Swing Swish Sway

Swing Swish Sway

Swing Swish Sway

Swing Swish Sway

Unclassified 18+

Dir. TT Takemoto / 2026 / 7 mins / USA / English / Experimental / Australian Premiere

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Viewer Advice: Contains stroboscopic imagery

A brilliantly multilayered, textural homage to a pioneer of queer rights.

Inspired by Filipina American paintbrush maker and queer rights activist Rosalie “Rose” Bamberger, this playful, reflective new work from queer Japanese American artist and scholar TT Takemoto uses an abstract collage of archival images to reanimate a forgotten chapter of history, in which the Daughters of Bilitis (of which Rose was a founding member) became the first US lesbian political rights organisation.

Metro sessions

Mon 10 Aug 3:45pm ACMI 2

Past Session

Experimental Shorts (110 m)

Lost in the Water (12 m)

Land of Barbar (11 m)

Body, remember… (16 m)

Swing Swish Sway (7 m)

By the Faith of José Gerónimo (11 m)

Time Life Volume 9. Life Model (10 m)

Rojo Žalia Blau (10 m)

As Told by a Corpse (5 m)

Daria’s Night Flowers (16 m)

Acetone Reality (12 m)

Experimental Shorts (110 m)

Lost in the Water (12 m)

Land of Barbar (11 m)

Body, remember… (16 m)

Swing Swish Sway (7 m)

By the Faith of José Gerónimo (11 m)

Time Life Volume 9. Life Model (10 m)

Rojo Žalia Blau (10 m)

As Told by a Corpse (5 m)

Daria’s Night Flowers (16 m)

Acetone Reality (12 m)

Past Session

ACMI 2

Past Session

Tue 18 Aug 9:15pm ACMI 2

Experimental Shorts (110 m)

Lost in the Water (12 m)

Land of Barbar (11 m)

Body, remember… (16 m)

Swing Swish Sway (7 m)

By the Faith of José Gerónimo (11 m)

Time Life Volume 9. Life Model (10 m)

Rojo Žalia Blau (10 m)

As Told by a Corpse (5 m)

Daria’s Night Flowers (16 m)

Acetone Reality (12 m)

Experimental Shorts (110 m)

Lost in the Water (12 m)

Land of Barbar (11 m)

Body, remember… (16 m)

Swing Swish Sway (7 m)

By the Faith of José Gerónimo (11 m)

Time Life Volume 9. Life Model (10 m)

Rojo Žalia Blau (10 m)

As Told by a Corpse (5 m)

Daria’s Night Flowers (16 m)

Acetone Reality (12 m)

ACMI 2

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