{"id":3744,"date":"2026-08-06T22:38:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T04:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brunner-sung.com\/?post_type=portfolio&p=3744"},"modified":"2026-09-08T22:31:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T04:31:25","slug":"the-garden-city","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.brunner-sung.com\/?portfolio=the-garden-city","title":{"rendered":"The Garden City (2007)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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To what extent can we control the lived environment, and how does this impact our lives? A consideration of growth and development that suggests all landscapes are human.

13min 30sec, 16mm

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\u201cTraveling to Bangalore, India from Valencia, California, Brunner-Sung\u2019s brief essay meditates on a quote from Oscar Wilde\u2019s The Soul of Man Under Socialism \u2014 \u2018The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not on its growth and development.\u2019\u201d \u2013Images Festival<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CREDITS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written, directed, produced, shot, and edited by VERA BRUNNER-SUNG
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SCREENINGS

2015
Experimental Response Cinema, Austin, TX

2011
ARTLAB+ Film Forum, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.

2010
\u201cSouthern California Landscapes via Experimental Film,\u201d 7 Dudley Cinema, Venice, CA

2009
Last Friday Shorts at TAP, Southend-on-Sea, England

2009
\u201cCast Glances, New Films,\u201d Spool Mfg, Johnson City, NY \/ \u201cThe Underground City,\u201d DIVUS, London, England \/ $100 Film Festival, Calgary

2008
\u201cMy Footnote to David Askevold,\u201d Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles \/ Images Festival, Toronto \/ Los Angeles Filmforum \/ Urban Research at Director\u2019s Lounge, Berlin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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