"Feelin’ Myself" (2017) + "Reverie" (2019) by Edward Perkins
Feelin’ Myself (‘17): Hand scratched and tinted with sharpies, Feelin’ Myself uses rapid cutting to create a space for liberated gender expression.
Reverie (‘19): Shot on 16mm, double-exposed and hand processed. Reverie is a collaborative film that celebrates femme identity.
“I am a 29-year-old nonbinary artist living in Boston with my partner. I work across multiple mediums often using found imagery and manipulating it through additive and destructive processes. Most of the vintage imagery I use is discarded family photos that I purchase in lots online. I also use vintage films, magazines, and books.”
Trans Experimental, a group exhibition of experimental film and animation by trans artists in the greater Boston area, launches at The Sidewalk Video Gallery on February 14, 2021. The show, organized by Boston LGBTQIA+ Artist Alliance (BLAA), introduces a new artist each week. Experimental film deals with perception and abstraction and uses non-commercial techniques including photochemical abstraction, hand-painted animation, digital glitch work, and found footage collage. In this show, trans artists explore and find solace in practices of experimental film that are based on the re-collage, the tactical, the degradation, and the reclamation. Each work lends itself to reflection on the trans body and identity.