moving image Waste land
- Summary
- Brooklyn based artist Vik Muniz grew up poor in Brazil. This film follows him as he returns to Rio de Janeiro, specifically to Jardim Gramacho, or "Garbage Garden." The world's largest landfill, it receives 7,000 tons daily, an astonishing 70% of ... Read more
- Contents
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Sugar children -- The rubble of fine arts -- Jardim Gramacho -- Association of pickers -- A picker's life -- Honest work -- A family to support -- Making art -- Becoming a work of art -- Auction in London -- Museum of Modern Art exhibit -- Credits.
- Format
- moving image
- Description
- 1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher
- Almega Projects 2011
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | DVD DOC WAS in Documentary DVDs | Available |
| Woodmere (Main Branch) | DVD DOC WAS in Documentary DVDs | Available |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-WOOD | DVD DOC WAS in Documentary DVDs | Available |
| TADL-WOOD | DVD DOC WAS in Documentary DVDs | Available |
Muniz, Vik
Trash art
Ragpickers Brazil Rio de Janeiro
Sanitary landfills Brazil Rio de Janeiro
Waste disposal sites Brazil Rio de Janeiro
Poor Brazil Rio de Janeiro Social conditions
Found objects (Art)
Group work in art
Art, Modern 21st century Exhibitions
Refuse and refuse disposal in art Exhibitions
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)