03.08.2024 to 03.08.2024 - Hof 8
frame[o]ut Open Air Cinema: HOLDING BACK THE TIDE
FREE ENTRY, LEISURE & OUTDOOR, FILM & DIGITAL CULTURE
Frame[o]ut - "Der Garten", Open-air cinema in the MQ
Sat 03.08., 20.30h, Hof 8, Free admission
Documentary: HOLDING BACK THE TIDE
US 2023 | D: Emily Packer | Documentary | 77 min.
Austria Premiere
With: Dragonfly (Robin Laverne Wilson), Aasia Taylor-Patterson, TL Thompson, Hilary Asare, Meghan Dolbey, Hannah, Rego and others.
New York was once considered the oyster capital of the world. It was a poor man's food and has now mutated into a luxury meal. The bi-sexual shellfish, some varieties of which change sex during their life cycle, is at the centre of this documentary production, as is the city, which has largely forgotten the history and biology of the oyster. Environmentalists bring back the oysters in the middle of the polluted harbours, in elaborately designed underwater gardens, because the complex bivalves are an important part of underwater biodiversity, and they also take on the exact taste of their surroundings. Informative cinema meditations on the sea, gender, community and the environment, as well as gender fluidity, show the oyster as a queer icon that is intertwined with nature and culture in a special way.
Every Friday and Saturday from 12.07. to 31.08. frame[o]ut presents a film programme on the theme of the "Garten" in the MQ.
In case of bad weather in the Arena21.
In co-operation and co-production with the MuseumsQuartier Wien.
