Buildings conceived by architects decades ago continue to live a separate life on screen, becoming images of the future, imagined worlds, or alternative versions of the present. This lecture looks at how real spaces are transformed into fictional ones, how the same buildings shift their appearance from one film to another, and how production designers and concept artists reinterpret twentieth-century architecture.

The session will approach cinema as a system of spaces, and architecture as a foundation of visual style and an important element in shaping the rules of invented worlds. It will bring together a range of examples, from classic science fiction to contemporary series, from large-scale Hollywood productions to lower-budget films shot in real architectural locations.

Examples discussed during the lecture will include Gattaca, Equilibrium, Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, Men in Black, Brazil, Interstellar, Andor, Westworld, and others.

Katya Telegina is a film and commercial director, educator, researcher of the visual language of cinema and television, and author of the Telegram channel Teledzhina. She is the author of several educational programmes on directing, art direction, and editing, and teaches and lectures at film schools including Industry, Bang Bang Education, Wordshop Academy of Communications, and others.

The lecture will take place on April 19 at 4:00 pm at 59 Masanchi Street, Almaty, Tselinny, ORTA 1 Hall. Free admission, no registration required.