Queer Cinema Guide

Carola Gatto, Queer Cinema Guide is a guide to the magical world of queer representation in cinema. 250 films are classified based on several thematic categories, illustrated throughout. These range from horror films to comedy, including animated films and the camp genre, grouping together movies that have played a significant role in shaping the collective imagination of queer identities and expressions. Start your binge-watching now! *More*/ A key aspect of the book is the way the information is organized: creating large chapters containing films might have ended up being too vague. A selected film can be horror, but also camp, and it may feature drag cha- racters while also being a love story. So I decided to create illustrations that could represent these categories and use them as tags. Each double page is dedicated to a film, and when certain illustra- tions appear on the page, they indicate the categories the film belongs to. The illustrations accompanying each category are the visual heart of the project, designed to express through images the themes and iconic characters of each subgenre. At the beginning of the book, there is a brief explanation for each illustration and the category it represents, making the visual reading clearer, but also introducing incre- dible characters from films that have been largely forgotten by most.

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'Cagna Rauca' is an artistic collective born from the idea of reclaiming physical and online spaces through a queer and transfeminist lens. The collective brings together designers who engage with themes of resistance using innovative and radical approaches. Founded in Urbino in 2023, the project emerged from a shared desire to experiment and collaborate. Today, the aim is to continue collaborating and creating new connections despite the current fragmented locations of the members. The project keeps evolving, as it is conceived as transitional, ideas find their habitat when they are shared, and they produce meaning only through interaction. One example is Interferenza, a temporary curatorial project initiated by 'Cagna rauca' in 2023. Through an open call, artists were selected and invited into a horizontal exchange, engaging in weekly meetings where everyone simultaneously acted as both artist and curator. The designers involved mainly work through editorial design, moving between different languages such as illustration, photography, and media art. The projects are self-initiated and self-financed. Books, zines, posters, and cards are mostly digitally printed, though some works are produced using risograph and silkscreen printing.

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