Off The Beat / The Actor Slash Model Film Project
Actor Slash Model is a multimedia duo that addresses issues of gender identity, gender performance and politics, a sex positive ideal, and the art making process. Their latest project – a film with the working title “Off the Beat” (or “The Actor Slash Model Film Project”) – explores trans and gender variant identity in musicianship and performance.
Since 2006, Actor Slash Model has sought out other, like-minded artists to give a voice to what is not being seen or heard, in their words, “a realm in which the array of gender diversity flourishes and the talent is superb – gender variant musicians.”
The film itself is a multimedia experience. Filmed on 16mm film, super 8 film, video, and using still image, experimental uses of music, audio and sound, they intend to push the boundaries of documentary film making:
Our lives are 4-dimensional, our media is 4-dimensional, and each person is on his/her/ze’s journey. As trans people, our bodies are nontraditional, our lifestyles are non traditional, our ideas about culture and identity are non traditional. Why shouldn’t our way of making art, be non traditional as well?
They’ve issued an open call to “all those deviants existing outside of a cute gender specific box living and working on the East Coast.” Get in touch if you are interested in participating.
A trailer will be available for viewing on YouTube soon. Estimated completion for the project is summer 2009.
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