Timothy Smith
Spoken by the collective digital voice of a group of queer artists and activists, this collaborative project speculates about the possibilities of a temporality yet to come.
Queer Babel is a provocation, a forced interaction between two different artificial intelligence interfaces. A digital voice, created using AI software, embodies the words generated by a separate AI program, the results of which are surprising and disturbing. The work functions as homage to Alan Turing and all those who have struggled to live their authentic queer lives, but it also invites questions. How can we use technology to disrupt the algorithmic forces of hatred and oppression?
London’s brutalist architecture reveals its complex structural and multi-textured beauty.
Julian is an experimental biographical piece about two men – Julian and Antonio – who disconnected themselves from the anxious city, and allowed their spirits to be taken by nature. It is a slightly voyeuristic love letter about and to Julian – the Swiss man whom the narrator has briefly met in London and, shortly after, invited to a road-trip to Portugal.
Created by gay directors and actors, Boys on Film features numerous award-winning shorts that deal with all aspects of gay life. - Summer: Dir. Hong Khaou. Starring Peter Peralta, Jay Brown - Gay Zombie: Dir. Michael Simon. Starring Ryan Carlberg, Brad Bilanin, Robin McDonald - Serene Hunter: Dir. Jason Bushman. Starring Eric Debets, Jonathan Stringat, Flannan Obé - Le Weekend: Dir. Timothy Smith. Starring Omar, Fernando Peres - Cowboy Forever: Dir. Jean Baptiste Erreca. Starring Jones de Araújo, Ronald Rosa - Scarred: Dir. Damien Rea. Starring Chris Anderson, David Durham - Packed Lunch: Dir. Tim Hunter - Mirror, Mirror: Dir. John Winter. Starring Roy Billing - VGL Hung!: Dir. Max Barber. Starring Marcus Proctor, Ashley Ryder
A young, cynical French film student comes to London for the weekend to make a film project for his course. Disillusioned by his London experience, he's befriended by a stranger who shows him a side of the city, and himself, that he never would have seen. The story unfolds through his Super 8 film footage, and his voice-over narration gives us an insight into his thoughts and feelings throughout the journey.
