Hans Scheirl, also known as ''A. Hans Scheirl'', ''Angela Scheirl'', ''Hans Angela Scheirl'' or ''Ashley Hans Sheirl'', (born 1956) is a transgender artist and filmmaker from Salzburg, Austria. Scheirl first began his transition at the age of 40 with testosterone shots. He currently identifies as "boy, drag-king, transvestite, transgender... ndinsect." He has also performed in some experimental groups including the music group "8 oder 9" in

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in 1978. Scheirl's films use "the cinematic apparatus as a technology for perverting representation". He outlines his work as "cyber-cinema for the trans-X patriarchal fin-de-millenium."

Education

In 1975 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in

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and received a diploma in Conservation and Technology of Art in 1980. In 2003 Scheirl received a master's degree in Art Studies at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in

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Career

Film

In 1979 Scheirl directed 52 super-8 films and two short films in 1986. He also directed two short 16mm films in 1988. In 1991 he co-directed, co-edited, and performed in ''Flaming Ears'' (1991), and directed ''Dandy Dust'' (1998). Scheirl is known to use film as a medium to experiment with gender and identity, often through montage, and relates some of his film to the "cyborg" identity. He has also stated that his intention with film is to create a new medium of communication through film. Scheirl had taken part in numerous films including ''Venus Boyz'' (2002) by Gabriel Baur, ''Pansexual Public Porn'' (1998) by

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, and ''the Making of Dandy Dust'' (2001) by

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''Flaming Ears'' (1991)

Also known as ''Rote Ohren fetzen durch Asche'', ''Flaming Ears'' is an 83-minute post-apocalyptic feature film directed by A. Hans Scheirl, Ursula Pürrer, and Dietmar Schipek. The film focuses on three women, Spy, Volley, and Nun in the city of Asche in the year 2700 and draws on themes of romantics and lesbianism.

''Dandy Dust'' (1998)

''Dandy Dust'' is a 94-minute experimental sci-fi feature film directed, written, and produced by Scheirl. The film features a gender fluid cyborg character that time travels to discovers parts of past self-consciousness. This film features a fragmented plot, nudity, stop motion animation, gritty visuals, and themes of sex and sexuality through the use of bodily fluids and prosthetic reproductive organs. Characters in the film include Dandy Dust, Super Mother Cyniborg XVII Duchess of Loft & Spire, Sir Sidore, and Spider Cunt Boy.

Art

Scheirl has been creating paintings since 1995 and became the Professor for "Contextual Painting" at the Academy of Fine Arts in

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in 2006.

Filmography

Awards

In 2012, Scheirl received the "Kunstpreis der Stadt Wien" and the "Jane Bowles Serious Elegance CHEAPy Underground Über Alles for Sci-fi DIY Aesthetic Innovation and Gender Creative Visionary Art" awards.

References

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