© Film still: Maintenance Artist
Activism
Art
Feminism
Society
German Premiere
Maintenance Artist
Toby Perl Freilich / United States / 2025 / 95 min
Who cleans up when the party’s over? A portrait of a radical artist who turns her gaze toward the work that usually remains unseen. In collaboration with the New York City Department of Sanitation, Mierle Laderman Ukele combines art with garbage collection and transforms maintenance into an artistic practice. Archival material and a playful visual language trace her performative approach and ecofeminist thinking. The result is a vivid portrait of care as a political act—and of the power of the everyday that holds our society together.
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Production Country | United States |
| Runtime | 95 min |
| FSK | Not rated |
| Languages | English, Japanese |
| Subtitle | English |
| Premiere Status | German Premiere |
| Director | Toby Perl Freilich |
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| Producer | Judith Mizrachy |