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(Image credit: Vibrations from Gaza, by Rehab Nazzal, 2024)
2024, 08:20 minutes
tapecode 302.03
Makeshift, spontaneous, and unconventional memorials randomly encountered throughout Toronto. Personal yet often activist in nature, many of these tributes document the passing of marginalized, murdered, and lesser-known individuals. Found in public spaces of civic sprawl, these sites were photographed and filmed between 2019… ⊕
At an underground club in the 1980s, a young man flirts with a mysterious older guy, as a serial killer and a new “gay cancer” lurk on the sidelines. Four decades later, in the midst of a new pandemic, the same man returns to the revamped nightclub where he meets someone as young as he was on that magical night long… ⊕
A trio of film poems exploring the individual's struggle for survival and stability on an overpopulated planet. Shot on hand-processed 16 mm combined with digital stills, found footage, and phytograms made by leaving organic matter on film stock in the sun.
A love story. A liberation story. A story of queer resistance and how building community can transform us. Explore the ephemeral legacy of Vancouver’s historic Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium. Before the internet, we relied on printed materials and a central gathering place. How do we create a deep personal… ⊕
Hamilton’s My Lady is a video installation that draws from comedian and famous Hamiltonian Martin Short’s 2012 comedy special I, Martin Short, Goes Home. The video follows the beloved persona Kiki as she combines autobiography, cultural critique, and comedy to take audiences into the often mocked and stereotyped… ⊕