Femslash goggles: Fan vids with commentary by creators

Authors

  • Julie Levin Russo The Evergreen State College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2017.01026

Keywords:

Audiovisuality, Augmented reality, Lesbian subtext, Queer spectatorship, Queer technologies, Vidding

Abstract

This gallery opens with a curatorial essay offering a metaphorical theory of vidding as an AR technology and contextualizing femslash fan vids. The selection of works with artist notes includes "Come On" by here's luck (2002); "These Two Arms" by Killa (2006); "Vitalum Vitalis" by hollywoodgrrl and ohvienna (2014); "Past the Feeling" by Anoel (2013); "Lightning Field" by bradcpu (2012); "Gimme Sympathy" by beerbad (2014); "I Do Adore" by kiki_miserychic (2014); "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Mithborien (2015); "Hurricane" by Laura Shapiro (2010); "Hands Away" by chaila and beccatoria (2011); "The Coming Out of Quinn Fabray" by jarrow (2011).

Lexa as a haloed saint, with social media icons surrounding her

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Published

2017-06-15

Issue

Vol. 24 (2017)

Section

Multimedia

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