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(W/HOLE)

cast members release pain in howls, and spill white salt into endless blackness; in the bright light of day, the group starts an exuberant water-balloon fight.


(W/HOLE) Episode 6:
HOWL + Lawn Sequence

Runtime: 6:09

In a dark room, lit with bare filament bulbs, an abstract eulogy is embodied through howls and the slicing of hanging bags of salt by Parts Authority, Trouble Clef, Special Guest, Erykah Ohms, the Shape, Shay Knox, Evie Snax, Papi Femme, Ginny Woolf, and Alice the Wolfe. In sharp contrast, (W/HOLE) switches quickly to a slow motion landscape where each performer squirms, laughs, and yelps in shock as they get pelted by water balloons. Water drips, streams, and pours down exultant bodies.

(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.


Credits

Created byAORTA films in collaboration with the A.O. Movement Collective
StarringParts Authority, Trouble Clef, Papi Femme, Special Guest, Shay Knox, Erykah Ohms, the Shape, Evie Snax, Alice the Wolfe, and Ginny Woolf
DirectorMahx Capacity
CinematographyHolyrad Studio
Editor and ColoristLanee Bird
Directors of PhotographyLanee Bird +
Saskia de Borchgrave
Lighting DesignerDaryl Oh
ComposerWet Henry
Costume ConsultantPapi Femme
Commissioned byThe Invisible Dog Art Center
Executive ProducerThe Effing Foundation for Sex-Positivity
Service byShane Screams
Production AssistantsShane Screams + Samantha Naomi
Associate producerLacquer

Trailer

This work was developed in part, during a residency at Snug Harbor Cultural Center Botanical Garden with additional residency support from Jillian Sweeney and Jeffrey Cranor

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

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