Modern Ruins (5 parts)
A 5-part documentary series
In cooperation with ZDF/arte
A 5-part series about the disintegrating modern monuments witnessing rise and fall, economical boom, cracked dreams and utopias, structural and political changes and how nature reconquers cultivated living space.
1. Kolmanskop – A Diamond Ghost Town in Namibia
2. Piramida – A Soviet Beachhead on Spitsbergen
3. Lohberg – The Revival of a Coal Mine
4. Fordlândia – Henry Ford’s Jungle Utopia
5. Detroit – Hope for the Motor City
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Modern Ruins (5 parts)
A 5-part documentary series
In cooperation with ZDF/arte
The series highlights visually impressive ruins, which embody the major topics of the 20th and 21st century. These ruins engrave the developments of our contemporary society: the struggle of social systems (Pyramids of Spitsbergen), Globalization (Fordlândia), colonialism (Coleman’s Hill), handling of resources and energy (Zeche Lohberg) and mobility (Detroit). The series MODERN RUINS describes the dynamics of modern times, which is defined by the will for constant progress, but inevitably has to slow down.
The technical term for this process is „Creative Destruction“ and is used in the economic sciences. It describes the downside of progress and globalization. Every economic development is built on constructive, respectively creative destruction. Old structures are replaced by more efficient solutions and innovations and finally demolished. Thus destruction is necessary and not a system failure, it enables reconstruction.
Only recently Alan Greenspan stated the connection of consistent enhancement of the life quality in the USA through globalization and progress to “Creative Destruction” of working environments in the western world. In the USA one million people loose their job per week and have to find a new one. In the series MODERN RUINS we take a look at the testimonials of progress, which give us a further understanding of our contemporary culture.
1. Kolmanskop – A Diamond Ghost Town in Namibia
2. Piramida – A Soviet Beachhead on Spitsbergen
3. Lohberg – The Revival of a Coal Mine
4. Fordlândia – Henry Ford’s Jungle Utopia
5. Detroit – Hope for the Motor City
Idea and Concept: Christian Beetz, Georg Tschurtschenthaler
Directors:
Reinhild Dettmer-Finke - Kolmanskuppe
Markus Reher - Piramida
Kai Christiansen - Lohberg
Christiane von Schwind - Fordlândia
Alice Agneskirchner - Detroit
Graphic Design: Susanne Radelhof
Production Manager: Nick Pastucha, Sarah Maret
Line Producer: Kathrin Isberner, Susanne Heinz
Production Accounting: Daniela Schöne
Producer: Anahita Nazemi
Executive Producer: Christian Beetz
Editorial Assistance: Marika Abada
Commissioning Editor ZDF/ARTE: Marita Hübinger, Caroline Auret
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