Kevin is a series about online obsession — finding, loving, and mourning an adult performer. It stated with an installation of my desktop at 3,000% scale: printed on stretched canvases, stacked in rows, and leaned against the wall like a Mac preview of images. Since then, I have reimagined Kevin through photographs, books, software, NFTs, and an upcoming edition for the NEW MUSEUM (2025). The project has been widely written about, exhibited around the world, and acquired by several public collections. In the making of Kevin, I realized I not only desired him, but also wanted to be him, which led to my next series, FkN JPGs.
Credits: publishers, TROLL THREAD and Cultural Traffic; support, Rencontres d’Arles; readings, Montez Press Radio, Topos Bookstore, Palais de Tokyo; exhibitions, abC, Brooklyn Art Cluster, Front Room Gallery, Rencontres d’Arles, The Goodwink Conspirary; press, Vice; acquisitions, University at Buffalo, Library of Congress, Wendy’s Subway, and ICP.