Andy Butler of NYC house music collective Hercules & Love Affair just put out this docu/vid My Offence, exploring the usage of the word “cunt” in gay vernacular in NYC. Short interviews with DJ Honey Dijon, Cakes Da Killa, artist Juliana Huxtable, Kalup Linzy and others from New York’s art, music, literary and nightlife scenes, are layered over Butler’s track. After 13 years living as a “Queen in New York”, Butler saw his own usage of the word engrained into his vocabulary. A move to German speaking Vienna prompted him to reflect on how subversive it really was, and sparked an exploration of it in a song. ”My initial idea was to conceptualize the song through a series of filmed interviews with performance artists who explore profanity and gender in their work but I was not aiming at the fusion of music, video and documentary, says Butler. When I talked to Matt Lambert (director) for the first time, he mentioned the idea of combining the two formats – music video and documentary. Fast forward 6 months to when I previewed the early edits and it kind of blew my mind.”
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