How can structures, which take up defined, rigid portions of space, make us feel transcendence? How can chapels turn into places of introspection? How can walls grant boundless freedom? Driven by intense childhood impressions, director Christoph Schaub visits extraordinary churches, both ancient and futuristic, and discovers works of art that take him up to the skies and all the way down to the bottom of the ocean. With the help of architects Peter Zumthor, Peter Märkli, and Álvaro Siza Vieira, artists James Turrell and Cristina Iglesias, and drummer Sergé “Jojo” Mayer, he tries to make sense of the world and decipher our spiritual experiences using the seemingly abstract concepts of light, time, rhythm, sound, and shape. The superb cinematography turns this contemplative search into a multi-sensory experience.
Christoph Schaub
Director
Peter Zumthor
Himself
Cristina Iglesias
Herself
Álvaro Siza Vieira
Himself
James Turrell
Himself
Peter Märkli
Himself
Jojo Mayer
Himself
Raphael Clamer
Narrator
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
The Captains63%
Elstree 197661%
Baraka82%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
The Skywalker Legacy78%
Stop Making Sense83%
Koyaanisqatsi78%
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me84%
Cuadecuc, vampir61%
Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience69%
Public Speaking70%
Naqoyqatsi61%
Seduced and Abandoned61%
McQueen74%
The Class of ‘9271%
The Matrix Revisited68%
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound69%
Fata Morgana65%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
