Seek Bromance
Seek Bromance is a cinematic performance showing a transformative relationship between two transmasculines who have very different attitudes as to what masculinity can be. A trans romance situated at the end of the world.
Samira Elagoz dedicated years to filming and researching cis men when still a female artist. While previous projects (i.e. Craigslist Allstars, 2016) had him searching for masculinity as an outsider, this is him doing it as a fellow bro. It started from a message Elagoz received on Facebook from a mysterious male-presenting profile who turned out to be a trans guy artist and former glamour model called Cade. When Elagoz eventually realized he was a non-woman himself, he immediately knew he wanted Cade to be the one to guide him.
The theme of this collaboration became the relationship between 3 lovers, the camera being one of them. Roaming in shared isolation through a locked-down LA and Las Vegas deserts, with a car, some cash, and a supply of testosterone, the lovers explore integral dynamics of masculinity and femininity.
Credits
Director
Samira El Agoz
Production
Andreas Hannes
Key collaborator
Cade Moga
Executive producer
SPRING Performing Arts Festival
Co-production
Frascati Producties, Kunstenwerkplaats Pianofabriek, Black Box Teater, BIT Teatergarasjen, Arsenic – Contemporary Performing Arts Center, Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux
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2021
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