MATTER OUT OF PLACE

Matter out of Place – what sounds puzzling at first turns out to indicate trash: plastic bags, tires, refrigerators. On mountaintops, on abandoned beaches, within corals in the sea: Like a tumour garbage seems to spread even to the most paradisiacal of places – and it takes immense effort to remove it. With impressive images, shot in Switzerland, Nepal, the Maldives and many more countries, Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s film shows how humanity lets the world suffocate in its waste.