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A historical narrative of the black and Latino/a transgender, bisexual, lesbian, and gay House and Ballroom Scene in relation to race, gender, sexuality and class oppressions.
Could they be one of the most ferocious live noise acts around, or a necessary and ludicrous parody of ferocious noise acts? Could they be both?
No Wave, damaged garage jams and crazed instant vocal shrieks.
The films in the programme take the essential and fundamental building blocks of cinema (combining sound and image through time) screw about with them, interrogate them and cast them anew.
Birthed from the collective stagger in global consciousness of the late 50’s and 60’s, this programme celebrates epochal, groundbreaking films that all address sound in their own way and that have opened pathways to experimentation.
Miniscule free-noise hissy-fits and broken instrument scrape/ squeal jams from the fools what brought you Giant Tank.
When we look, how do we objectify the body; how can we reflect on our (self) image as a construction?
Live ISDN drone performance resonating between Dundee and an empty Montreal Grain Silo.
Hartmut is going to talk a little about his work at large and the politics of how his films are constructed. And we’ll screen one of his best films: B-52.
Come for the crip ingenuity; stay for the smooth feels of what it is to be each other’s everything.
Open community meeting to discuss some of the prevalent concerns impacting the ballroom community.
Arrive, get settled, be hosted and meet-up in IRL and URL.
