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2026  2 yr drwng
            ain’t-merica ii
            swan song, etc...
            a trickster in sweatpants

2025  tony
            the high five project
            homesick blues #3
            sauce-merica

2024  double-double
            with teeth
            the love of my life
            the ultimate asshole
            thank you, come again
            lofano/marino
            the bob dylan project
            good year, bad year
            from rags to riches... 
            and rags again
            get yourself a lawyer
            & a gun
            hungry man
            anthem
            johanna’s not here
            untitled
            pure evil

2023  meanwhile at the antecedent
            of impending doom
            white light/white heat
            liquid ecstasy/dirty dreams
            for wile e.
            wild, west

2022  made in china, revisited
            hail to the king
            tea for masochists

2021   american pie
            not your country

2020  the saint, the villain
            & the antihero
            stolen bike

2019   she was trying to convince
            them that the overwhelming
            awe of the supernatural
            would override the fear of death
            but they wouldn’t agree
            american reformation

The Bob Dylan Project
(or Subterranean Homesick Bullshit) , 2024MATERIALS
MUSIC, SUITCASE TAG, CUSTOM CLOCK, 
POST-IT, OVERSHIRT, PAPER SIGN, PILLS, 
RACCOON, DOLLAR BILLS & DUCK FEET

DIMENSIONS
VARIABLE
In 2023, Photoshop released their Generative Fill A.I. program, which was built to analyze photos and either remove or add objects into the background. I fed this program lyrics from Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues. Without any background photo to analyze, Photoshop generated random images (one image per verse) based on some of the nouns and locations in the lyrics, completely ignoring grammatical structure and most adjectives. I then attempted to recreate these images with objects in real life. The result is what a computer “sees” when it’s listening to Bob Dylan for the first time. The objects are presented with the song being played in the background either live or on recording.