Movie: Two Projects by Friedrich Kiesler

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    The film explores two projects by Austrian artist and visionary Frederick Kiesler (1890–1965): the model for ENDLESS HOUSE (1959) that is currently exhibited at the Kiesler Foundation in Vienna and THE SHRINE OF THE BOOK designed and built by Frederick Kiesler and Armand Bartos in Jerusalem (1959-65).

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    2009-01-01

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    Photography and beyond – Part 14

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    Documentary

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