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Event
MIX NYC 30th - OMG LOL WTF - Kairos Dirt & the Errant Vacuum
OMG LOL WTF
Curated by: Devon Gallegos
Feature Film:
Kairos Dirt & the Errant Vacuum
Madsen Minax
2017, USA, video, color, sound, 90 min.
Kairos Dirt & the Errant Vacuum follows the strange happenings of two middle school lunch ladies, a genderqueer student, a lesbian hospice provider, a grieving ministry worker, a mystical mortician and an astrologer/phone sex operator.
A series of collective dreams follows a trans-worldly being invading the consciousness of each character, ultimately revealing an alternate realm of latent, subconscious desires.
Set amid the post-industrial decay of the American south, interconnected relationships form unusual and fantastic landscapes as television monitors, radio frequencies, orifices and dreams all become portals through which both characters and MIX guests may access this alternate dimension of carnality and longing.
Kairos Dirt & the Errant Vacuum is a film that is both profound and whimsical, coherent and absurd, and may provoke a reaction along the lines of OMG LOL WTF!
OMG TECH! OMG GENDERQUEER PROTAGONIST BASELINE! Kairos Dirt has technical prowess for days, from the richness of color, to the amazing audio mix and music supervision that is just as important as the visuals, to the care that went to placing its frenetic cultural signposts. Kairos Dirt is a film that centers around a non-binary youth, living in a non-patriarchal household that loves them. The norms that surround mainstream films--stories that end with the couple finally getting together, or the deviant eventually meeting an on-stage end--thats not here.
WTF LOGIC! Its a great pleasure when a film approaches things so different that you dont have a map to go by, but nonetheless there is an architecture, allowing you to ride along with it, and every minute becomes a surprise.
LOL PERFORMANCE! The performances are raw and untrained in the best possible way, like they were cast because folks knew that Rosie is perfect for inflecting the right balance of feels in response to backhanded compliments.
I wanted to make a queer film that showed differently-sized, trans and gender-ambiguous bodies engaging beyond the politics of queerness. -- Madsen Minax
Madsen Minax makes interdisciplinary art projects about individual and communal embodiment and how we form relationships with other humans in the world. Projects investigate the relationship between intimacy and violence, the nature of chosen and biological families, transformation and power struggle. Madsen's projects use tactics of documentary, improvisation, essay and magical realist approaches, and draw on his history of participation in justice oriented communities.
Madsen is currently a Claire Rosen and Samuel Edes Foundation fellow as well as a Queer | Arts | Mentorship fellow. He lives between Brooklyn, NY and Burlington, VT.
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LocationThe Dreamhouse (View)
1022 Wyckoff Ave
Ridgewood, NY 11385
United States
Categories
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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Contact
| Owner: MIX NYC |
| On BPT Since: Mar 10, 2014 |
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| MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival |
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