• Rss Feed
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube
  • Search
Skip to content
Visit Sponsor
Seattle Gay Scene
  • Home
  • News
  • Arts &
    Entertainment
  • Nightlife
  •  Living
  • Geek
  • Calendar
Home *Resist. Protest. Obstruct. Inform., *Seattle Cinemaland, *Seattle Musicland, Arts & Entertainment, Film, Film Events, Music, Seattle Lesbian Scene, Women's Arts, Women's Events, Women's Nightlife“Amplify Her” Documents Women In Electonica With Art and Sound

“Amplify Her” Documents Women In Electonica With Art and Sound

October 25, 2017• byJohn Boucher

AmplifyAnimated

We live in a society of almost total media saturation. What once was a quaint world of newspapers, books and live performance is now a dense, endlessly spooling web of sensory overload comprising so many forms of live and recorded media that we can only refer to the whole mess succinctly with the general and flavorless word “content.” Art is content. Content is data. Data is omnipresent and endlessly generated by artists who are now more accurately referred to as content creators; and the technological tools that facilitate that endless creation of content are now inexpensive and accessible enough that anyone with the will to become a content creator can now endlessly create content. Meanwhile, companies like Google who try to give shape to it all become multi-national, multi-billion-dollar entities. The end result is a bewildering cornucopia of choice for the content consumer, and a nearly impenetrable field of obscuring noise for the content creator trying to become visible. Producing content is only the first challenge. The bigger challenge is marketing that content. And all of that becomes even more difficult if you happen to be something other than male.

One solution to this marketing problem is to band together with others. A group of unknown content creators somehow feels more substantial as a unit to be marketed than any one content creator wandering the congested superhighways alone. It is easier for the lone bit to disappear in the digital snowstorm than a group of bits who have congealed into something larger. In this way a new kind of communal living emerges, but this time with a different goal than, say, that of the analog hippies of the 1960s. This time it isn’t merely about peace, love and harmony. Those are hashtags used in pursuit of becoming visible, present, noticed, relevant, enjoyed. In this way, individuality is best marketed by the commune — a potentially confused and confusing undertaking. But if you can get one more click on that follow button, then your brand grows and your progress toward becoming more visible continues. If you happen to belong to an historically marginalized and underrepresented group, again, all of that becomes even more difficult.

AmplifyHerChild

This brings me to Amplify Her, a 2017 documentary film from co-directors Ian Mackenzie and Nicole Sorochan that features seven female electronic musicians / content creators / artists. Here, a communal banding-together serves to market the fiercely individual artists who work in a form of media — live electronic musical performance — that is, in turn, focused on the bringing-together of many individual people into synchronized, communal dance experiences. Furthermore, the film itself is only one aspect of a larger project that includes print and motion comics that star the same content creators that are in the film; and a social arts movement comprising electronic music shows and workshop retreats.

The filmic portion of the broader project tells some interesting stories and, along the way, provokes thought about the challenges faced by female content creators today. While it could benefit from a few tweaks here and there to its structure, and while it’s never quite profound enough in its thinking about the subjects and issues it raises, I do think that it works well as a catalyst for further conversation, and as an introduction to a rather sizable collective of like-minded artists. You will meet the likes of AppleCat, Lux Moderna, Blondtron and more; and you just might fall in love with both the real-world and graphically-novelized incarnations of their personas, struggles, and successes.

Ultimately, you can think of Amplify Her, the documentary, as a kind of DJ’d set that mixes various issue and story tracks together into a mostly seamless experience. As such, I’d recommend checking it out. You might just increase your awareness of the important cause of empowering women in yet another male-dominated industry. Maybe it will be the first step you take to becoming a non-male content creator yourself. Who knows? At the very least, you’ll have the opportunity to find a content creator you enjoy who might otherwise have remained wandering obscure and alone in the digital snowstorm. Win-win.

Amplify Her plays a special double screening on 26 October 2017 at SIFF Cinema Uptown at 6 and 9:30 PM. (Tickets here). Evidently, the print graphic novel will also be available. As Blondtron might say: #freeyourpussy. Doors open a half-hour before screening.


AmplifyClub

MORE about this film/project/Seattle events:

Amplify Her is a film, graphic novel and animated motion comic series that explores the rise of female artists in the electronic music scene.

Imagined and brought to life by more than 21 female creators across North America – mainly from the Pacific Northwest – the 89-minute feature follows seven up-and-coming stars as they find their unique voices within a male-dominated realm.

On the surface, it’s a story about women in the electronic music industry, but the film’s deeper message is the resurgence of “the feminine” in Western culture.

THE PURPLE CARPET TOUR

The Amplify Purple Carpet Tour is coming to Seattle! As a purple carpet stop we have guest appearances from the filmmakers, a few artists, and a lively post-screening discussion. The 144 graphic novels will be available for purchase, covering topics covered include illness, cyberbullying, sexual conformity, emotional vulnerability and self-image.

SCREENINGS & AFTER-PARTY

Two shows 7pm (doors at 6:30pm) and 9:30pm (doors at 9pm).

The Purple Carpet tour starts right in the theatre! Opening both theatre shows is DJ CARE.

Straight outta’ Miami with deep Seattle roots DJ CARE has an eclectic style that goes deep into the soul of the event injecting luscious sound with love and CARE.
After the Screening the music continues at the AFTER PARTY:
  • Oct 26 – Un-official afterparty with CloZee Oct 26 ~SOLD OUT~
  • Oct 27 – The OFFICIAL After-party Belle Nuit

FILM SYNOPSIS

Blondtron is an outspoken, openly sexual music producer who crafted her latest track, ‘Set Your Pussy Free’ as an anthem for empowering women. Yet as she transitions into an entrepreneur launching her own tech company, her raunchy antics prevent her from being taken seriously.

AppleCat is a sharp-witted DJ with heart, struggling to make ends meet – raising her young daughter by day and occasionally gigging as an online ‘camgirl’ at night. Her gift lies in creating soundscapes that allow others to release their sexual shame, yet to truly succeed, she must first forgive herself.

On the heels of beating a mysterious decade-long illness, Lux Moderna channels her healing mantras into her music, creating spaces of shamanic transformation on the dance floor. Yet her biggest challenge awaits her: stepping out from behind the decks and performing as a center-stage priestess.

Amplify HER explores these rising stars and more (CloZee, Kytami, Wala, and A 100 Drums) as they come-of-age amidst the emerging cultural renaissance of the feminine.

Learn more http://amplifyher.com

(Visited 1 times, 1 visits today)

About the Author: John Boucher

John Boucher is a transmedia artist who works in text, image, and sound; a filmmaker who has written, directed, produced, and edited several films; the editor of the Seattle-based indie feature film Heart Breaks Open; the former assistant to screenwriter Stewart Stern at TheFilmSchool; a scholar who holds two film degrees from Seattle Central College and The Evergreen State College, and an MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics from The University of Washington Bothell; and a critic who harbors conflicted opinions about nearly everything.

Related Posts

*Resist. Protest. Obstruct. Inform. • Abortion Rights • Arts & Entertainment • Community • Community Events • Community Health & Wellness • Film • Film Events • Health & Wellness • Health/Medical • Living • News • Reproduction Rights • Seattle Lesbian Scene • Seattle News • Weekend Calendar • Women • Women's Events • Women's News

SIFF To Screen Pro-Choice Film “Our Bodies, Our Doctors” This Sunday

A powerful pro-choice documentary will screen this Sunday, August 14th

...

*Seattle Cinemaland • Arts & Entertainment • Arts News • Business News • Coming Attractions • Film • Film Events • Infotainment • News • Seattle International Film Festival • Thanksgiving Events

SIFF’s Uptown Theater To Re-Open Next Week With…Gaga’s “House of Gucci”

We’re doubly excited because two amazingly wonderful things are happening

...

*Dragolicious • *Seattle Cinemaland • Arts & Entertainment • Arts News • Celebrities in Town • Celebrityville • Drag O'Tainment • Film • Film Events • Gay 101 • Legends • News • Queer Film • Seattle Lesbian Scene • Seattle Transgender Scene • Trans* Arts & Entertainment

John Cameron Mitchell To Be At SIFF “Hedwig” Screening On August 17

Why it’s important to open ALL your emails in a

...

*Beefcake Babylon • *Seattle Cinemaland • Arts & Entertainment

Zexy Movie Comedy “Diamantino” Screens Next Week

  We’re not sure what to make of DIAMANTINO, a

...

*Resist. Protest. Obstruct. Inform. • *Seattle Musicland • After Dark / After Hours • Arts & Entertainment • Bars & Nightclubs • Conversations With L.A. Kendall • DJ Dance Party • Nightlife • Seattle Pride 2019 • Seattle PrideFest • We Love The Nightlife

Princess Superstar & Larry Tee Dish On The Wild Ole Days In NYC…And, Their Seattle Pride Events!

Princess Superstar’s Retro Electro Party is coming to town not

...

*Seattle Musicland • Capitol Hill News • Celebrityville • DJ Dance Party • Fan Boy/Girl Land • Geek • Infotainment • News • Nightlife • Pop Culture • Seattle News • We Love The Nightlife • Yaaas Khaleesi: Game of Thrones Review

Irish DJ/Actor Kristian Nairn aka Hodor from “Game of Thrones” Returns To Seattle For Q Gig

HOLD THAT DOOR, because out Irish actor and DJ KRISTIAN

...

Previous: A Sexy Remix For November At SAM Features Andrew Wyeth and Arson Nicki…Together At Last!
Next: It’s Still Around! Open Enrollment For Obamacare Starts Nov 1

Comments are closed.

Upcoming Events

Mon 02

Unicorn Karaoke @ The Unicorn

October 2 @ 9:00 pm - 1:00 am
Seattle WA
United States
Tue 03

Rain Country Dance Tuesday Line Dancing @ All-Pilgrims Church

October 3 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Seattle WA
United States
Tue 03

MUSIC BINGO: TUNESDAY @ CC Attle’s

October 3 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Seattle
United States
Tue 03

Tuesday Gayme Night @ The Unicorn

October 3 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Seattle WA
United States
Wed 04

Leather and Lace Drag Show and Pride Skate @ Southgate Roller Rink

October 4 @ 7:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Seattle
United States

View More…

  • Rss Feed
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube
  • Search

Seattle Gay Scene

SEATTLE GAY SCENE is Seattle’s Leading LGBT community website, and most visited calendar in the region.

We also proudly serve as media sponsors for a number of amazing local organizations, including: Gay City Health Project, Lifelong AIDS Alliance, SIFF, Three Dollar Bill Cinema, Qulture Qreative & Hard Times Press, NARK Magazine and Bacon Strip to help bring some of the most exciting live events and entertainment in the city.

Top Categories

  • Music
  • Community
  • Drag O’Tainment
  • Seattle Lesbian Scene
  • Stuff to Do

Recent Comments

  1. Michael Strangeways on XL Bear Bust – Spanksgiving!
  2. Mike on XL Bear Bust – Spanksgiving!
  3. Vicki Pardee on West Seattle PrideFest

About Us

  • Our Team
  • Advertise on SGS!
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2023 | Seattle Gay Scene
  • Our Team
  • Advertise on SGS!
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
Close Search Window
↑