“Mishima in Mexico,” 2012, is based on the 1950 novel “Thirst for Love” by Yukio Mishima, a Japanese writer and film director whose creative works are iconic within queer literature. In Tsang’s video, he and his collaborator Alexandro Segade shift between the four characters that make up the story which experimentally narrates the attempts of a director and screenwriter to adap...
The “Pea” refers to the spirits living in the forest of Thailand. The spirit Pea sleeping among the trees is not visible to the human adult. In this film, which was shot in the village of Surin in northeastern Thailand, a boy from the village was painted black on his whole body and walked among the adults. Displayed on the screen as “black,” which suggests that you are unseen o...
Written and Performed by Mia Maestro
Directed by Guillermo Navarro and Juan Azulay
Produced by Mia Maestro, Guillermo Navarro, Flavia Lowenstein and Juan Azulay
Based on Cecilia Paredes' Art
Cinematography Alvaro Navarro
Editor Michael Rothman at POEM.tv
Production Designer Amanda Hallberg
Art Direction Flavia Lowenstein
Still Photography Bunni Wyldeflower
Body Art / Makeup Cec...
Rudy ransacks his sister’s bedroom to prepare for the role of a lifetime; 45 year old dry cleaner from West Ham, Suzie Lovitt. Banal every day objects; his mothers makeup bag; images from television; accents he has heard, are now transformed into a glowing inner-life. The family living room becomes a glittering stage, all silence becomes applause and all boredom transmogrified ...
