Between 1971 and 1972, Superstudio created five stories dedicated to the five primary, “fundamental” acts of human life, five films: Surface – An alternative model for life on Earth, Education, Love, Death e Ceremony.

An electronic poem in which sounds by Edgar Varèse accompany images by Le Corbusier. Poème Électronique was commissioned by Philips and displayed at the company’s pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair. Le Corbusier created what he himself defined as ‘a poem in a bottle’.

A documentary about the life of the architect Carlo Scarpa. Hearing Scarpa’s own voice and words in the excerpt from the famous lesson held in Vienna in 1976 is especially enlightening.

Enzo Mari, designer. It would be enough to listen to Mari’s words during the interview, even without watching the video.

‘I believe design is not a game but an act of war.’

Architect Paolo Soleri talks about his education and dedicating his life to the Arcosanti project, an experimental city, which he began building in the 1970s in the Arizona desert. His words and work are strikingly apt to the days we are living now and prove the depth and weight of his conception.