underground
ABSOLUTE
FICTION
Short Film Presented at Rumble Theatre’s Tremors Festival
In Association with the frank theatre company
October 28 - 31, 2020
Audio Walk Presented by the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
a polish punk video zine
Queers in Communist Poland used self-published magazines to organize, get laid, and forge a sense of identity. In the wake of the arrest of Polish trans activist Margot, a Polish-Canadian settler uses a fractured, video narrative to seek answers. Through letters, social media posts, and the music videos of a queer punk band, Underground Absolute Fiction complicates notions of “queer.”
Can queerness can connect us across cultural rifts, or if it is just another site of Western Imperialism?
Creative Team
Anais Mateusz West (Writer, Lyricist & Producer)
Fay Nass (Director)
Christian Yves Jones (Videographer)
khattieQ (Music Director)
Veronique West (Dramaturg)
Julia Siedlanowska (Cultural Consultant)
Claire Love Wilson (Performer)
Sara Vickruck (Performer/Music Adaptation & Transcription)
Eric Biskupski (Audio Engineer)
Kimberly Ho (Stylist & Photographer)
Piotr Wieczorek (Recordist & Audio Engineer)
Łukasz Wojtysko (Polish Translator)
Chris João (Cultural Consultant & Online Contributor)
Vala Tanz (Online Contributor)
development
SUPPORTERS
Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Playwrights Theatre Centre, the frank theatre company
Developed as part of the Digital Dramaturgy Initiative with Playwrights Theatre Centre