Pantry April 4, 2013

U.S. premiere! Antje Schiffers and Thomas Sprenger belong to the artist initiative known as myvillages.org. In 2011, the group was invited to feed visitors for the Festival Über Lebenskunst in Berlin. For this event that celebrated sustainable living, everything had to be produced locally. Collaborating with locavore-minded organizations and individuals, it took one year to stock the pantry of supplies that would be consumed by some 8,000 festival attendees. Pantry documents this process and reveals how producing and eating food is a cultural and social activity alike. (Germany, 2012, 45 min. No MPAA rating. In English and German with English subtitles.)

Following the screening, join Skirball curator Doris Berger as she talks with the artists about the Pantry project, as well as their new, Skirball-specific work. A reception follows the program.

Official Website: http://www.skirball.org/programs/film/pantry