Pioneers Go East Collective, "Buffalos"
Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte – Filmmaker, writer, and director
Zanni productions – cinematography
Philip Treviño – Production designer
Featuring: Agosto Machado and Daniel Diaz
2019
ABOUT
'Buffalos' is part of our cycle of original video-art projects merging DIY and camp aesthetics to celebrate queer culture and LGBTQ sexual freedom. We create video art projects to create frameworks that are positive renditions of our collective vulnerabilities and strengths.
'Buffalos' video-art for gallery installation portrays humorous and positive renditions of
queerness. Featuring Daniel Diaz as a naive cowboy and their mentor Agosto Machado, the video art project addresses Gay sexual desires, to combine camp aesthetic and dark comedy to reflect on mainstream Cowboy iconography and machismo. The video is inspired by the movie 'Little Big Man' which questions mainstream heroes in the Classic Western Cinema genre by taking a positive view on the movie’s lead character. We further this exploration by joyfully defining otherness and our identity as outsiders.
BIO
Pioneers Go East Collective is a radical queer laboratory collective of performing and visual artists dedicated to dance-theater and video art to empower the LGBTQ experience. Based in New York City, the collective is led by LGBTQ-identifying, BIPOC, and immigrant artists and cultural organizers Daniel Diaz, Joey Kipp, Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte, and Philip Treviño. The collective portrays same-gender-loving experiences, memory, and marginalization that resonate with contemporary lives. Pioneers Go East Collective combines stories of vulnerability and courage with popular culture to facilitate communal meaning and advocate for cultural integrity. Pioneers Go East Collective’s work has been widely presented in New York City at BRIC Arts Media, Judson Church, The LGBT Center, Center for Performance Research, Abrons Arts Center, La MaMa, JACK, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Chashama Gallery (Harlem), Goethe Institute gallery, Exponential Festival, St. Ann’s Warehouse, Process Space at Governors Island/LMCC, Lumberyard (Catskill, NY), as well as Buddies in Bad Times in Toronto. Current collaborators include syd island, Vanessa Rappa, Symara Johnson, ALEXA Grae, Darrin Wright, Mark Tambella, Paul Simon, Jo Wiegandt, Azmi Mert Erdem, joy (Zanni productions), Lynn Ligammari, and Bryan Baira. www.pioneersgoeast.org
Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte – Filmmaker, writer, and director
Zanni productions – cinematography
Philip Treviño – Production designer
Featuring: Agosto Machado and Daniel Diaz
2019
ABOUT
'Buffalos' is part of our cycle of original video-art projects merging DIY and camp aesthetics to celebrate queer culture and LGBTQ sexual freedom. We create video art projects to create frameworks that are positive renditions of our collective vulnerabilities and strengths.
'Buffalos' video-art for gallery installation portrays humorous and positive renditions of
queerness. Featuring Daniel Diaz as a naive cowboy and their mentor Agosto Machado, the video art project addresses Gay sexual desires, to combine camp aesthetic and dark comedy to reflect on mainstream Cowboy iconography and machismo. The video is inspired by the movie 'Little Big Man' which questions mainstream heroes in the Classic Western Cinema genre by taking a positive view on the movie’s lead character. We further this exploration by joyfully defining otherness and our identity as outsiders.
BIO
Pioneers Go East Collective is a radical queer laboratory collective of performing and visual artists dedicated to dance-theater and video art to empower the LGBTQ experience. Based in New York City, the collective is led by LGBTQ-identifying, BIPOC, and immigrant artists and cultural organizers Daniel Diaz, Joey Kipp, Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte, and Philip Treviño. The collective portrays same-gender-loving experiences, memory, and marginalization that resonate with contemporary lives. Pioneers Go East Collective combines stories of vulnerability and courage with popular culture to facilitate communal meaning and advocate for cultural integrity. Pioneers Go East Collective’s work has been widely presented in New York City at BRIC Arts Media, Judson Church, The LGBT Center, Center for Performance Research, Abrons Arts Center, La MaMa, JACK, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Chashama Gallery (Harlem), Goethe Institute gallery, Exponential Festival, St. Ann’s Warehouse, Process Space at Governors Island/LMCC, Lumberyard (Catskill, NY), as well as Buddies in Bad Times in Toronto. Current collaborators include syd island, Vanessa Rappa, Symara Johnson, ALEXA Grae, Darrin Wright, Mark Tambella, Paul Simon, Jo Wiegandt, Azmi Mert Erdem, joy (Zanni productions), Lynn Ligammari, and Bryan Baira. www.pioneersgoeast.org
Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte – Filmmaker, writer, and director
Zanni productions – cinematography
Philip Treviño – Production designer
Featuring: Agosto Machado and Daniel Diaz
2019
ABOUT
'Buffalos' is part of our cycle of original video-art projects merging DIY and camp aesthetics to celebrate queer culture and LGBTQ sexual freedom. We create video art projects to create frameworks that are positive renditions of our collective vulnerabilities and strengths.
'Buffalos' video-art for gallery installation portrays humorous and positive renditions of
queerness. Featuring Daniel Diaz as a naive cowboy and their mentor Agosto Machado, the video art project addresses Gay sexual desires, to combine camp aesthetic and dark comedy to reflect on mainstream Cowboy iconography and machismo. The video is inspired by the movie 'Little Big Man' which questions mainstream heroes in the Classic Western Cinema genre by taking a positive view on the movie’s lead character. We further this exploration by joyfully defining otherness and our identity as outsiders.
BIO
Pioneers Go East Collective is a radical queer laboratory collective of performing and visual artists dedicated to dance-theater and video art to empower the LGBTQ experience. Based in New York City, the collective is led by LGBTQ-identifying, BIPOC, and immigrant artists and cultural organizers Daniel Diaz, Joey Kipp, Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte, and Philip Treviño. The collective portrays same-gender-loving experiences, memory, and marginalization that resonate with contemporary lives. Pioneers Go East Collective combines stories of vulnerability and courage with popular culture to facilitate communal meaning and advocate for cultural integrity. Pioneers Go East Collective’s work has been widely presented in New York City at BRIC Arts Media, Judson Church, The LGBT Center, Center for Performance Research, Abrons Arts Center, La MaMa, JACK, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Chashama Gallery (Harlem), Goethe Institute gallery, Exponential Festival, St. Ann’s Warehouse, Process Space at Governors Island/LMCC, Lumberyard (Catskill, NY), as well as Buddies in Bad Times in Toronto. Current collaborators include syd island, Vanessa Rappa, Symara Johnson, ALEXA Grae, Darrin Wright, Mark Tambella, Paul Simon, Jo Wiegandt, Azmi Mert Erdem, joy (Zanni productions), Lynn Ligammari, and Bryan Baira. www.pioneersgoeast.org