Straight women, gay porn, and the scene of erotic looking
Jump Cut, Mar. 1996, no. 40, pp. 127-136
"Gay porn offers me a way to look at men, overtly sexually, without being looked back at, or in the process pulled into a heterosexual power relation that would inevitably disadvantage me."
Looking at independent filmmakers and 'alternative pornography'. Arousal / provocation, spectatorship / spectacularity, subjectivity and gender, race, classical vs. radical representations of sexuality. Experimental queer film, psychoanalysis, feminism. Analysis of 5 new works [Katherine Hurbis-Cherrier, Curt McDowell, Greta Snider, Ming-Yuen S. Ma, Karim Ainouz].
ITEM 1996.058 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Kobena Mercer
Julien Mercer
Tom Waugh
Gom (1994) – Kirby Hsu
Flesh of Morning (1956) – Stan Brakhage
You(r) Sex and Other Stuff (1993) – Katherine Hurbis-Cherrier
1972 Ronnie – Curt McDowell
Shred of Sex (1991) – Greta Snider
Slanted Vision (1996) – Ming-Yuen S. Ma
Paixao Nacional (1994) – Karim Ainouz
Lawrence Brose
Jurgen Bruning
Those Fluttering Objects of Desire – Shu Lea Cheang
Thom Chomont
Cathy Cook
John Di Stefano
Shari Filot
John Greyson
Thomas Allan Harris
Mike Hoolbom
Isaac Julien
Bruce la Bruce
Karethe Linaae
Wrik Mead
Steve Reinke
Marlon Riggs
Philippe Roque
Carolee Schneeman
Chick Strand
Andy Warhol/Paul Morrissey
Let's Just Kiss and Say Good-Bye (1995) – Robert Blanchon
Sex Bombs! (1987) – Candyland Productions
The Yo-Yo Gang (1992) – G.B. Jones
Orientations (1984) – Richard Fung
Chinese Characters (1987) – Richard Fung
Seven Questions for Sticky Rice (1994) – Hong Nguyen