EXPOSURES

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TRANSFIRE: A Cinematic Journey Across Queer and Trans Desire is a short film program idea we've had in our heads for a long time, inspired by Miles Oberman's amazing poem On Trans. In the poem, Oberman talks about the queer experience of transing gender in the same register as drinking a glass of wine in front of a fireplace. For Oberman, both experiences are the same: mundane yet extraordinary, finite yet ongoing, complex yet extremely simple.  To celebrate the paradoxical nature of trans-ing gendered and sexual expectations, we've put together a short film program that <span fr-original-style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;" style="color:rgb(13, 13, 13);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">delves into the depths of queer and trans desire through the lens of filmmakers from around the globe. This program celebrates explicit sex and gentle intimacy, weird experiments and queer otherworlds, trans care networks and all sorts of partnerships.  When: April 29, 8 PM (doors at 7.30) Where: La Sala Rossa, <span fr-original-style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;" style="color:rgb(31, 31, 31);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">4848 St Laurent Blvd. (There is a set of stairs that you must climb in order to access the venue. If you have any accessibility requirements, please drop me an email at <a href="mailto:iris@exposuremtl.com">iris@exposuremtl.com</a> and I'll sort it out for you).  <span fr-original-style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;" style="color:rgb(13, 13, 13);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">Overall, the program explores embodiment, sex, and intimacy across the queer and trans spectrum.The films are funny, sexy, sad, angry, loving, desperate, communal, solitary and so, so worth a watch.   Duration: 90 mins with a 10 min break in between.  Full program:Drag You , Nadia Koro, Hadrien Daigneault-Roy & Sascha Cowan, CanadaAt once an initiatory journey and a queer funeral, a remembrance and a premonition, DRAG YOU is the creation of a custom-made ritual, conceived by and for a community left without words. Glory Hoe, Frida Retz, DenmarkGlory Hoe is a quirky celebration and reinterpretation of glory holes, usually used by gay men. However, in Glory Hoe the holes are adapted to different sexual interactions and queer bodies with explicit lesbian sex. Boner Hospital, Wren Tiffany, USSet in the fictional, post-apocalyptic Boner City, USA... This is the story of one trans guy and his appointment with destiny. Hole Experiment 1, Frida Retz, GermanyAn absurd bathroom with an integrated glory hole, monstrous hands, and an unexpected orange slime. MonsterDykë, Kaye Adelaide & Mariel Sharp, CanadaA transgender sculptress, unhappy with her experiences dating men, has a lesbian awakening when her sculpture comes to life and rocks her world. Dismantle Me, Max Disgrace, UKA trans man makes a half-serious request to his new trans woman neighbor to help him relocate, and gets a hot play. La Chascona, Maria João Lourenço, UKAn intimate moment in broad daylight on the Valparaíso shore. Burn, Maitén Del Valle, ArgentinaNiki and Maco get together for dinner. During the course of the night they have a sexual encounter that leads them to experience different stimuli until they culminate in orgasm. Where wolves are their wolves, Jesse Blanchard, CanadaThis experimental short asks: who gets to be seen, and who gets to choose visibility? The picture and sound are obscured, questioning the legibility of transness. Stonewalled, Raya Nix, GermanyIn the structure of a visual poem, Stonewalled is a depiction of love and fear. Aking Senakulo, Jela Dela Peña, PhillippinesIn a church, the golden light hits a figure’s wing scars. Their rosary sways from one hand, as sounds of leather against skin rings throughout the air. Aking Senakulo explores themes of queerness, isolation, belonging, and indigenous Filipino ancestry. TW: This program features needles, self-harm, and violence. The trigger warnings will be announced at the start of the program so you can walk out during specific films should you need to.

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TRANSFIRE: A Cinematic Journey Across Queer and Trans Desire is a short film program idea we've had in our heads for a long time, inspired by Miles Oberman's amazing poem On Trans. In the poem, Oberman talks about the queer experience of transing gender in the same register as drinking a glass of wine in front of a fireplace. For Oberman, both experiences are the same: mundane yet extraordinary, finite yet ongoing, complex yet extremely simple.  To celebrate the paradoxical nature of trans-ing gendered and sexual expectations, we've put together a short film program that delves into the depths of queer and trans desire through the lens of filmmakers from around the globe. This program celebrates explicit sex and gentle intimacy, weird experiments and queer otherworlds, trans care networks and all sorts of partnerships.  When: April 29, 8 PM (doors at 7.30) Where: La Sala Rossa, 4848 St Laurent Blvd. (There is a set of stairs that you must climb in order to access the venue. If you have any accessibility requirements, please drop me an email at <a href="mailto:iris@exposuremtl.com">iris@exposuremtl.com</a> and I'll sort it out for you).  Overall, the program explores embodiment, sex, and intimacy across the queer and trans spectrum.The films are funny, sexy, sad, angry, loving, desperate, communal, solitary and so, so worth a watch.   Duration: 90 mins with a 10 min break in between.  Full program:Drag You , Nadia Koro, Hadrien Daigneault-Roy &amp; Sascha Cowan, CanadaAt once an initiatory journey and a queer funeral, a remembrance and a premonition, DRAG YOU is the creation of a custom-made ritual, conceived by and for a community left without words. Glory Hoe, Frida Retz, DenmarkGlory Hoe is a quirky celebration and reinterpretation of glory holes, usually used by gay men. However, in Glory Hoe the holes are adapted to different sexual interactions and queer bodies with explicit lesbian sex. Boner Hospital, Wren Tiffany, USSet in the fictional, post-apocalyptic Boner City, USA... This is the story of one trans guy and his appointment with destiny. Hole Experiment 1, Frida Retz, GermanyAn absurd bathroom with an integrated glory hole, monstrous hands, and an unexpected orange slime. MonsterDykë, Kaye Adelaide &amp; Mariel Sharp, CanadaA transgender sculptress, unhappy with her experiences dating men, has a lesbian awakening when her sculpture comes to life and rocks her world. Dismantle Me, Max Disgrace, UKA trans man makes a half-serious request to his new trans woman neighbor to help him relocate, and gets a hot play. La Chascona, Maria João Lourenço, UKAn intimate moment in broad daylight on the Valparaíso shore. Burn, Maitén Del Valle, ArgentinaNiki and Maco get together for dinner. During the course of the night they have a sexual encounter that leads them to experience different stimuli until they culminate in orgasm. Where wolves are their wolves, Jesse Blanchard, CanadaThis experimental short asks: who gets to be seen, and who gets to choose visibility? The picture and sound are obscured, questioning the legibility of transness. Stonewalled, Raya Nix, GermanyIn the structure of a visual poem, Stonewalled is a depiction of love and fear. Aking Senakulo, Jela Dela Peña, PhillippinesIn a church, the golden light hits a figure’s wing scars. Their rosary sways from one hand, as sounds of leather against skin rings throughout the air. Aking Senakulo explores themes of queerness, isolation, belonging, and indigenous Filipino ancestry. TW: This program features needles, self-harm, and violence. The trigger warnings will be announced at the start of the program so you can walk out during specific films should you need to.

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TRANSFIRE: A Cinematic Journey Across Queer and Trans Desire

4848 Boul. Saint-Laurent

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$15