Hazel—video editor, filmmaker, Peertuber, and self-described Jewish Gore Whore—joins me today for philosophical exploration of our relationship to art. Representing the hazels plural system, Hazel discusses plurality, punk filmmaking in the age of online video, and the emotional labor it takes to reclaim storytelling as a tool of resistance.
In this episode, we unpack:
The politics of imagination: storytelling sovereignty vs. colonizers of the imagination
Reclaiming outsider art and creating work that isn’t state- or capital-approved
The aesthetics and ethics of low-budget horror, and working beyond traditional narrative forms - an anarchist approach to art
The need for queer rage in art
A vision of cinema unshackled from theatre and the novel—and what emotional catharsis looks like without plot
