In the avant-garde tradition, the third annual INFRARED delivers new work that pushes the boundaries of cinema and desire. Curated by Malic Amalya.

Guests in attendance

LEAFLESS Nazli Dincel; 2011; US; 8 min.
A hand-processed 16mm film exploring the textures of a lover’s body and the landscape that surrounds it.

BEIGE SLOW CHANGE and QUICK CHANGE #203, ESCAPE #5 Syniva Whitney; 2012; US; 7 min.
“The queer body knows it is under scrutiny...even when the body is never quite revealed.”

UNTITLED John Parker, 2012; US; 4 min. Super 8 bondage—with butter, eggs, and sugar.

ALONE WITH YOU Doug Ischar; 2012; US; 18 min. A meditation on cruelty, gay desire, and the connection between the collecting of men and objects.

FIRST SIX Lacy Davis; 2012; US; 5 min. A memory re- creation of artist Jennie Lennick’s first six kisses.

PEDRO FERNANDEZ’S COCK and
ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MINERAL and
THE SYMPTOMS and CAMBIOS
Migueltzinta Cah Mai Solis; 2012; US; 9 min.
A YouTube video diary on racial politics, migrant histories, (trans)genderedness, and homosexuality.

THINGS WE BOTH KNOW (NOT OUR REAL NAMES) Finn Paul, Roy Perez; 2012; US; 7 min. Imaginary exchanges are juxtaposed with intimate connections with a lover.

FEMININITY Madsen Minax; 2011; US; 4 min.
Staring Seattle’s Indigo Blue, this is a shot-for-shot remake of a classic Scopitone film.

ANOTHER WORLD Chance Taylor; 2012; Canada; 2 min. Shot in Super 8, this is a world of desolation and beauty: vehicles, neon signs, and empty spaces.

IN MY ROOM Chance Taylor; 2012; Canada; 2 min. Webcam models focus on their boyish gestures.

AT LEAST YOU KNOW YOU EXIST Zackary Drucker; 2011; US; 16 min. A transgender legacy from a lost genera- tion, with drag queen Mother Flawless Sabrina.

DISASTER FILMS Lorin Murphy; 2011; US; 5 min.
An elegant choreography of commercial, educational, and narrative 16mm found footage, double projected.

LAST KISS Charles Lum; 2012; US; 1 min. The cleaning of Oscar Wilde’s tomb ignites this elegy about the silencing and eradication of a participatory public commemorative.