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This is as lushly erotic as you’d expect 🔥

💌💥Our 35th commissioned experimental work, ‘Blank Narcissus (Passion of the Swamp)’ by Peter Strickland — a comedy, a lovelorn romance and a living history of queer erotica — is now live 🥀🥀youaretheprototype.art/blank-narcissu…

I interviewed the great filmmaker Peter Strickland about his surreally nostalgic short film that channels vintage gay porno to tell a love story. It’s screening with the legends at @Prototype_artTV 🎞️ smh.com.au/culture/movies…

Tickets still available for Tuesday night’s double bill (with the NY underground classic Pino Narcissus) at Pink Flamingo Cinema in Marrickville: eventbrite.com.au/e/peter-strick…

“It may shock people to hear that Strickland’s latest is an homage to the hidden poetry of 70s gay pornography, co-produced by an Australian film collective.” Or it may not shock you at all 😉 🥀💌💥 smh.com.au/culture/movies…

Cinema and art are part of my life and it is wonderful to see a deep engagement in the arts press with this lil experimental film we spent years supporting Peter Strickland to make through multiple lockdowns. See it next week on @prototype_arttv 🥀💌 smh.com.au/culture/movies…

💚July 4, cinema event in Brisbane 💜July 11, cinema event in Sydney (tickets to both: youaretheprototype.art/events/) 💙July 12, on Prototype

And did we mention: this is a double bill with James Bidgood's Pink Narcissus (1971) – an underground classic and key source of inspiration for Peter's new work for Prototype. Rarely seen at cinemas. This is CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE!

See our new commission at the movies with us –– for the full cinematic experience (!) – before we screen it on our platform. Launch screenings in June and July for UK auteur Peter Strickland's BLANK NARCISSUS in Sydney, Melb and Bris! WOAHHH! youaretheprototype.art/events/

Experimental film and video art platform @Prototype_artTV has announced a collaboration with English auteur Peter Strickland, commissioning his new short Blank Narcissus (Passion of the Swamp). if.com.au/prototype-comm…

@sansebastianfes It’s a wild little UK/Australian co-production involving Prototype, Red Breast Lunapark, Arcadia and @ContainerBFS Thanks for the story @insidefilm 💘💘if.com.au/prototype-comm…

This new work of ours is potentially an internet breaker… Prototype’s major 2022 commission, “Blank Narcissus (Passion of the Swamp)” by UK filmmaker Peter Strickland, will debut at San Sebastian Film Festival next month 🥵💌💥#70SSIFF @sansebastianfes

Huge congratulations to Gabrielle Brady, whose haunting 2021 Prototype commission “Remain”has been nominated for the $15,000 Digital Art Prize. We’re thrilled. There’s a publicly voted award — throw her your support and vote over here: #2022-finalists" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">goolugatup-heathcote.com.au/digital-art-pr…

May we recommend Proto alum Sari Braithwaite’s new documentary BECAUSE WE HAVE EACH OTHER, premiering soon at @MIFFofficial It’s a dreamy, cosmic, slice-of-life insight into the hopes & struggles of an unconventional couple & their neurodiverse family. youtu.be/F8pXiHmVhBo

a waking dream to see MERAPI programmed into Media City Film Festival’s International Program of artist’s cinema ✨✨✨ last hours to watch this virtual showcase

North American viewers… Malena Szlam’s volcano fever dream film MERAPI (2021), commissioned by Prototype, is currently playing Media City Film Festival, devoted to artists’ cinema. Watch online here: mediacityfilmfestival.com/25th-anniversa… 💜🌋

Full info on our presence in the #APT10’s cinema program: 💜💜 qagoma.qld.gov.au/whats-on/cinem…

Brisbane! Now/momentarily! 💌💥 #apt10qagoma

Wow same. We’re vibing.

Some HNY news 💫✌️Malena Szlam’s miraculous “Merapi” makes Mubi’s list of most notable experimental films of 2021 💌💥 mubi.com/notebook/posts…