Coral Short<\/a>, guest curator. TRT: 65 min.<\/p>\nQueerness, feminism, and craft go hand in hand for many of these emerging contemporary artists, as they rethink and reclaim craft in their own unique ways. Sit back and let these artists take you on a voyage through their meticulously crafted queer universes. From Paris, we have Igor Dewe\u2019s fabulous sand castle high heels, from Baltimore we have Rachael Shannon\u2019s giant welcoming inflatable Breastival Vestibule and from California we have Mev Luna\u2019s mint and lavender weaving, with their own body chroma keyed and rustling through it. From LA we have Jeepney\u2019s mystical costume crafted journey into the unknown. Each artist brings their own distinct voice full of personal politics, her\/they\/his\/tories and private passions to their filmmaking, resulting in diverse practices and methodologies\u2014all of which aggrandize our communities. The transformative combination of humour and desire are also explored with Caitlin Rose and Kailey Bryan\u2019s surprising fresh creations. Craft itself is politicized, as it is constantly marginalized in the institutions which seek to exclude or re-name it. Crafting, therefore, is an outsider art, a rebellion against the establishment who does not want to accept it. Do we want entrance to the establishment? Do we want acceptance within their institutions? Many of us have been creating our own feminist queer international networks and communities for over a decade and will continue to do so for years to come.<\/p>\n
The Artists \/ Craftivists<\/h2>\n
The short film programme Craftivism include works by: Joshua Vettivelu, Igor Dewe, Ellen Nielsen, Allyson Mitchell & Christina Zeidler, Caitlin Rose Sweet, T.L. Cowan, Sabrina Ratt\u00e9, Babyskinglove, Travis Meinolf, Kandis Friesen, Jai Carrillo, Mev Luna, Janey Moffatt Lalo\u00eb, Wai-Yant Li, Zeesy Powers, Sarah Pupo, Brescia Bloodbeard, Rachael Shannon, Kailey Bryan, and Jeepneys & Siobhan Aluvalot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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