{"product_id":"angola-cinemas-concrete-dreams-of-a-postcolonial-stage","title":"Angola Cinemas — Concrete Dreams of a Postcolonial Stage, Steidl 2015","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"779\" data-start=\"129\"\u003eThis photobook by Walter Fernandes and Miguel Hurst, \u003cem data-end=\"198\" data-start=\"182\"\u003eAngola Cinemas\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 2015 by Steidl in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut, is part of the Darwin Bookshop because it documents one of the most unexpected and visionary chapters in modern architectural history. Across Angola, from the 1930s to the 1970s, dozens of cinemas were constructed — not just as functional buildings, but as monumental expressions of futurism, utopia, and modernity in concrete. Fernandes’ photographs, taken in 2013, offer a last look at these structures, many of which now stand in ruins, repurposed or abandoned, yet still radiating their former symbolism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1464\" data-start=\"781\"\u003eThe buildings themselves — with sweeping parabolic forms, brutalist facades, and theatrical entrances — reflect the layered legacy of colonial ambition, African urban identity, and cinematic escape. Each photograph captures more than architecture: it captures a scene of cultural memory, where projection booths, ticket counters, and open-air balconies remain haunted by the communal act of watching. Hurst’s accompanying research contextualises the cinemas within Angola’s political and social shifts, tracing their roles in both colonial propaganda and post-independence imagination. This book is not just about buildings; it’s about what they held, and what they tried to promise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1485\" data-start=\"1466\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1485\" data-start=\"1466\"\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1932\" data-start=\"1487\"\u003eTitle: Angola Cinemas\u003cbr data-end=\"1511\" data-start=\"1508\"\u003eArtist \/ Author: Walter Fernandes (photographs), Miguel Hurst (editor)\u003cbr data-end=\"1584\" data-start=\"1581\"\u003eDate: 2015\u003cbr data-end=\"1597\" data-start=\"1594\"\u003eTechnique \/ Printing Method: Colour offset printing\u003cbr data-end=\"1651\" data-start=\"1648\"\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Hardcover\u003cbr data-end=\"1683\" data-start=\"1680\"\u003eDimensions: Approx. 25 x 32 cm (landscape format)\u003cbr data-is-only-node=\"\" data-end=\"1735\" data-start=\"1732\"\u003ePages: Unspecified (est. ~200–250)\u003cbr data-end=\"1772\" data-start=\"1769\"\u003ePublisher \/ Editor: Steidl \/ Goethe-Institut\u003cbr data-end=\"1819\" data-start=\"1816\"\u003eISBN: 978-3-86930-794-7\u003cbr data-end=\"1845\" data-start=\"1842\"\u003eLanguage: Multilingual (includes English, Portuguese, likely German)\u003cbr data-end=\"1916\" data-start=\"1913\"\u003eCondition: New\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52475578777938,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/TODWEBB_copy_656c1743-5a26-4dd8-a6b7-84ae0dc1ad17.jpg?v=1768386871","url":"https:\/\/thedarwin.es\/products\/angola-cinemas-concrete-dreams-of-a-postcolonial-stage","provider":"DaRWIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}