EVERY THIRD BITE at the Last Supper Film Festival
September 22nd, 2009 by jay
Our Short Documentary Every Third Bite was chosen as one of 13 Short Films screening in The Last Supper Festival? at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn next Saturday!
WHEN: Saturday, September 26, 2009?6pm – 2am
WHERE: 3rd Ward Brooklyn 195 Morgan Ave, Bushwick
COST: $15 or $10 w/ 3 or more canned goods
ABOUT EVERY THIRD BITE:
Two years ago, honeybees started to disappear. About one in every three colonies left their hives but never came home. We set out to discover what was plaguing these hives and learned how non-commercial beekeepers care for and keep healthy bees alive.
Bees are responsible for pollinating every third bite of food we eat. And we are losing millions of bees each year to a mysterious disease known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). We visited beekeepers in Manhattan, Long Island, Nantucket and Chicago, and interviewed a scientist and elementary school students all to get a better understanding of this phenomenon. But along way, we discovered that with proper care and nutrition, bees can stay healthy and their honey can help us stay healthy and allergy free.
ABOUT THE LAST SUPPER FESTIVAL:
Last Supper 2009 is piping hot, and ready to consume!! Celebrate the crux of seasons, spark dialog with your community, and share ideas with over 50 artists, filmmakers, musicians, culinary artists, writers, performers and designers.?A non-profit benefit for the Food Bank NYC, the 5th annual salon began as a quaint backyard dinner critique series in Williamsburg. With the support of local creatives and volunteers, the show has emerged as a bridge between media, genres, social spheres, and collaborators to draw over 800 attendees for an indoor/outdoor feast for the senses. A palate of experiences, the show is somewhere between a gallery, a community forum, and a disco.
In an atmosphere of political and economic crisis, along with dwindling resources, our precarious societal climate demands a review of the way we consume locally and globally. An artist’s resource, whether medium, message, or muse, is the voice of its cultural language. Consuming, like all laws of matter, transforms the states of products, and as creators we must cherish this cyclical process and consider its effect. Reincoporating the traditional practices of frugality and domesticity into contemporary consumption has become vital to aesthetic and functional life. The self-sustaining artist is a simultaneously complex, imperfect, and idyllic model for contemporary life. Examples of this are urban Victory Gardens in spaces as unexpected as a rooftop or pick-up truck, reclaimed handmade objects as art and design, the DIY movement, or independent film and music. The Last Supper’s 2009 festival is a dialog on consumption where Means as motive, economy of Means, ways and Means, and Means of production are all tools for storytelling.
Hosted by: Design Twins – Teman & Teran Evans ?with a Sacrificial Lamb and Meal by Guest Chef Simon Lange of Apt 138
Featuring: Art: Annie Wienmayr, Scott Wolfson, Tom Sanford, Matthew Thomas, Rafael Rosario-Laguna, Robert Steel, Ryan V. Brennan, Tyrome Tripoli, Satomi Shirai, Sarah Walko+Malado Baldwin, Kerry Mansfield, Thomas Carruthers, Quinn Dukes, Sam Horine, Byrdee Rood, Brian Reed, Chris Smith Film: Bambi Bogert, Denis Villeneuve, Fiorella Castanotto, Thomas Beug, Mike Schuwerk, Yin-Ling Chen, Andrea Stanislav, Zack Wilson, Jeffu Warmouth, Casimir Nozkowski, Amautalab, Meerkat Media Collective, Zach Timm Music: Lady Bug Stingray, Dorie Colangelo, Navegante, Midnight Magic, DJ SeekTen, Funky Jungle Jazz Band, Outabodies, DJ Selector Honeyknuckles, DJ Devin Deveaux, DJ ClickBeatle Food Art: Anne Apparu, Eve + Bowie, Meg Duguid + Catie Olson, Nicole Fournier, Suko Presseau, Lucia Madriz, Tracy Candido – Sweet Tooth of the Tiger, Wild Feasties, Strataspore, Yolanda Shoshana, Christina Kelly, Francis Estrada, Rachelle Crocker, Emily Miranda, Ben Pinder, Amelia Coulter, Jenny Zhang Writing, Performance, Design: Emma, Mary Jeys, Emilie Baltz,
Casey Rocheteau, Derek Williams, Katie Cercone, Luke Loeffler
Sponsors: Majestic Research, APT 138, 3rd Ward, Food Bank for NYC, Film Forum, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective, Solar 1, SALT artspace, Double Happiness LLC
Planners: Coralina Meyer, Thomas Newman, Jim Cronin, Mary Steel-Hayes, Demir Gjokai, Jeffrey Rosenfeld, Charlie Chiang, Doug Koh, Haanwa Chau, Erika Schnieder, Simon Lange, Nic Richards, Claire Bergeal, Sarah Ryley, Sarah Walko, Alicia Blegen, Naomi Sorkin
