a night with alterotics (2023)
Directed by Anaïs Alias Avery Jaye
92 minutes
Muscle presents a special evening with filmmaking, screening, performance, and cruising collective alterotics. Co-founded by Anaïs Alias and Avery Jaye in 2023, the group's transgressive moving-image sex art—like the Stephen Sayadian-influenced Rat Trap—has quickly found a hungry audience both at international queer film festivals and especially in Chicago, where they have fostered a growing community centered around their monthly cruising parties. For this screening, we'll present a survey of the group's work over the past three years, including its latest short film, Character Syndrome. All four films are New York premieres. Q&A with Anaïs Alias and Avery Jaye following screening, moderated by Nea Ching.