OUTsider presents: Queer Rebels: Transgressors
A short video program curated by Queer Rebels (KB Boyce and Celeste Chan) and co-presented by Cine Las Americas.
Queer Rebels: Transgressors
Thursday, February 16th, 2016, 6:30pm
The VORTEX
2307 Manor Rd., Austin TX 78722
Tel. (512) 474-7886
Queer Rebels return with “Transgressors,” a raised fist of QTPOC experimentations with a mission to transgress, to cross, to border, to aggress and to deviate: Whitewashing, both historical and present, changes Puerto Rico’s culture (CLAVADO, Cristobal Guerra). A 2 Spirit infomercial provides tongue-in-cheek survival strategies (2 Spirit Introductory Special $19.99, Thirza Cuthand). Post-Orlando, we rise with the power of love (untitled/scissor sisters, Việt Lê). Additional films by Neelu Bhuman (FU377), Tina Takemoto (Warning Shot: The Killing of James Wakasa), Naima Lowe (Trouble the Water) and Celeste Chan (Queer Historical Mixtape).
This showcase will also include (Re)Generation, a live perfomance by Celeste Chan as a queer teenager in a haunted living room, with tiny silver fish, and the WWII Japanese occupation of SE Asia.
Badge and individual ticket information HERE
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this program, curated by Queer Rebels, as a community partner of the 3rd annual OUTsider Fest. OUTsider is an Austin-based transmedia nonprofit that celebrates the bold originality and creative nonconformity of the LGBTQ+ communities through the presentation of provocative, overlooked and out-of-the-box film, dance, theater, performance art, music, writing and visual art. Through its annual festival and conference, OUTsider unites queer artists, audiences and scholars from around the globe to exchange ideas, ignite conversations, transcend boundaries and experience new pleasures through artistic discovery. This year’s OUTsider Fest runs from Feb. 15-19, 2017.
Other programs featuring Latinx artists at OUTsider
CONSIDERACIÓN DE LAS COSAS MÁS CERCANAS
Santino Escatel and Russell Reed
Ongoing, The VORTEX
PROMISED LAND: A RADICAL QUEER REVIVAL
Rudy Ramirez
Saturday (2/18), 5:30pm, The VORTEX
AMERICAN SPECTRAL HISTORY
Amber Bemak and Nadia Granados
Saturday (2/18), 7:30pm, The VORTEX
KUNIKLO
[co-presented by Cine Las Americas]
Luis Gabriel Sanabria, José Luis Sanabria, Sebastian Turner and Olivia Warner
Sunday (2/19), 5:00pm, The VORTEX
Check out OUTsider’s Full 2017 Program