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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

Hungry Man, or an Attempt to Fill My Dad’s Shoes
on a Holiday, 2024
(Made with Gracie Moon) RELIC
WIFE BEATER & SLACKS

PERFORMANCE
MARCH 11TH, 2024

Thinking about the act of doomscrolling as a modern outlet for loneliness and boredom, a comparison can be drawn to the earlier act of channel-surfing. Constantly flicking through TV channels every few seconds for long periods of time results in both time passing and little to no entertainment or information being absorbed. As a kid I would sit with my dad (who identifies as a workaholic) on his days off at home while he channel-surfed. I once asked him why he did that for hours on end, and he responded by saying to me “what else am I going to do?”.

Replicating the setting where my father spends his time when he’s unable to go to work, I dressed up in his daily at-home attire and trapped myself in a space with nothing but my dad’s favorite food, a microwave, and a television which was set to change channels every 10 seconds. In this space, I was not allowed to communicate with anybody or leave the room, and my only choices for activities were to sit, eat, and watch TV. I did this for roughly 5 and a half hours before getting bored and leaving the room.