Outdoor Cinema on Library Green Roof

01 June 2023 20:00 till 22:00 - Location: TU Delft Library Roof | Add to my calendar

Join the students of the TU Delft for the annual outdoor cinema on the green roof, showing The Five Obstructions (2003). This documentary shows how one finds creativity in reinterpretation, even with severe limitations. Friend and foe filmmaker Lars Von Trier challenges Jørgen Leth, director of the cult short film, The Perfect Human (1967), to remake his classic short under circumstances of increasing constraint.

Location: Library Greenroof (free and open to the TU community, seating is first come first serve and ticket will be required. Bring your own blanket and refreshments.) **Rain date will be Friday, June 2. ***For disabilities accommodation, please contact: Events-library[at]tudelft.nl 

The evening will begin with an interactive quiz by the students of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Sustainability, helping us re-consider the environmental effects of the film industry.

Programme:
20:00     Welcome by Library
20:03     Leiden Delft Erasmus Centre for Sustainability Students quiz
20:10     Trailers: Six Hour Film Festival Winners
20:15     Introduction to feature by Laura Barendregt, PhD candidate in Industrial Design
20.20     Start film, The Five Obstructions
22.00     End

Laura Barendregt is a PhD candidate at IDE. Her research looks at how design can contribute to the development of more critical, inclusive and democratic ways of engaging with futures, with a specific focus on public participation and education.

Organised by TUS+/ORAS/Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Sustainability students & TU Delft Library.

Photo credit: IMDB
Laura Barendregt