Defying standards of narrative cinema and normative desire, embracing radical politics and documenting the freaky beauty of queer culture, these shorts range from video performance to stunning 16mm celluloid, from campy debauchery to sensual studies in light and texture. This program brings together filmmakers from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Portland, and Seattle whose work exemplifies the passionate eyes of today’s queer avant-garde. Included in the program is Even, As You and I (1937) an avant-garde send up of European Surrealist film directed by and starring Harry Hay, Roger Barlow, and LeRoy Robbins.
Discussion Afterward with Malic Amalya, San Francisco Art Institute, Curator
Even: As You and I; Harry Hay, Roger Barlow, LeRoy Robbins; 1937; 12 minutes
Leafless; Nazli Dincel; 2011; 8 minutes
Ideal Geography; Jackie Davis and Heather Lane; 2010; 4 minutes
Gold Moon, Sharp Arrow; Malic Amalya & Max Garnet; 2012; 10 minutes
Beige Slow Change and Quick Change #203, Escape #5; Syniva Whitney; 2012; 6.5 minutes
CRY BOY CRY; Chris Vargas; 2012; 5 minutes
Things We Both Know (Not Our Real Names); Finn Paul; 2012; 7 minutes
Pedro Fernandez’s Cock; Animal, Vegetable, Mineral; The Symptoms; Cambois; Migueltzinta Cah Mai Solis; 2012; 9 minutes
George Kuchar, August 2011; Lindsay Laven; 2011; 8 minutes
My Night in a Butt Shell; Lindsay Laven; 2011; 5 minutes
At Least You Know You Exist; Zackary Drucker; 2011; 16 minutes