Matthew (Moth) Hutton

Safelight, Follow Through, Weaker Leg

Bachelor of Screen ArtsScreen Arts Film Production

Self-portrait with moon.
On the set of Safelight. (image credit: Elaina Lim)
Still from Safelight. (DOP: Jayden Simpson)

Bachelor of Screen Arts

Screen Arts Film Production
Safelight is an experimental drama exploring healing and queer resistance, with a core cast of non-binary and trans actors. Working in the photographic darkroom, Illume must reconcile with their shadows while healing from trauma. Moments of their life are recollected as vignettes. Safelight works to envision options for change, understanding that in order to heal personally and societally we need options for what this change could look like.

Collaborators
Aidan Boothby, Amy Morris, Annika Peterson, Arlo Macmillan, Ben Smith, Boya Zhang, Caitlin O’Leary Nutter, Charlotte McKinnon, Chris Whiting, Daisy Din, Duyen Nguyen, Earnest Cowan-Rauhihi, Eduardo Ibarra, Em Parkinson, Emily Herbert, Eos Ceridwen Mortimer-Semple, Ethan Mayor, Ethan Robinson, Eva Juriss, Finn Nguyen, Fionn Bowler, Grey Mclaughlin, Hannah McDonald, Haven Howatson, Jachin Brown, Jane Lockhart, Jayden Laton, Jayden Simpson, Jeanette Skarstedt, Jeremy Garcia, Jesse Marshall, Josh Woodall, Kaitlyn Monti-Ellery, Liberty Te Koea, Meg Weedon, Mikayla Mihitiria Aroha Robinson, Niany Liu, Paige Alexandra, Paige Cooper, Sarah Cubiss, Sarah Penny, Shanay Rossiter, Toby Penno, Zulkifli Yes
Exhibition location
Block 1 Level D