Cactus Club Moving Image series (Moving Image) is an experimental film series presented by the artist-run venue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Our vision is to create an environment conducive to critical engagement by showing work that takes risks, challenge norms, and opens conversations by showcasing a wide range of artist-driven independent media.  As a series, we hope to offer a space for the community to engage with film and expanded cinema made by artists from a variety of backgrounds. To keep a flow of new perspectives, the monthly programs will be curated by Cactus Club staff as well as visionary guest programmers.

Britany Gunderson received a BFA in Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her practice is often interdisciplinary, creating film and video work that uses material forms such as hand-cut paper, textile fabrics, and celluloid. Exploring ideas of personal non-fiction, her work expands the idea of what a moving image can be. She has screened at venues internationally and received an Honorable Mention at the 2018 Milwaukee Underground Film Festival.

Ariel Teal is a video artist, activist, and programmer originally from Brooklyn, NY, now residing in Milwaukee, WI. They primarily work in moving image and performance to explore femininity, sexuality, and trauma. They create work with the hope for both personal and collective healing, to address intergenerational trauma, and with the goal of communion. They believe that moving image is a powerful tool for activating change and human connection.

Aster is a programmer, writer, and filmmaker. Originally from Michigan, she works as the GenreQueer Coordinator at Milwaukee Film. She studied film at Columbia College Chicago and Gender & Sexuality Studies at the University of Kansas.

Lucio Arellano is a filmmaker and visual artist from Rockford, Illinois (currently based in Milwaukee, WI.) who is interested in exploring the non-linear and personal relationships found between the concepts of time, tradition, memory, and family through combinations of expressive digital and analog media.