(W/HOLE)
The first episode of (W/HOLE) begins with a bite and tunes into pleasure
as we take our first steps into the sensual epic.
(W/HOLE) Episode 1:
Opening sequence & Pleasure Narrations
Runtime: 7:21
In a brick-walled room bathed in soft light, Trouble Clef bites an apricot, and suddenly (W/HOLE) transports you. Ten performers move together through the space, pulling you in, and pulling you under. Then, dipping just below the surface of a memory as it surges up from the subconscious, they tune into their pleasure, narrating their experiences. They describe their actions’ sounds and smells, their warmth and sharpness, communicating moments of desire, and release, and relief. It is quiet, loud, exuberant, and tearful. Then it’s over, and (W/HOLE) begins.
W/HOLE) explores the incredible potency of queer hedonism, specifically how the authentic performativity of kink and queer porn can evolve trauma into orgasm, and grief into politically radical, transformative, body-based joy. (W/HOLE) investigates the complexity of pleasure, exploring the so-called obscenity of bodies in their most tremendous capacity—their glorious, illicit humanity. Amidst ecstatic water balloon fights, opulent feasts devoured without utensils, narrations of pleasure, lewd hand gestures, densely scored orgies, improvisational performance, and intense kink dynamics, (W/HOLE) proposes a new type of pornography: a world of queer sex that is at once surreally lush and intensely real.
(W/HOLE) was commissioned by the Invisible Dog Art Center and premiered there in January 2019. Comprised of 18 scenes and two additional bonus scenes, this film explores queer pleasure by colliding explicit queer porn, performance art, and dance together create an altogether unique form.
official Selection
Credits
| Created by | AORTA films in collaboration with the A.O. Movement Collective |
| Starring | Parts Authority, Trouble Clef, Papi Femme, Special Guest, Shay Knox, Erykah Ohms, the Shape, Evie Snax, Alice the Wolfe, and Ginny Woolf |
| Director | Mahx Capacity |
| Cinematography | Holyrad Studio |
| Editor and Colorist | Lanee Bird |
| Directors of Photography | Lanee Bird + Saskia de Borchgrave |
| Lighting Designer | Daryl Oh |
| Composer | Wet Henry |
| Costume Consultant | Papi Femme |
| Commissioned by | The Invisible Dog Art Center |
| Executive Producer | The Effing Foundation for Sex-Positivity |
| Service by | Shane Screams |
| Production Assistants | Shane Screams + Samantha Naomi |
| Associate producer | Lacquer |
Trailer
Special Thanks to AORTA’s Benefactors Circle Jerk
Cuntry Rode, Virginia Creeper, SAS, analmosh, Daemonumx, Dewey Decibal, K.D. Lingus, Jessie Dress, Rosie Deadpan, MDJG, Flint Fist
Special Thanks to our F*CKLAB Researchers
Parts Authority, Kayden Fear, Fluffer #3, Rooster Ray, Liatrice Rex, TopShelf, Ginny Woolf, Amy Gall
Additional Special Thanks to
The Pleasure Chest, Nick Arthur, 888ism.e, Nate Stark
“Broken Glass Ménage”
for SC
Huge Thanks to our Kickstarter Supporters:
Nathaniel David + Anonymous + Mike Videopunk + Sia d’Biggs + N Williams + Courtney Scott + Anonymous + Anonymous + K.D. Lingus + BS + Manuel + Anonymous + Toni&Sion + Anonymous + Jessie Dress + Tai Crimson + Jason Coffman + Niko Tsocanos + Nini + Robert L. O’Hagan + Anonymous + Laura Bickford + Rosie Deadpan + Tina Vaden + Ginny Woolf + Dangerous Ginger + Dewey Decibel + Janaki Kuruppu + Martha Hipley + Jasper Jay + Em Gosnel + Tina Horn + Jasmine Xie + Risa Shoup + Jules Skloot + Anonymous + Anonymous + Kathy Couch + Anonymous + Galactic Butterfly + Mark Goldfield + Anonymous + Chad Frisbie + Carrie Z + Larissa Velez-Jackson + Meg Osborn + Emmett Stoffer + Anonymous + Anonymous + Anonymous + Queer Column Tie + wbm + Stew Walker + Smurfix + NA + GrowNan Rogaine-berg (Jonah) + Julius Beaver + Alex Giga + G Morgan + Jordan Morley + Mats Johansson + Anonymous + Alex G. + Will Dawson + Sarah White-Ayón + Lindsay Clark + Anonymous + Mystery Man + Sherri + Anonymous + leftcoaster + Kit Stubbs, Ph.D. + Anonymous + Sara Jane Stoner + Fuckault + Ze4os + Alex Rodabaugh + Ares Izrael + Karl Cooney + F Block + Marley Russell + Lynsey G. + Eleanor Smith + Anonymous + Anonymous + Elise McCave + Kate Ladenheim + Ariel Speedwagon + Anonymous + Anonymous + Ayano Elson + Amy Gall + Anonymous + Anonymous + Anal Mosh + Ryan Ong + Justine Maryellen Ortolf + Anonymous + Virginia Creeper + Supa Suga Snatch + Wee Heavy Walter-Stern + Anonymous + (Yesiam) mike randall
