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𝙄𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 : 𝙑𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙚 𝙄𝙄𝙄 - 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝

The third film, 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘐𝘐𝘐 - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 opens with construction of the 𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘵, a structural design made with their developed concrete canvas, in their backyard lab in Galicia. Their journey of constantly searching for new earthy materials and new discovery which began early on in the quarry in Galicia led them into acquiring an abandoned quarry in Menorca, Spain over a decade and half later. They called it 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢 (the house of the earth). By transforming this quarry to its original form when it was in use over a century before, not just to become a habitable place for them but an inspiring laboratory to explore and push the boundaries of their discoveries and designs further.

In the coda of this volume, 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢, the great violinist, Hilary Hahn, who not just describes the effect and inspiration of 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢 on her music but also performs one of the six partitas composed by Antón García-Abril (the composer), entitled 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, inside 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢.

Written & Directed by Hamid Shams
Inspiration & Support from Peter & Cathy Halstead
Cinematography & Edit: Hamid Shams
Post Audio Mix: Matt Gundy
Production Assistant & Translator: Maribel Sanchez Quevedo
Animation: Studio Kazoo
Assistant with Archival footage: Alvaro Catalan
Produced by Hamid Shams / BBP Films for Tippet Rise Art Center