Evenings with DADo: Lewerentz Divine Darkness
Tue April 8th @ 18:30 pm- 21:00 pm
Join DADo at Walsh Street for a DADo screening of Lewerentz Divine Darkness! Prior to the screening a short introduction by director Sven Blume, pre recorded for our DADo audience.
Sigurd Lewerentz is one of Sweden’s most regarded architects, considered a master of the profession internationally. His output was small, but his unique solutions were decades ahead of their time.
Lewerentz did not like to be filmed or interviewed. His person, like his buildings, is surrounded by a mysterious, indefinable aura.
But in a root cellar in Lund, there is an unknown treasure. Stored here are film reels and audio tapes recorded by the architect Bernt Nyberg, capturing Lewerentz during his last years. From the cellar, a cultural-historical journey begins, where the stylistic traces of Lewerentz within Nordic architecture become palpable. Classicism and modernism converge in a poetic brutality that awakens our deepest cultural memories.
Title: Lewerentz Divine Darkness
Run Time: 70 mins
Language: Swedish and English (English Subtitles)
Sven Blume is a Stockholm-based film director specializing in documentary filmmaking. He graduated from the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2013 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Documentary Film. Since then, he has worked extensively as a director on documentary projects and has collaborated across disciplines within fine art, architecture, music videos, and dance.
Since its world premiere in spring 2024, his latest feature-length documentary Lewerentz Divine Darkness has had a national cinema and broadcast release in Sweden, along with some 100 special screenings/festivals in 25 countries worldwide.
His previous films include Crooked Lines of Beauty – My Grandfather, the Architect Carl Nyrén (2021) and For Somebody Else (2020), a documentary about surrogate mothers in the United States, along with several short films.
Blume’s films have received critical acclaim, winning awards and being screened at festivals worldwide, as well as in museums, galleries, cinemas, and on public broadcasters in multiple countries. In recognition of his contributions to film, he became a member of the Swedish Film Academy in 2023.