Turning is a documentary musical art film by video artist Charles Atlas based on a stage collaboration Atlas had with British-American artist Antony Hegarty and focuses on 13 artists being performance women artists, models, butch lesbians and transsexuals who appeared with him onstage. Each artist rotates slowly on a turntable platform, her features blown up and transfigured on a screen behind the band Antony and the Johnsons with their elegant blend of music and where Atlas incorporates candid interviews and playful banter to define his picturesque subjects on screen.^[1]

The film pairs a band performance with a video backdrop of superimpositions and time-delay effects. The video uses "13 remarkable women" in the songwriter's words who stand on a revolving platform to the side of the band each with a static pose for the length of a song, staring down the camera in close-up as Charles Atlas superimposes shots from different angles and applies various camera effects.^[2]

Performers

• Johanna Constantine
• Catrina Delapena
• Honey Dijon
• Eliza Douglas
• Connie Fleming
• Joey Gabriel
• Joie Iacono
• Stacey Mark
• Nomi
• Kembra Pfahler
• Morisane Sunny Shiroma
• Julia Yasuda

Musicians

• Antony - vocals, piano
• Maxim Moston - violin
• Jeff Langston - bass
• Rob Moose - guitar, violin
• Julia Kent - cello
• Parker Kindred - drums
• Thomas Bartlett - piano
• Christian Biegai - horns
• Will Holshouser - accordion

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was recorded at The Barbican Centre, London on 4-5 November 2006 with all music composed and arranged by Antony and performed by Antony and the Johnsons. It was officially released on 11 November 2014 on Critically Canadian record label.

Tracklist

1. "Everything Is New" (4:49)
2. "My Lord, My Love" (3:18)
3. "Cripple and the Starfish" (5:15)
4. "For Today I Am a Boy" (3:32)
5. "Where Is My Power?" (5:31)
6. "Spiralling" (3:57)
7. "Find the Rhythm of Your Love" (6:02)
8. "I Fell in Love with a Dead Boy" (4:28)
9. "Bird Gerhl" (3:22)
10. "Kiss My Name" (4:09)
11. "Daylight and the Sun (5:43)
12. "One Dove" (6:28)
13. "Hope There's Someone" (4:42)
14. "Twilight (5:57)
15. "You Are My Sister" (4:14)
16. "Whose Are These" (2:48)
17. "Tears Tears Tears" (2:31)
    

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