Untitled (Larry & Bobby Kissing) originated from my FkN JPGs series where each week I choose a jpeg from my archive and mimicked it live on an adult webcam platform. One reenactment of a Robert Mapplethorpe photograph evolved into Untitled, a series of hybrid performances where the kiss was staged in-person, streamed online, and projected back into the museum. At Palais de Tokyo, I performed as Bobby and invited the audience to kiss me as Larry. Then at the International Center of Photography, Larry and Bobby were played by women to directly question representation in leather culture. For this, I was awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Performance by the New Jersey Council on the Arts.
Credits: curators, Christopher Clary, ICP Library & Museum, Paris Ass Book Fair, and Paul Soulellis; performers, Christopher Clary, public, Paloma Gil, Paul Soulellis, and shawné michaelain holloway; photography, Guaizine, ICP, Jacque Donaldson and Paris Ass Book Fair; venue, CAM4, ICP, and Palais de Tokyo; press, VICE; award, New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
