Taurus: Barbara Hammer's Astrology

As Taurus season wraps up, Star Gays is back to talk about Barbara Hammer: an important voice in lesbian and experimental filmmaking. Astrologer Elly Higgins talks about Hammer’s relationship to the politics of abstraction, the queerness of experimental form, and the importance actively engaging an audience. We use the work of Dr. Ali Olomi and Kira Ryberg to discuss the bounds and decans of Taurus and get into the details of the fixed earth sign.

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Barbara Hammer’s Chart:

https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Hammer,_Barbara

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDDEuWONoj8 (Hammer on Lesbian Filmmaking and Who Makes History)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Hc20GmgpVtM (Hammer on all her films really being one film)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGuigR_vPRo (Nitrate Kisses excerpt)

https://www.patreon.com/headonhistory (Dr. Ali Olomi’s Patreon)

https://www.kiraryberg.com/guidebooks/p/the36decans (Kira Ryberg’s 36 Decan Guidebook)

https://barbarahammer.com/performances/witness-palestine/

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2020/cteq/nitrate-kisses-barbara-hammer-1992/

https://barbarahammer.com/about/bio/

https://www.queer-art.org/blog/2019/3/20/barbara-hammer-experimental-filmmaker-experimental-lesbian-and-a-mentor-to-all

https://www.anothergaze.com/talking-cinema-barbara-hammer-1939-2019/

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6250-barbara-hammer-s-legacy