net art, performances, photographs, video, books, editions
2016 - 2019
FkN JPGS is a series where I became what I desired, using my pornography as instruction. The last episode is documented above. Every week for a year I reenacted a jpeg from my collection on CAM4, an adult webcam site using special effects (green screens) and real transformations (tattoos and piercings). Viewers saw the original jpeg that was posted as a profile pic, the livestream reenactment of it, and a chat box that allowed the artist and audience to interact. Then documentation of the performance was versioned as an archive, books, music, video, edition, and photographs to further merge me and my porn. Everything leading up to, during, and after each performance was collected from buying props to asking the audience to take and share photos of the performance. All of it was cataloged and posted to Tumblr. Much was lost in 2018 when Tumblr banned pornography and offending posts where hidden and labeled in “violation of our Community Guidelines”. Then in 2022 Tumblr changed their ban and promised a more welcoming “home for art and artists who publish mature content”. In actuality, the moderators where back at it — picking at FkN JPGs and eventually redirecting the blog to a dashboard view only, without a trace of prior flagged content. Currently, Clary is working with Rhizome to appeal Tumblr's decision so the blog can be archived in its original form on ArtBase. I worked with the poetry collective TROLL THREAD on a trilogy. Each book, in the publisher’s words, is a “how to” specific to the platforms I used. FkN JPGs on eBay documents the buying and selling of props. FkN JPGs on Cam4 presents the chat as poetry. And FkN JPGs on Tumblr is a photo book sourced from my audience. FkN JPGs on iTunes is music from the performances — what I imagined each jpeg sounds like. The cover art, song names, and lyrics were hacked and replaced with porn and poetry, but if it’s shared beyond the initial download everything defaults back to the original metadata. Some audience members went beyond just taking photos and took videos of the performances. I edited these clips with the chat to create something beyond a documentary. New storylines, new fantasies. Unfortuantely, Vimeo banned my account. FkN JPGs on PAOM is a silk chiffon scarf printed with chat from the series. The see-through fabric allows for new meanings when worn. This particular “poem” generated quite a laugh at a reading for The Diamond Stingily Show at PS1 MoMA. I am currently photographing the props using steganography where I’m secretly embeding the original pornagraphic image into the code of the jpeg. These hacked, haunted images will be sold as NFTs on Foundation.
Publisher
TROLL THREAD
Documentation
AA Bronson
Anonymous
Anthony Malone
azziptte
BigBone8
CAM4
Christopher Schulz
ettu
frcigarthr
garyhard54
JimC
Łukasz Rusznica
mjobim
moosenyc
oz_jake
Rafael Maximiliano
smokewichser
TeddRedneck
v
Vincent Tiley
Zachary Wampler
Screening
Aeon Bookstore
Talk
NEW MUSEUM
Readings
BABZ
MoMA PS1
Montez Press Radio
Palais de Tokyo
Collections
ICP
Library of Congress
Rhizome
University at Buffalo