Drinking Brecht: An automated laboratory performance

by sister sylvester. 2024, US/UK/Netherlands, 2024, 60 min.
October 11, 2025
at
5:00 pm
Arverne Cinema Inside
TicketsTickets
$10 observational / $20 participatory

*Tickets available for 5pm and 8pm screenings.

After stealing a hat from the costume collection of famous communist playwright Bertolt Brecht, multimedia artist sister sylvester embarks on a forensic quest to trace the hat’s possible past wearers. Paying homage to Brecht’s “scientific theater,” which endeavored to spark revolution, Drinking Brecht is an innovative interactive documentary using microbiology and genetics to merge past and present.

“A documentary that you can drink, the work ingests worn-out scientific narratives and turns them into a marxist-feminist ritual, and a celebration of science for the people.” —sister sylvester

Please note: seating is limited for this automated laboratory performance. There will be two back-to-back presentations at 5pm and 8pm. There are two ticket options: participatory and observational. Participatory tickets include a cocktail. Non-alcoholic cocktails will be available. 

Rockaway Film Festival would like to thank VBX™~Vernam Basin Terminal for generously hosting us at the Arverne and Annex Cinemas in addition to BBX™~Barbadoes Basin Terminal for contributing to such.
We are proud to be sponsored by Blundstone®, Istic Illic Pictures, and NYC Ferry. Rockaway Film Festival made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Rockaway Film Festival is funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Art. Additional support provided by FRANC and the Fund for the City of New York. We receive additional support from Queens Borough President Donovan Richards.
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