carsten nicolai . future past perfect pt. 02 (cité radieuse)

Music: Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - City Radieuse Stream & download: From Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto’s album “REVEP (reMASTER): ’City Radieuse’ was composed for the 2012 short cinematic essay titled ‘Cité Radieuse’ and part of Carsten Nicolai’s ’future past perfect’ series. The video shot at le Corbusier’s Unité D’Habitation in Nantes (called ’cité radieuse’) takes the viewer through the modular system and design applied to the residential buildings. The film’s narrative unfolds through a sequence of images tracking the apartments’ indoor space and details, and points to the different benchmarks of standardized production as they correlate to their environment and its inhabitants. More info: