2025 | Documentary | 74 min. | Italy | 6+
A philosophical journey into the world of chairs: conversations with design icons about aesthetics and functionality.
Directors Statement
The chair has often appeared in my life as a point of concentrated meaning. Back in university, in philosophy lectures, it was used to explain categories of being, form, utility, essence, and beauty. Later, while working with designers and recording interviews, I often heard the same phrase: “One day, I want to design my own chair.” That’s how the idea for this film emerged — organically, almost unconsciously. A chair is not just an object. It supports the body, holds it in place, and tells stories — about time, society, and language. It brings together function and meaning, idea and matter, utility and expression. It can be comfortable or awkward, modest or provocative — but it always speaks. During filming, I was interested not only in listening but in observing. How a craftsman touches wood. How a philosopher talks about objects as if they’re alive. How a designer defends a form, even if it “doesn’t work” in the conventional sense. We visited galleries, workshops, archives — spaces where the chair ceased to be a piece of furniture and became a reason: for conversation, for doubt, for exploring how we structure our own existence. This film isn’t about chairs as furniture. Two Chairs is a philosophical journey — a series of dialogues with those who engage with beauty and functionality every single day.
Director: Natasha Klimchuk
Producer: Natasha Klimchuk
Сast: Kengo Kuma, Kohtaro Mori, Barnaba Fornasetti, Harry Nuriev, Elio Franzini, Andrea Mocellin, Oleg Paschenko, Damien Anger, Alexandra Batten and Daniel Kamp, Luca Poncellini, Margherita Pellino and Luca Lo Pinto
