Goff in the Desert

In this creative documentary filmmaker Heinz Emigholz presents a series of filmed photographs of the work of the exceptionally inventive American architect Bruce Goff 19041982 who was apprenticed at age 12 but never formally educated as an architect His work mostly churches and private homes displays a unique style that sets it apart from most 20th century architecture The Episcopal Church in Tulsa built in the 1920s is a towering Art Deco icon while the Hopewell Baptist Church in Edmond resembles a strange futuristic concrete teepee challenging the landscape Bruce Goff is the great unknown of an original American form of architecture Through his photodriven style Emigholz brilliantly exposes details of Goffs structures that might otherwise be missed making these fascinating artifacts even more intriguing