In his book L’Infra-ordinaire, Georges Perec instructed the reader: “Question your tea spoons.” These films question the life and liveliness of things, hovering between the magical promise of the consumer product and the terrible ordinariness of refuse.
by Ramin Bahrani. 2009, US, 18 min.
by Kate Rhodes. 2016, US, 21 min.
by Wreck and Salvage. 2 min.
by Daisuke Nishio. 2024, Japan, 21 min.
by Jan Švankmajer. 1965, Austria, 9 min.
by Nikkei Asia, Japan, 8 min.
5 min.
by Handy (Jam) Organization. 1957, US, 4 min.
by Joe Bennett. 2020, US, 4 min.
by Gabriel Hoss. 2001, Canada, 5 min excerpt.
Jenny Odell is a former arts educator and the author of the books How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy and Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock. She has been an artist in residence at the San Francisco Planning Department, the Internet Archive, and Recology SF (otherwise known as the dump).
Doors at 3:30 pm. Screening at 4:00 pm. Q&A with Jenny Odell.
Supported in part by Czech Center New York.
Presale Shell Passes only. Individual tickets will go on sale on Monday, August 10.
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We are proud to be sponsored by Istic Illic Pictures, Stellar Bookkeepers 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 Arts. Support provided by FRANC and the Fund for the City of New York.
