Art House

The film reveals the inventiveness derived from the dialogue between each artist's practice and the construction of their handmade homes. The results range from the romantic (Hudson River School painter Frederic Church's Olana, framing views of the Catskills to echo his paintings), to the futuristic (Urbanist Paolo Soleri's silt-casted structure Cosanti growing out of experiments in bell making in the Arizona desert). Commentary from cultural critic Alastair Gordon and an original score by Jamie Rudolph help to evoke the spiritual dimension of the locations and argue the case that the intuitive vision of artists can create great architecture.

Cast

Eliphante

George Nakashim

Henry Chapman Mercer

Wharton Esherick

Paolo Soleri

Frederic Church

Raoul Hague

Henry Varnum Poor

Alastair Gordon

Russel Wright

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