QUANTUM IDENTITY POLITICS
2017 · 9m · USA
Directed by Miko Revereza
Genres: documentary, essay film, experimental
Tones: contemplative, dark, provocative
A video essay by Filipino-American artist Miko Revereza confronting how their work is consumed through the lens of otherness — the film pre-empts its own reception and refuses to perform expected identity.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
Revereza knows you're going to file this under 'Filipino American artist' and says so — then makes the work anyway. The meta-framing is the whole radical move.
Miko Revereza pre-empting his own reception inside a video essay refusing to perform expected identity — Trinh T. Minh-ha territory and Revereza is the real deal as an essayist. This is the kind of work I'd actively seek out.
Miko Revereza pre-empting his own audience's consumption of identity art from inside the work — that kind of self-reflexive video essay is where Revereza is strongest, and 8 minutes is the right scale for the bite to land.