Filmed
over nearly three years, Waste Land
(2010) follows artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home in Brooklyn to his
native Brazil, and the world's largest garbage dump located on the outskirts of
Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band
of “catadores”—self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. His
collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic
images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the
catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives.
Muniz’s artwork
incorporates a multiplicity of unlikely materials into this photographic
process. Often working in series, Muniz has used dirt, diamonds, sugar, string,
chocolate syrup and garbage to create bold, witty and often deceiving images
drawn from the pages of photojournalism and art history.
The film will be
followed by a Q & A with Lesley A. Martin, publisher of the Aperture book
program and editor of Reflex: A Vik
Muniz Primer, and Katonah Museum of Art curator Ellen Keiter.
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KMA
members will receive the JBFC member discount for up to two tickets when they
show their museum membership card at the Film Center box office or redeem their
online purchase. Tickets will be available beginning mid-December online at www.burnsfilmcenter.org/education,
or at the box office, which opens at 12 pm on weekdays and 11
am on weekends.
