A Family Finds Entertainment (Part 1/5)

"I believe that somewhere, there is something worth dying for, and I think it's amazing."

Ryan Trecartin’s film A Family Finds Entertainment is a camp extravaganza of epic proportions. Starring Trecartin’s family and friends, and the artist himself in a plethora of outrageous roles, A Family Finds Entertainmentchronicles the story of mixed up teenager Skippy and his adventures in ‘coming out’. In this over the top celebration of queerness, Trecartin’s film mines the bizarre and endearing in an unabashed pastiche of ‘bad tv’ tropes. Cheesy video special effects, dress-up chess costumes, desperate scripts, and ‘after school special’ melodrama combine in the fluency of youth-culture lingo, reflecting a generation both damaged and affirmed by media consumption.

Trip back. Sit out.

Dirty Deeds #1

This is one of 6 videos I cut for Michael Schmidt & Chi Chi LaRue's DIRTY DEEDS night on Santa Monica. They wanted Eye Candy, I wanted some release.

DeAundra does Pet Shop Boys

DeAundra's version of the Pet Shop Boys' hit "What Have I Done To Deserve This?"from Funtone.com