Hans Scheirl, also known as 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...[and] insect." He has also
performed in some experimental groups including the music group "8
oder 9" in Vienna 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."In 1975 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in
Vienna, Austria 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 London,
England.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 Del laGrace Volcano, and the Making of Dandy Dust (2001) by
Tina Keane.
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...[and] insect." He has also
performed in some experimental groups including the music group "8
oder 9" in Vienna 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."In 1975 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in
Vienna, Austria 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 London,
England.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 Del laGrace Volcano, and the Making of Dandy Dust (2001) by
Tina Keane.
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