Trans-Ocular: New Perspectives on Transgender Art, Media & Politics Presents

INFRARED: New Visions from the Queer Underground


At Least You Know You Exist, Zackary Drucker, 2011

Trans-Ocular: Organized & Curated by Jeanne Vaccaro

INFRARED: Curated by Malic Amalya

University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, PA

April 16, 2013


About INFRARED: Trans-Ocular:

From the depths of the underground emerge new films that defy standards of narrative cinema and normative desire. Embracing radical politics and documenting the freaky beauty of queer culture, these shorts range from video performance to stunning 16mm celluloid, from campy debauchery to sensual studies in light and texture.



Trans-Ocular, curated by Jeanne Vaccaro, was made possible by the generous support of Penn’s Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies; the Department of Art, English, and Cinema Studies; Feminism/s at Kelly Writers House; Penn Humanities Forum; the LGBT Center; and the Penn Women’s Center.

Film Program:

The Wreck Family, Full of Pride (2010)

Miguelzinta Cah Mai Solis, Transgendered Mexicans Don’t Make Movies (2012)

Doug Ischar & Tom Daws, CB (2012)

Finn Paul & Roy Perez, Things We Both Know (Not Our Real Names) (2012)

Malic Amalya & Max Garnet, Gold Moon, Sharp Arrow (2012)

Fox Whitney, Beige Slow Change (2012)

Chris Vargas, Cry Boy Cry (2012)

Jackie Davis & Heather Lane, Ideal Geography (2010)

Zackary Drucker, At Least You Know You Exist (2011)