On Tuesday, 16 April, the arthouse cinema "Lichtblick", a student initiative of Paderborn University, will be showing the film "Power of Utopia - Living with Le Corbusier in Chandigarh" at 8.30 pm in Paderborn's Pollux cinema (Westernstraße 34).
Free student tickets
At least thirty free student tickets are available through the AStA Kulturticket. These can be redeemed at the cinema box office at the earliest one week before the screening by presenting your student ID together with an official photo ID.
Further information on the film "Power of Utopia - Living with Le Corbusier in Chandigarh"
Shortly after the liberation from British colonial rule, the planned city of Chandigarh was built at the foot of the Himalayas according to the ideas of the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier. It was intended to fulfil his vision of a modern, humane and just city built according to the "measure of man". Known in India as the "Beautiful City", the 56-sector, rectangular complex with its open spaces, parks, swimming pools and protected trees, with its cultural buildings, universities and places of worship, is regarded on the one hand as a masterpiece of urban planning and on the other as an act of Western cultural imperialism. "Utopia is the reality of tomorrow", said Le Corbusier 70 years ago. The film explores this thesis in conversation with the residents of Chandigarh.
Programme for the 2024 summer semester: "CineCity"
The student-run arthouse cinema "Lichtblick" has been organising a film series in the Pollux cinema every semester since 2003, showing selected classics, cult films and curiosities. The new programme for the 2024 summer semester, "CineCity", focuses on the city in film. Whether realistically documented or fantastically staged, the big city exerts a special fascination for film. The urbanisation of the 20th century led to the emergence of a mass culture in which cinema also played its part. But the big city and film are also intrinsically linked. Industry, fast means of transport and a high population density characterise the city as a place of acceleration.
Further information and the complete programme can be found on the website of the "Lichtblick" arthouse cinema.
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