'Waste Land' Explores Artist's Use of Garbage to Transform Lives in Brazil
The film \"Waste Land\" follows artist Vik Muniz as he creates portraits of a band of self-designated pickers of recyclable materials in Brazil, using the trash that ...
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bjbjLULU JEFFREY BROWN: And finally tonight, another in our Economist Film Project series. Tonight's film, "Waste Land," follows artist Vik Muniz from his studio in New York to the world's largest garbage dump in his native Brazil. There, Muniz examines the lives of garbage pickers who sift Rio de Janeiro's refuse in search of recyclables. He then creates portraits of the workers using the very materials they have collected, and, ultimately, photographs of those portraits are exhibited in galleries. The directors are Lucy Walker, Joao Jardim and Karen Harley. Here's an excerpt. VIK MUNIZ, artist: Right now, I'm at this point in my career that I'm trying to step a little bit away from the realm of fine arts, because I think it's a very exclusive...
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bjbjLULU JEFFREY BROWN: And finally tonight, another in our Economist Film Project series. Tonight's film, "Waste Land," follows artist Vik Muniz from his studio in New York to the world's largest garbage dump in his native Brazil. There, Muniz examines the lives of garbage pickers who sift Rio de Janeiro's refuse in search of recyclables. He then creates portraits of the workers using the very materials they have collected, and, ultimately, photographs of those portraits are exhibited in galleries. The directors are Lucy Walker, Joao Jardim and Karen Harley. Here's an excerpt. VIK MUNIZ, artist: Right now, I'm at this point in my career that I'm trying to step a little bit away from the realm of fine arts, because I think it's a very exclusive...
