After an accident abruptly ends his BDSM relationship, MilkBottle completes a final video task reflecting on his journey from Shandong, China to London, UK. As a webcam porn influencer, he confronts homophobia, sexual racism, and the blurred boundaries between digital and physical realms in search of a paradoxical ‘true self.’
Jiannan Shi is an independent journalist and researcher exploring the interplay between digital technology and society. Drawing on an interdisciplinary background in sociology and interactive media, Jiannan holds a Master’s from Cambridge and a Bachelor’s from NYU in Shanghai, Prague, and New York.
Screening as part of 归/去 Belonging and Becoming: Queers Across the Waves.
