After years in the making, a new feature-length documentary film entitled “Didi Contractor: Marrying the Earth to the Building” premiered at the 2016 Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) in India. Directed by Steffi Giaracuni of Switzerland, the film explores the life and work of acclaimed earthen architect (and artist and designer) Didi Contractor, whom some […]
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“Lotus & Lightning” Blooms & Strikes
This summer, Earthville Arts, the creative wing of the Earthville Network, in partnership with the Vietnam Fund for Education, Music, and Infrastructure, will officially launch an exciting new project called “Lotus & Lightning” to support traditional arts and village life in Vietnam.
The Roads Will Be Paved with Art
A family of celebrated traditional musicians in a village outside Hanoi lends their talents for a CD and documentary film to raise funds to build a new school and road for their village.