Silent Passability (Ride to the Countryside)
Overview
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 her 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.
About Silent Passability (Ride to the Countryside) (1997)
Released in 1997, Silent Passability (Ride to the Countryside) is a music film (US). It was directed by Terre Thaemlitz. The cast is led by Lady Jane Fairchild, Darienne Lake, Aggy Dune, Pandora Boxx and Heather Sky. With a runtime of 4m, the film is available in full HD.
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