Ekümenopolis: City without limits” by Imre Azem
“If cities are a reflection of the society, what can we say about ourselves by looking at Istanbul? What kind of city are we leaving behind for future generations? Ecological limits have been surpassed. Economic limits have been surpassed. Population limits have been surpassed. Social cohesion has been lost. Here is the picture of neoliberal urbanism: Ecumenopolis.”
The background of the recent clashes in Turkey is the rapid transformation of a city, Istanbul, which has become, after London and Moscow, the third largest city in Europe with its nearby 15 million inhabitants. The process of increasing urbanization is investigated in the documentary “Ekümenopolis: City without limits“. Already in its title, Ecumenopolis echoes the term coined in 1967 by Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, a Greek city planner: the idea of a single continuous worldwide city as a result of current urbanization and population growth trends. The documentary questions the transformation’s dynamics featuring interviews with experts, academics, investors, city dwellers etc.
Director: Imre Azem
Year: 2012
duration: 88 min
Country: Turkey
IMDB rating: 8,2/10
More information: http://www.imdb.com/title/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/
Language: Turkish with Vietnamese and English subtitle
Free entrance, please get drinks/food to support the venue and An Ordinary City.
A screening organised in partnership with Six Space.
Monday, 17 April
8:30pm - 11:00pm
Yoko | 22A Nguyen Thi Dieu, D3, Ho Chi Minh City
