Boy Princess, 2024, Brazil, 4 min.
What would happen if the world was upside down and the rules completely changed? Structured as a trailer for a film that doesn’t exist, a trans non-binary couple decide to get married defying societal norms.
Boy Princess
Boy Princess (Nico Mascarenhas, 1993) is a non-binary visual artist and filmmaker from São Paulo (BR). Their practice spans video, photography, installation and performance, investigating the boundaries of memory and gender identity. Rooted in the questioning of representational agreements and cinematic conventions, their research explores how bootleg aesthetics can disrupt hegemonic narratives and displace predetermined meanings and objects. Through this gesture, they seek to create enriching poor images that open up pathways to new realities — images that challenge dominant structures and propose alternative ways of engaging with the world
