Ila Bêka is a contemporary Italian artist, filmmaker and producer
living in Paris. Ila Bêka is part of the artist duo Bêka &
Lemoine.Ila Bêka, together with Louise Lemoine, "are two of the
foremost architectural artists working today. Their films focus on the
relationship of people and design, emphasising the presence of
everyday life within some of the most iconic architectural projects of
recent decades". Bêka & Lemoine's complete work (16 films) was
acquired in 2016 by MoMA, Museum of Modern Art in New York, and is now
part of its permanent collection. The acquisition of a complete work
by MoMA, Museum of Modern Art is an extremely rare event for a living
artist.Ila Bêka trained as an architect with a degree from the
Università Iuav di Venezia of Venice and the École Nationale
Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville, where he studied with
Aldo Rossi, Manfredo Tafuri, Vittorio Gregotti, Massimo Cacciari,
Bernardo Secchi, Ugo La Pietra, Henri Ciriani and Jacques Lucan.Since
2005 he has been working in collaboration with Louise Lemoine with
whom he founded the research and creation platform Bêka & Lemoine.
Described by The New York Times as "cult figures in the European
architecture world", Bêka and Lemoine focus their work on
experimental new narrative and cinematographic forms in relation to
contemporary architecture. Koolhaas Houselife, the first film Bêka
co-directed with Lemoine in 2008, has been acclaimed by the
international critique as "The architectural cult movie".
living in Paris. Ila Bêka is part of the artist duo Bêka &
Lemoine.Ila Bêka, together with Louise Lemoine, "are two of the
foremost architectural artists working today. Their films focus on the
relationship of people and design, emphasising the presence of
everyday life within some of the most iconic architectural projects of
recent decades". Bêka & Lemoine's complete work (16 films) was
acquired in 2016 by MoMA, Museum of Modern Art in New York, and is now
part of its permanent collection. The acquisition of a complete work
by MoMA, Museum of Modern Art is an extremely rare event for a living
artist.Ila Bêka trained as an architect with a degree from the
Università Iuav di Venezia of Venice and the École Nationale
Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville, where he studied with
Aldo Rossi, Manfredo Tafuri, Vittorio Gregotti, Massimo Cacciari,
Bernardo Secchi, Ugo La Pietra, Henri Ciriani and Jacques Lucan.Since
2005 he has been working in collaboration with Louise Lemoine with
whom he founded the research and creation platform Bêka & Lemoine.
Described by The New York Times as "cult figures in the European
architecture world", Bêka and Lemoine focus their work on
experimental new narrative and cinematographic forms in relation to
contemporary architecture. Koolhaas Houselife, the first film Bêka
co-directed with Lemoine in 2008, has been acclaimed by the
international critique as "The architectural cult movie".
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