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 The third in our trilogy of experimental queer folk tales, Better Out Than In is almost here!  It tells the story of a femme ingenue afflicted with severe flatulence. She is invited to join a musical compound by her friend Jo, who loves her despite her malodorous condition. One day, after she has settled into compound  life, against her will, a calamitous fart erupts from her backside, destroying the compound and its’ marvelous musical sound machine. The lovers are banished. They embark on a hero's journey and through a series of trials, the ingenue’s flatulence proves to be a super-power that eventually saves the village and the planet.

Hilary Harp + Suzie Silver
2019, 12:40, color, stereo
Set in a campy western mining town, Stinkhorn tells the tale of a lady blacksmith named Dusty and her naughty trickster paramour, Blaze. At night Blaze turns Dusty’s apprentices into horses and rides them all night long, Finally, Cassidy, the clever apprentice hatches a plan. A psychedelic trip wrapped in a queer western, Stinkhorn is a magical who-rides-who tale with a twist. Combining live action, drawings, miniatures and animation, Stinkhorn is the second story in, Fairy Fantastic!, a gender diverse folk and fairy tale series.

The Sausage (excerpt)
Hilary Harp + Suzie Silver
2015, 9:00, color, stereo
Based on a Swedish folk tale, The Sausage tells the humorous story of two sisters, three wishes, and a calamitous obsession with a sausage. The Sausage is the first completed episode of Fairy Fantastic! a fairy and folk tale series presenting gender fluid adaptations of classic tales.

Better Out Than In
We are in pre-production on a third tale, Better Out Than In, which is based on an Asian folk tale known as the farting princess or the farting bride. In 2016 we created five felt banners, related to the story, for Push Comes to Shove, an exhibition about women and power at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Arizona. Each banner depicts a plot point organized around the main character's cosmically/comically powerful farts.
We also made a zine which you can download here: Better Out Than In