The article takes a closer look at a series of films and video performances that confront, assault, and more generally re-imagine the legacy and meaning of communist architecture in a post-communist world. Some of the works discussed are the Romanian artist Irina Botea’s video installations and photographs of 2003, revolving around the gigantic Ceausescu’s People’s House in Bucharest, and recent Romanian films in which the scenario revolves around the architecture of communist housing estates: 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006, director Corneliu Porumboiu), 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007, director Cristian Mungiu), and “C” Block Story (2003, director Cristian Nemescu).
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