László Moholy-Nagy’s cinematic diary is a record of the 4th Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM) that took place in summer 1933 under the theme “The Functional City”. The congress was held aboard the Greek passenger steamer Patris II that cruised between Marseille, the Aegean Islands, and Athens, where an exhibition and the closing session took place. This silent 29-minute film depicts lectures, working sessions, and discussions taking place in an informal and relaxed ambient in the Mediterranean Sea. In contrast was the tense political atmosphere in Nazi Germany that led among other things to the closing of the Bauhaus school.
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