Disfigured Flames is an analog 16mm experimental short film about a cyborg rebirth. The transsexual body is branded inhuman for its transformation, for transcending sex, it becomes an object; can it become more than human? How have we created a separation of transgender and cisgender bodies along the false lines of “genetics” and “biology?” A white pigeon is sacrificed for the transformation. A transmasc couple rises from a claw-foot bathtub filled with homemade soy milk; the film itself is eco-processed in homemade soy milk, creating a dreamy, sparkling texture on the film. The characteristic white liquid is reminiscent of artificial beings and cyborgs in dystopian Sci-Fi: bridging the gap between natural and constructed or human and artificial. Using direct filmmaking, I scratch-wave rows of lines and shapes into the emulsion of the film itself using a drypoint needle, drawing and painting directly on the film with India Ink. The flame or root-like white shapes are the surviving headlines and newspaper clippings from around the PNW about Robert Gaffney (1872-1916), a Transmasc who lived as a man openly for 20 years in Seattle, screen printed directly onto clear film leader.