Re: Kevin
zine
2018
A book of poetry about surveillance. It’s part of a larger series where Chris obsesses over, tracks down, and mourns the passing of a porn star. In his search for Kevin, Chris used Ancestry.com to buy information, and in so doing, gave Ancestry his information. They emailed Chris over two years using his personal data and browser cookies to algorithmically generate subject lines that felt progressively repetitive, humorous, creepy, then dreadful. Published by TROLL THREAD, exhibited in Beijing, collected by the Library of Congress, and read on Montez Press Radio, this book demonstrates the artist’s interest in computational, networked poetics.
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zine
2018
A book of poetry about surveillance. It’s part of a larger series where Chris obsesses over, tracks down, and mourns the passing of a porn star. In his search for Kevin, Chris used Ancestry.com to buy information, and in so doing, gave Ancestry his information. They emailed Chris over two years using his personal data and browser cookies to algorithmically generate subject lines that felt progressively repetitive, humorous, creepy, then dreadful. Published by TROLL THREAD, exhibited in Beijing, collected by the Library of Congress, and read on Montez Press Radio, this book demonstrates the artist’s interest in computational, networked poetics.
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Production
Published by TROLL THREAD; digital printing, black and white, hard cover, 180 pages, 6 x 9 inches; open edition
Collections
The Poetry Collection, University of Buffalo, Library, Buffalo, New York
Library of Congress, Washington
Wendy’s Subway, New York
International Center of Photography, New York
Exhibitions
Archive as Artificial Scenery in Photobooks, abC, Beijing
Readings
JELLY COUNTY, Montez Press Radio, online
JELLY COUNTY, Topos Bookstore, New York
Paris Ass Book Fair, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Published by TROLL THREAD; digital printing, black and white, hard cover, 180 pages, 6 x 9 inches; open edition
Collections
The Poetry Collection, University of Buffalo, Library, Buffalo, New York
Library of Congress, Washington
Wendy’s Subway, New York
International Center of Photography, New York
Exhibitions
Archive as Artificial Scenery in Photobooks, abC, Beijing
Readings
JELLY COUNTY, Montez Press Radio, online
JELLY COUNTY, Topos Bookstore, New York
Paris Ass Book Fair, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Thankful to be an Eyebeam fellow, NEW INC member, awarded by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, commissioned by Rhizome, funded by Meta Open Arts, exhibited at Les Rencontres d’Arles, sold at Art Book in China, collected by MoMA, reviewed in Art in America, and bested by Hyperallergic.