ENERGEIA

Young filmmaker Hannah Kersten has finally found a place to live – in Crooswijk, the ‘real’ Rotterdam. But she notices that the neighbourhood is changing rapidly. Is she part of the problem? With Now I Live Here, Kersten offers a personal take on gentrification, eviction and displacement.

Take a journey through time to the heart of Fukushima before the nuclear disaster. An immersive and sensitive VR documentary told through the eyes of former residents, about the connection you build with the shopping streets, schools and houses where you spend your life.

Architecture, ideology and geopolitical ambition all converge in the myth of Eurasia, an idea that met several revivals in the 20th century, most notably under Kazakh president Nazarbayev who cast himself as a Eurasian visionary and architect. 

Visit Mouraria, Lisbon, in the near future: thriving, self-sufficient and no longer plagued by over-tourism or the government. Artists Pedro Gil Farias and Hugo Pilate recreated the real Mouraria district in Fortnite and, with Lagares do Alvará, tell a critical story about urban renewal and the pursuit of ‘smooth cities’ without rough edges.

One morning, a woman looks out from her home in Los Angeles, where she sees an unfamiliar tent. A humorous augmented reality fairy tale about our strange behaviour towards homeless people.