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DOMestication is a film created by Kim Ye, directed by Maegan La Trese Philmore, and edited by Jessica Schilling. Inspired by the genre of bridal reality television, this piece chronicles Ye’s wedding to her partner through interviews with the artist, and her friends and family. In tracing the roots of Ye’s reluctance to wed, this film activates materials from her personal archives to traverse topics ranging from BDSM and ethical non-monogamy, to immigration and intergenerational trauma. This film has a total running time of 38 minutes and has recently screened at Film Girl Film Festival (2022) and Disorient Film Festival (2022). See the trailer below.

DOMestication [trailer], single-channel video, 2021. Duration: 1 minute 17 seconds