简介：FromfilmmakerVictorKossakovskycomesanepic,intimateandpoeticmeditationonarchitectureandhowthedesignandconstructionofbuildingsfromtheancientpastrevealourdestruction–andofferhopeforsurvivalandawayforward.CenteringonalandscapeprojectbytheItalianarchitectMicheleDeLucchi,Kossakovskyusesthecircletoreflectontheriseandfallofcivilisations,capturingbreathtakingimageryfromthetempleruinsofBaalbekinLebanon,datingbacktoAD60,totherecentdestructionofcitiesinTurkeyfollowinga7.8magnitudeearthquakeinearly2023.Rocksandstoneconnectthedisparatesocieties,fromghostlymonolithsstuckintheearthtotragicheapsofconcreterubblewaitingtobehauledoffandrepurposedanew.ThroughKossakovsky’sinquisitivelens,thegrandeurandfollyofhumanityanditsprecariousrelationshipwithnaturepositstheurgentquestion:Howdowebuild,andhowcanwebuildbetter,beforeit’stoolate?…