WASTELAND, a documentary about art & community

Vic Munez, who's work I first saw and liked at MOMA in NY, decided to go to the world's largest landfill facility in Rio di Janiero and make his particular brand of art with the people who pick over the site for salable refuse. He fits my category of "Front Door" artist, the inaccessible heroes in major museums. But this movie surprised me with how it embodied and dramatized many of the themes we discussed last month. He changed a community in surprising ways and he, to his surprise, was changed too. Yay! I recommend it highly. Watch the trailer at www.wastelandmovie.com. It will give you new stories to tell about the work that we want to do. And you will be moved.