director: Gala Vanting

Vital Signs

Reflections on the queer practice of transgressing the borders of the body and what it means to find safety at the edge.

Vital Signs explores the art and alchemy of queer bloodplay and reflects on the queer practice of transgressing the borders of the body and what it might mean to find safety at the edge of one’s self. Commissioned as an educational resource by a public health organisation, the film explores space for engagement between adult content producers and agencies invested in community health and wellbeing.

The Video Diaries

We are Nio, Gala, Laney, Blake, Mew, Sondrine, Gina, Magnolia, and Viva. We are artists, muses, mentors, educators, photographers, poets, speakers, beauties and bitches. And we are wankers, one and all. We were given handicams. We waited until we were alone, and then we turned them on.

We are Nio, Gala, Laney, Blake, Mew, Sondrine, Gina, Magnolia, and Viva. We are artists, muses, mentors, educators, photographers, poets, speakers, beauties and bitches. And we are wankers, one and all. We were given handicams. We waited until we were alone, and then we turned them on. We let the cameras turn us on. We set the scene, adjusting for light and frame and aesthetic. Sexy, honest, brave, casual – we spoke. We noted the date, and narrated our desires. We touched and felt our bodies. We came, hard, again and again. And we filmed it all.

Raw. weird. natural, varied, real, and achingly, almost terrifyingly hot. These are The Video Diaries.

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