Goff Documentary | OST
Bruce Goff was one of the greatest American architects of the 20th century. His unconventional perspective challenged stigmas about the Midwest’s inability to produce innovative work. A peer to Frank Lloyd Wright, his work had a profound influence on the next generation of architects, including Phillip Johnson and Frank Gehry. However, Goff’s willingness to explore unprecedented forms often solicited polarized perspectives of his work. As a result of establishing his practice in an otherwise conservative landscape and his unabashed desire to experiment with the possibilities of form, much of his work has been left to decay or forgotten altogether. GOFF explores the life of an iconoclast and chronicles the events that lead to the destruction and renewed interest of his memory and dwellings.
Director: Britni Harris
http://www.goffdocumentary.com
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MUSIC INSPIRATION
Bruce Goff possessed a profound musical sensitivity and was strongly influenced by the rhythmic and harmonic innovations of his musical contemporaries. Claude Debussy was one of Goff’s favorite composers and a major influence on his work and later said “Debussy gave music freedom from outworn formulas.” Goff believed that the continuity of architectural space and music could be complementary art forms. Goff said “Both music and architecture make use of such principles as balance, rhythm, theme, variation, development…Both are spatial arts, closely related to the feeling and people’s lives.” His work also explored the organic, generative and spontaneous structures found in nature.
Our aim is to honor this aspect of his genius by moving beyond the restraints of fixed media to create an enlivened, focused and immersive viewing experience. Musicians Mark Kuykendall and Samuel Regan paid tribute to Goff’s musical influences by composing an original soundtrack that was recorded live within his designs. The three structures included the Tulsa Club (Tulsa, OK), the Pollock / Warriner House (Oklahoma City, OK) and the Pittsburgh Equitable Meter Company Warehouse (Tulsa, OK). Therefore, the audience will be able to have a fully immersive experience within his designs.
