WAITING FOR THE BUFF TO RUB ME OUT
MARK LYKEN | ALLANA JAMES
2K | Colour | 5min | 16:9 | Stereo | English | Scotland | 2022
VERSIONS: Short Film
SYNOPSIS
A fictionalised portrait that captures the rituals and obstacles that Shadow, a Scottish trans femme graffiti writer, experiences in the making of her Wildstyle graffiti.
“In Waiting for The Buff to Rub Me Out, Allana James and Mark Lyken explore the obstacles of maintaining platforms for expression in an age of sterile surveillance. Through the fictionalised portrait of Shadow, a Scottish trans femme graffiti writer, issues of erasure are made literal through a deceptively playful cat-and-mouse between the protagonist and an official in Hi-Viz.” - Rachael Disbury
A Now & Next Commission For BBC Arts, LUX Scotland, Screen Scotland
Captions by Collective Text; Daniel Hughes, Emilia Beatriz with the artist; Caption Consultation by Ciaran Stewart
Audio Description by Collective Text; Script by Sandra Alland & Emilia Beatriz with the artist; Audio Description voiceover by Callie Gardner
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