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2024  from rags to riches...
            seconds
            get yourself a lawyer...
            hungry man...
            anthem            
            johanna’s not here
            (thomas series)
            pure evil

2023  meanwhile...
            white light/white heat
            liquid ecstasy...
            for wile e.
            leashed steam...
            family dinner
            love letters
            wild, west
            selections from the...

2022  china, revisited
            steer/madonna
            hail to the king
            tea for masochists

2021   fighting the loneliness
            american pie
            not your country
    
2020  the saint, the villain...
            stolen bike
            low velocity             
            just like a woman

2019   she was trying...
            why don’t you just...
            fat man & little boy
            american reformation
            made in china
            19 transactions
            sign language

Not Your Country, 2021 RELIC
LEFTOVER CHEWED GUM, PHOTOGRAPHS

PERFORMANCE
JANUARY 31ST, 2021
(PHOTOGRAPHY BY KATIE CARMICHAEL) 
The act of sticking used gum underneath tables and seats is regarded by many cultures as one of the most minuscule and commonly done ill-mannered acts. Seemingly inconsequential, it holds some similarity to impulsive racist remarks that have timelessly brought offense to people for characteristics out of their control.

Using a variety of dining tables from restaurants, households and public lobbies, I chewed pieces of gum and stuck them underneath the corners and edges to assemble racist phrases and sentences that were personally said to me in public in the last 5 years.