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Waste land [videorecording].

Contributor(s): Publisher number: NNVG239301 | New Video GroupSeries: Arthouse films ; 019Publication details: [New York, N.Y.] : Arthouse Films : Distributed by New Video Group, c2011.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1422915131
Subject(s): Production credits:
  • Director, Lucy Walker.
Summary: Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes viewers on an emotional journey to the world's largest landfill of the day, Jardim Gramacho. Here the catadores, who number in the thousands, work under the hot sun collecting recyclable materials such as bottles, plastic, and metal to be sold to wholesalers. Muniz invites the catadores to add refuse to his art, photographing the work from overhead. The finished artwork will then be on display in museums and auctions around the world.
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Movies Markdale Branch Shelves Waste Docu (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 33436003162283

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Produced as a motion picture in 2009.

Director, Lucy Walker.

Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes viewers on an emotional journey to the world's largest landfill of the day, Jardim Gramacho. Here the catadores, who number in the thousands, work under the hot sun collecting recyclable materials such as bottles, plastic, and metal to be sold to wholesalers. Muniz invites the catadores to add refuse to his art, photographing the work from overhead. The finished artwork will then be on display in museums and auctions around the world.

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