This Space Available (2011)
90 min
Billboards and commercial messages dominate the public space like never before. Can we reverse this visual pollution? This Space Available looks at diverse activists from the worlds of advertising, street art, and politics. Influenced by the writing of Marc Gobé ( Emotional Branding ), his daughter Gwenaëlle directs with tremendous verve in her depiction of New Yorkers and others around the world who want to reclaim the integrity of their cities against an onslaught of visual pollution. From 240 hours of film, 160 interviews, and visits to 11 countries on five continents, This Space Available charts a fascinating variety of struggles against unchecked advertising and suggests that more than aesthetics is at stake. If Jacques Attali once called noise pollution an act of violence, is visual pollution also such an act?
- Release date
- November 5, 2011
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
Trailer
Cast
- David Allan as Self
- Robert Barocci as Self
- Lawrence Bridges as Self
- Barbara Broide as Self
- Garnet Coleman as Self
- Marcelo Dantas as Self
- Jonathan Day as Self
- Robert Desimone as Self
- Ronald Lee Fleming as Self
- Cathryn Gudis as Self
Crew
- Gwenaëlle Gobé · Director
- Chidem Alie · Writer
- Elisa Bonora · Writer
- Marc Gobe · Writer
- Chidem Alie · Producer
- Marc Gobe · Producer
- Gwenaëlle Gobé · Producer
- Adam Peters · Composer
- Monika Lenczewska · Cinematographer
- Elisa Bonora · Editor