Feature Documentary: Human Garbage - The Art & Life of the Dufala Brothers
Produced & Directed by LVLR
[Currently in Post-Production]
They’ve built tricycles from toilets and raced them through the crowded streets of Philadelphia, outfitted a real ice cream truck with military heavy weaponry, and coordinated an elaborate funeral service for the demolition of a vacant row home, complete with tufted dumpster coffin. And it’s just that kind of filthy, ridiculous behavior that led to their building-wide takeover of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Human Garbage is an intimate, all-access portrait of Billy and Steven Dufala, a.k.a. The Dufala Brothers, two wildly different people whose collaborative work speaks with a singular, darkly hilarious voice. Using tools ranging from 30 ton excavators to single hair brushes and everything in between, their art deals directly with a defining issue of our time: sustainability in the age of disposable human excess.
As characters, Billy and Steven Dufala are almost too good to be true: a case study in identical opposites, mirror images so intricately complementary they could only have been cut from the same cloth. They are true originals, and perfectly Philadelphian - ingeniously inventive, good with their hands, funny as hell, and not afraid to jump in a dumpster. They hand craft absurd size-100 sneakers so flawless they’re bought by the CEO of Nike; they use bulldozers to build giant, elaborate jokes out of mountains of trash. Together, they never fail to play the perfect straight man / goofball pair. And they have provided us with years of exclusive access to witness and discuss their deepest, most vulnerable moments with profound honesty and candor.
Below are two pieces of social media content created in support of DUDUFALALA, a building wide takeover of the Philadelphia Museum of Art by the Dufala Brothers. DUDUFALALA was created in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" sculpture.
Ordering lunch with Billy Dufala is always fun, and this clip from 2014 still make us crack up.
Search hashtag #DufalaDoc for more behind the scenes production photos
