Queer Looks

<p><em>Queer Looks</em> is a collection of writing by video artists filmmakers and critics which explores the recent explosion of lesbian and gay independent media culture. A compelling compilation of artists' statements and critical theory producer interviews and image-text works this anthology demonstrates the vitality of queer artists under attack and fighting back. Each maker and writer deploys a surprising array of techniques and tactics negotiating the difficult terrain between street pragmatism and theoretical inquiry finding voices rich in <em>chutzpah</em> and subtlety. From guerilla Super-8 in Manila to AIDS video activism in New York <em>Queer Looks</em> zooms in on this very queer place in media culture revealing a wealth of strategies a plurality of aesthetics and an artillary of resistances.</p>