2012 Transqueery, Miki Encounters the Neil Richards Collection
Transqueery is a narrative video, just over 19 minutes long.
Made with the assistance of an award from the Exploring Cultures Working Group on the Neil Richards Archive as sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Culture and Creativity (ICCC), University of Saskatchewan. Transqueery was screened at the Queer City Cinema International Film Festival in Regina, 2013 Transqueery was featured as part of a one-woman installation for Toon's Kitchen at Paved Arts Galery, Saskatoon, 2013 |
Brief synopsis of Transqueery:
Miki, a somewhat eccentric trans gender individual is asked to submit a proposal for an artwork which would engage with a queer collection at the University of Saskatchewan Archives. Despite being in the middle of an awkward life transition and knowing nothing about the collection, she agrees and proposes to make a video of her encounter with the Neil Richards Collection.
As she is introduced to the archives and begins exploring the collection, she becomes fascinated with the collector, Neil Richards. In the archives she engages with the staff and discovers material that relates to her own personal experience.
Largely hand held, using existing light and the camera's microphone, Miki Mappin's disarmingly simple technique results in a direct and entertaining engagement with her subject.
Miki, a somewhat eccentric trans gender individual is asked to submit a proposal for an artwork which would engage with a queer collection at the University of Saskatchewan Archives. Despite being in the middle of an awkward life transition and knowing nothing about the collection, she agrees and proposes to make a video of her encounter with the Neil Richards Collection.
As she is introduced to the archives and begins exploring the collection, she becomes fascinated with the collector, Neil Richards. In the archives she engages with the staff and discovers material that relates to her own personal experience.
Largely hand held, using existing light and the camera's microphone, Miki Mappin's disarmingly simple technique results in a direct and entertaining engagement with her subject.