Silent Passability (Ride to the Countryside)

Synopsis

Deemed "too ambient for broadcast" by MTV's AMP, Thaemlitz' first video "Silent Passability (Ride to the Countryside)" contrasts cinematic footage from drag performances in upstate New York with highly processed digital audio from his CD "Couture Cosmetique" (US: Caipirinha/Japan: Daisyworld, 1997). Thaemlitz is known for his fusion of computer synthesis techniques with non-essentialist transgenderism as two methodoligies which appropriate and critically recontextualize cultural signifiers, whether they be audio sources or gender constructs. The audio for "Silent Passability" deals with fears of violence while travelling in 'passable' drag between safe zones, and Thaemlitz' unsettling compulsion to remain silent in such circumstances so as to avoid confrontation. Antithetically beatific images from the transgendered stage question posturing as a means for alieviating and/or concealing such oppressive circumstances.

Main Cast

Lady Jane Fairchild

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Darienne Lake

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Aggy Dune

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Pandora Boxx

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Heather Sky

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Terre Thaemlitz
Editing	Editor	Terre Thaemlitz
Crew	Film Processor	Terre Thaemlitz
Production	Producer	Terre Thaemlitz
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