(Hogan Seidel, 2022-2026, United States, 40 min, in English)

FILMS IN THIS PROGRAM:

(new work-in-progress) I walked away with the garden’s weeds (2026)– 16mm, B&W, 5 min, Sound
Using garden weeds both as a subject and a material, I am creating a 16mm film that investigates the value we assign to plants in the context of gardening. The process involves crafting a black-and-white developer from weeds like goldenrod, Queen Anne’s lace, and bull thistle, while also imprinting their forms directly onto film using direct animation. Through a queer lens, I explore the weed as a metaphor for transness and queerness; digging, spreading, and flourishing into untamed beauty while simultaneously facing efforts of control and eradication. This film weaves together experimental processes and metaphorical reflections, embracing the untamed and undervalued.

Sounds and composition by Annie Dodson.

Objectionable Fruit (2025) – Four Projections on 16mm, Color, 15 min, Sound
Objectionable Fruit is an experimental documentary examining the Ginkgo tree—a living fossil celebrated for its resilience and unique capacity to change sexes, defying human-imposed binaries. Using the Ginkgo as a metaphor for fluidity and endurance, the film weaves together themes of gender identity, ecological interconnectedness, and the nuanced complexities of trans existence.

(collaboration with filmmaker Gabby Follett)

In the Streets of June (2025) – Super8 to Digital, Color, Sound, 4 min,
Layered in the grain of Super 8, in the streets of june captures the vivid contradictions of a Seattle Pride parade: a kaleidoscope of joy and resistance, fractured and reframed through layers of multiple exposure. The film’s textured imagery merges the vibrant defiance of the parade with the imposing presence of police lines, their shadows cast across the glitter-strewn streets.

Clear (2024) – 16mm, Color, Sound, 6 min
Clear is a visceral confrontation with the illusion of “safety,” where altered 16mm footage and layered audio reveal the quiet violence surveillance imposes on trans and gender-nonconforming bodies.

Konstantin (2023) – 16mm, Black & White, Sound, 3 min
“Konstantin” is an experimental film shot on high-contrast black and white 16mm film using a single 100ft reel. The film is an in-camera edit with triple exposures, creating a layered and complex visual language. Through this aesthetic, the piece explores themes of queer love and queer ecology. It invites the viewer to enter a unique and poetic world, where the boundaries between the human and natural realms blur and merge. Pushing against human exceptionalism & into a world where there is no ‘natural’ or ‘unnatural.’

Genital Reveal Party (2022) – 16mm, Color, Sound, 7 min
An exploration of gender binarism, violence, climate disaster, and the second coming of Christ. A 3D spectacle for the whole family! Through found footage, text, and photochemical abstraction, this film begins to draw connections between many oppressive structures that are linked to gender essentialism.