Film & Videography

From the rhetoric of Frankie Valli but in a different time and place, ‘drag has meaning, drag is a motion, drag is the way we are feeling.’ For some, drag is a necessary form of artistic self-expression; a visible, fun and flamboyant spectacle of queerness. For others, drag is more pointedly a movement and the birthplace for otherised identities, to question the heteronormative ideas that fly in the face of gender's proven complexity. But discovered, is that the history and landscape of drag artistry is far more diverse and complex than it may appear…

Drag artists, queens and kings, transgender and non-binary persons alike, discuss their journeys from amateurism to stars, from small-town to centre stage; and come together to dance, bend and blur the very beautifully flimsy lines that exist between antiquated gender stereotypes.

FEATURING:
Baby, Phoenix Fyre
Grayson Wallace-Mitchell, Bonoir
Jayden Brown, Jayoncé
Lewis Hughes, Paris Cetamol
Roxee Horror
Drag artists at the UOW UniBar amateur drag night.

SONG CREDITS:
‘Back in Town’, composed by Greatfool.
https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/yJi3K0skJi/

’New Ambitions’, composed by Trevor Kowalski
https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/QWk3RdpgiB/

FILMMAKERS:
Hallie Rutter
Scarlett Lewis
Tashi Folque
Taryn Castle

Conceptual, short-form video art that blends nostalgic cinematography with surrealist and experimental storytelling.

It was feared that COVID-19 would change the face of live music in Wollongong forever and that its artists would be forced to mark 2020 as the year that live music in Wollongong died. However, as live music makes an epic and long-awaited return; discovered, are the silver-linings that Wollongong’s much-loved musicians were able to recognise in the year without music.

Song credits:
'Love Of Mine', performance of an original by Cool Jumper.
'Good enough', performance of an original by The Newsagency.
'Rose', performance of an original by The Kilbeys.
'Ain't it Strange', original by The Kilbeys.

This video is heavily influenced by short-form, lo-fi aesthetic mood filmmaking. Using unconventional editing techniques and evocative cinematography to explore memory, nostalgia, friendship and humanity.

Gritty, confessional, existential short-form montage. Experimenting with lo-fi realism and abstract cinematography.

A short-form that feels like an intrusive memory, with quality that views how a diary might read. Moments suspended in time.

Videography that is less curated, spontaneous, playful and grainy. Like a thought not fully formed, or an open-ended emotion that doesn't resolve itself.