Documentary shows the concrete reality of Le Corbusier’s Indian utopia

A new film about Chandigarh, the Indian city planned by star architect Le Corbusier, raises questions about cultural imperialism and the requisite “Swissness” of Swiss documentaries. https://t.co/hEAsD1tj3E

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"What The Power of Utopia sets out to explore through its collage of archival images, Le Corbusier quotes, interviews with local artists, architects, and urban activists, and architectural vistas – most of them filmed on the many cycling tours Karrer and Bucher took through the city during their eight-month artists' residency – is the relationship between Chandigarh's utopian blueprints and its existence as an actual physical space."

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