Vik Muniz in Wasteland

You may have heard of Vik Muniz, the highly successful New York-based Brazilian artist that experiments with all sorts of materials, from diamonds to chocolate, creating images both fun and inspiring. Now you can watch a sample of Waste Land, the documentary about Muniz that won the Public Award in the last edition of the Sundance independent film festival, in January. It shows his work with garbage pickers in Jardim Gramacho, the largest landfill of Rio de Janeiro. It focuses on the transformative power of art and gives a pretty close look on the life of those who live from the trash and surrounded by trash.

Singer Seu Jorge, made with circles cut from magazines

Toy soldier, made of idem

And here, in the really cool TED conference series, Vik discusses what is creativity and shows some of his works.

3 Comments

  1. Wonderfull.Very good .You Regina had executaded a beautifull work.Thanks.I am very proud.Congratulations.

  2. Ciao Vik, casually i’ve seen on tv a special service about your job/mission.
    I think thant is something extraordinary , so i give to you my best compliment.
    All the best From north italy
    Pp

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