Bêka & Lemoine

Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine are two architectural artists and filmmakers. Their films focus on the relationship of people and design, emphasising the presence of everyday life within some of the most iconic architectural projects of recent decades. Bêka's and Lemoine's complete work (16 films) has been acquired in 2016 by MoMA, Museum of Modern Art in New York, and is now part of its permanent collection.

Filmography

 * 2008: Koolhaas Houselife (58min) - Documentary - Official Selection at 8th Venice Biennale of Architecture
 * 2010: "Inside Piano": The Submarine (39min), "The little Beaubourg (26min), "The power of silence (34min) - 3 Documentaries
 * 2013: Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron (51min) - Documentary
 * 2013: Xmas Meier (51min) - Documentary
 * 2013: Gehry's Vertigo, (48min) - Documentary - Official Selection at 10th Venice Biennale of Architecture (extract)
 * 2013: Living Architectures Zip (60min) - Documentary - Best Film at ArchFilmLund Festival, Sweden
 * 2013: 25bis (46min) - Documentary
 * 2014: La Maddalena (12min) - Video installation - Official Selection at 14th Venice Biennale of Architecture
 * 2014: La Maddalena Chair (25min) - Video installation - Official Selection at 14th Venice Biennale of Architecture
 * 2014: 24 heures sur place (90min) - Documentary - Special Jury Prize at 32nd Torino Film Festival
 * 2014: L'expérience du vide (45min) - Documentary
 * 2014: Barbicania (90min) - Documentary - Art project commissioned by Barbican Centre
 * 2015: The Infinite Happiness (85min) - Documentary
 * 2015: Spiriti (15x3min circa)- Video installation- Art project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milano
 * 2016: Voyage autour de la Lune (75min) - Documentary
 * 2016: Selling Dreams (25min + 12min) - Video installation - Official Selection Oslo Triennale
 * 2017: Moriyama-San (63min) - Documentary - Best Prize at Architecture Film Festival London
 * 2019: Butohouse (34min) - Documentary - International Premiere at DocAviv Film Festival.
 * 2017-2024: Homo Urbanus (13 x 55min) - Video installation - Official Selection Seoul Biennale, Agora Biennale in Bordeaux
 * 2020: Tokyo Ride (90min) - Documentary - Artistic Vision Award, Depth of Field Competition - Best Prize - Docaviv Film Festival, 2020
 * 2021: Oslavia, The Cave of the Past Future (17min) - Video installation - World premiere at MAXXI Museum in Rome
 * 2022: Big Ears Listen with Feet (93min) - Special Mention, Milano Design Film Festival, MDFF 2022, Milan
 * 2023: Rehab from Rehab (86min) - In competition at Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Prague
 * 2024: The Sense of Tuning (96min) - International Premiere at Fondation Cartier in Paris

Teaching

 * In 2024-2020 they taught the course "Filming Architecture" at the AAM, the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, in Switzerland.[2]
 * In 2022-2019 they taught the Diploma Unit "Homo Urbanus, Laboratory for Sensitive Observers" at AA School, Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.[1]
 * In 2021 the taught The Berlage Theory Master Class "A Journey Round My Room" at The Berlage Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design, in Delft.[3]
 * In 2020 they taught the course "MAXXI Architecture Film Summer School" at MAXXI The National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome, IT.[4]
 * In 2019-2020 they taught the course "Voyage autour de ma chambre" at HEAD, Haute École d'art et de design de Genève.
 * In 2017 they taught the course "The Emotion of Space" at Domaine de Boisbuchet in Lessac, France.
 * In 2016 and 2015 they taught the course "Filming Architecture" with Marco Müller and Louise Lemoine at the AAM, the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, in Switzerland.
 * In 2014 and 2013 they taught the course "Cinema & Architecture" at GSAPP Columbia University for the New York/Paris program.

Recognition

 * MoMA, Museum of Modern Art in New York: The complete work (16 films) of Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine has been acquired for the permanent collection.
 * CNAP, Centre National des Arts Plastiques: "Koolhaas Houselife" and "La Maddalena" have been acquired for the permanent collection.
 * FRAC Centre, Orléans: "Butohouse", "Moriyama-San", "The Infinite Happiness", "Selling Dreams", "Gehry's Vertigo" have been acquired for the permanent collection.
 * Awarded by Metropolis (architecture magazine) as Game Changer 2015.
 * Artists in residence at Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto, Japan, 2018.
 * Rome Prize Italian Fellow at American Academy in Rome (Ila Bêka), Italy, 2018.
 * Selected by Icon Design as one of the 100 most talented personalities in the world in 2017.
 * Presented by the Metropolitan Museum of Art as one of the “Most exciting and critical design project of the year 2016”.
 * Prix d'Honneur FILAF 2020, Festival International du Livre d’Art et du Film, Perpignan, 2020.

Published Books and Dvd-Books

 * The Emotional Power of Space, 2023, B&L, 979-10-92194-06-7
 * Beka & Lemoine, 2016, DVD-Box Set Volume 1 & 2. 0701197948082
 * The Infinite Happiness, 2016, DVD. 0701197948105
 * Koolhaas Houselife, 2016, DVD. 0701197948112
 * Koolhaas Houselife, 2008, ISBN 978-88-903602-0-6.
 * Koolhaas Houselife, 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-00-5.
 * Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron, 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-01-2.
 * Xmas Meier, 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-02-9.
 * Gehry's Vertigo, 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-03-6.
 * Inside Piano, 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-04-3.
 * Living Architectures, 2013, ISBN 979-10-92194-05-0.