OMG Y’ALL I just finished my first video for my Experimental Video 1 class! I’m so stoked : D …and completely drenched in glitter (thanks to all my followers for the awesome suggestions to make the glitter show up on film).
The video is a 2-minute-long static one-shot of a performance art piece I created for the assignment. The piece is a reflection on femme rituals and femme performativity as a form of resistance to cissexism, self-care, and spiritual healing.
The video is called “Withcraft for Trans Folks” and my friend Hayden (who is also trans) played the offscreen voice reciting cissexist things that people have said to me. I won’t give away the middle, but it ends with me completely covered in glitter and the ghostly voice of evil cissexist spirits stunned silent in the background. The video uses dark humour as a way to make light of those harmful words. I played with camp a lot in the performance and ultimately the video is both captivating and repelling, mesmerizing and repulsive, glamorous and nauseating.
I have so much more to say about it and I feel so awesome and proud and happy. Above are some screen shots (the silver stubbly stuff is the glitter which ended up looking like a beard by the end of the vid). I can’t wait until I can upload the video to show y’all!
forever taking accidental photos when I’m checking my lipstick… but I’m loving my stache in this shot
[Flash 10 is required to watch video]
I made you something. Just in case you like boy-queens, and kitties, and Robyn.
seriously though, the Portland Black Lipstick Co. is fucking awesome (“natural make-up for that unnatural look”).
I’m wearing their black liptick, and also one of the “glitz” on my eyes.
Me and Tabs at Black and White Ball…. where we were both divas and wore red.
I can’t decide whether this photo makes me happy because our contagious laughter or because we look like we’re gonna eat eachother.
so the cramps are here. no wonder i couldn’t sleep a fucking wink last night.
I want dark fuchsia lipstick with silver glitter.
and I want my homework to do itself.
