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(W/HOLE)

Shay Knox is overwhelmed by pain, pleasure, and pure sensation

(W/HOLE) Episode 9:
Overflow

Runtime: 14:16

Alice the Wolfe binds Knox to a wooden column in the middle of a dimly-lit space. She kisses them gently, and drips hot wax onto their skin. Parts Authority enters, bringing ice cubes to trace over Knox’s chest and arms. Knox shivers with pleasure as Parts kneels down to fuck them with gloved hands. Papi Femme appears deftly tracing over Knox’s body as their eyes roll back in their head. Erykah Ohm snaps rubber bands sharply on their skin, and then the group brings Knox to climax with hands and hitachi.

(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.

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Credits

Created byAORTA films in collaboration with the A.O. Movement Collective
StarringParts Authority, Papi Femme, Shay Knox, Erykah Ohms, and Alice the Wolfe
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

Huge Thanks to our Kickstarter Supporters:
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