Director Toby Lee
Countries United States
Duration 23 min
Synopsis
SINGLE STREAM takes a close look at the problem of waste, through a visual and sonic exploration of a recycling facility. The title refers to the highly effective “single stream” method of recycling in which all types of recyclables are initially gathered together, and sorted later at a specialized facility. With SINGLE STREAM, viewers enter one of the largest of these facilities in the US. Inside a cavernous building, a complex ballet of man, machine and movement produces sounds and images that are overwhelming, but also beautiful, even revelatory. Blurring the line between observation and abstraction, SINGLE STREAM is a meditation on our society's culture of excess and its consequences.
SINGLE STREAM takes a close look at the problem of waste, through a visual and sonic exploration of a recycling facility. The title refers to the highly effective “single stream” method of recycling in which all types of recyclables are initially gathered together, and sorted later at a specialized facility. With SINGLE STREAM, viewers enter one of the largest of these facilities in the US. Inside a cavernous building, a complex ballet of man, machine and movement produces sounds and images that are overwhelming, but also beautiful, even revelatory. Blurring the line between observation and abstraction, SINGLE STREAM is a meditation on our society's culture of excess and its consequences.