Post Human
I took this photo today at Post Human at Jeffrey Deitch. For more of my photographs, follow me on Instagram.
I took this photo today at Post Human at Jeffrey Deitch. For more of my photographs, follow me on Instagram.
Love the gender play in this video featuring queer icon Anna Shumate for Playboy. Directed by Brooke James.
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I took this photo in Burbank on Magnolia Boulevard. For more of my photographs, follow me on Instagram.
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I know as a “serious” creative, which I’ve never really considered myself to be, you’re supposed to hate AI, but I had so much fun when I used Meta AI to create my latest newsletter. With prompting, Meta AI made up sex toys and virtual erotic poetry readings and fiction it claimed I wrote. There were some fascinating exchanges between me and Meta AI along the way, too. I also really had fun using Substack’s somewhat limited but whatever AI image generator to illustrate the newsletter. In any case, check it out here and subscribe.
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Brittney Leeanne Williams’ The Form in Which the Spirit Dresses show at Anat Ebgi is phenomenal. Thru Oct. 5.
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This is a panel from “My, My American Bukkake,” a comic that I made in 2002. First, I went to a bukkake porn movie shoot and took photos. Then, I ran the images through Microsoft Paint. Finally, I edited the results. The comic has been published in Headpress 23, Dirty Stories Volume 3, and Best Erotic Comics 2008. In a review of Dirty Stories Volume 3, “A Fresh Look at Porn Comix,” TIME deemed my comic a “non-fiction standout.”
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These are some of my all-time favorite movies, listed arbitrarily. (A single director can only get one mention.)
Amélie
The Wizard of Oz
Reservoir Dogs
No Country for Old Men
Goodfellas
Sixteen Candles
Moonlight
Grey Gardens
Apocalypse Now
Black Swan
Léon: The Professional
Meshes of the Afternoon
The Zone of Interest
Hustlers
I Am Love
Eastern Promises
La La Land
The Truman Show
I Am Not Your Negro
Sexy Beast
Death and the Maiden
Blue Valentine
Metropolis
Cast Away
Past Lives
Bonnie and Clyde
Un Chien Andalou
Daughters of the Dust
Tár
Sweetie
Blade Runner
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Do the Right Thing
Spring Breakers
Mulholland Drive
The Royal Tenenbaums
Body Double
Children of Men
American Psycho
Dior and I
The Shining
Moulin Rouge
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Magnolia
Irreversible
Brazil
Magic Mike
Alien
Suture
Nomadland
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Some random street art I saw while visiting art galleries in Melrose Hill. Check out more photos on Instagram.
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This is a photo I took yesterday at the wonderful Imagined Wests exhibit at the Autry Museum of the American West. The exhibit is about how the American West exists in the imagination in many forms, from art to movies to objects. Since the novel I’m working on that’s set in the adult movie industry is also about California and the twin myths of the American West and the American Dream, I found the exhibit very inspiring. In fact, it gave me an idea for an extremely important scene that appears late in the book.
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This morning I saw an amazing Jean-Michel Basquiat show at Gagosian Beverly Hills: “Made on Market Street.”
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Monsters. Mannequins. Merry-go-rounds. Follow me on Instagram for more of my life in L.A. photographs.
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A pink curtain in an East Hollywood art gallery. Follow me on Instagram for more of my L.A. photography.
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As a longtime fan of fashion designer John Galliano, I really enjoyed this new documentary: “High & Low.” It’s a complicated portrait of a complicated genius. If you’re not familiar with his work, I’d suggest starting here.
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Last year I realized I’d read, like, no books, so I thought maybe this year I would read a few. To start, I read the incredible Victory Parade by Leela Corman. You should buy it and read it. Here’s my Amazon review:
This book is an absolute masterpiece. It's an electric, searing, beyond Spiegelman's Maus anatomical and artistic investigation of the twin traumas of war and violence, the nightmares that haunt survivors' waking and sleeping lives, and the banality of evil's horrifying consequences to the human soul. I read about this book in the Washington Post and read it in one day (i had to take a few breaks because it's so powerful). I can't recommend Victory Parade enough. It should win all the prizes and praises. Congrats to Leela.
Books I Read in 2024: Victory Parade, I Hate Men, My Friend Dahmer, The Crying of Lot 49, Machines in the Head, Big Magic, The Valley, End of Active Service, An Honest Woman, The Money Shot, Atomic Habits
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A few recent photographs from around Los Angeles. Follow me on Instagram for more of my photography.
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I’ve really been enjoying photographer Noah Kalina’s YouTube videos, where he talks about his work, his life, and the world. In particular, I like his hotline show, where people call in and ask questions. I’ve called in twice, including for the most recent hotline episode, “The Hotline Show XII.” One reason I like Noah’s rhetoric around art is that he doesn’t try to tie everything up into a neat bow. Art is messy and chaotic and unpredictable. In any case, I usually learn something about my own practice from his thoughts, so check out his work.
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The above image is a panel from “My, My American Bukkake Too,” a comic that I made in 2003 or 2004. I made the comic using photos I shot on a bukkake movie set, running the images through Microsoft Paint, and editing the results. This comic was a sequel to “My, My American Bukkake,” a comic that I made using the same process in 2002. There was some controversy around MMABT, which you can read about here. I believe MMAB was first published in Headpress 23. Later that same year, MMAB was published again, in Dirty Stories Volume 3, which was edited by Eric Reynolds and published by Fantagraphics, alongside comics by Joe Sacco, Bob Fingerman, and Carol Swain, among others. MMAB was republished again or MMABT was published (I can’t remember which one) in Best Erotic Comics 2008, which was edited by Greta Christina and published by Last Gasp, alongside comics by Daniel Clowes, Phoebe Gloeckner, and Toshio Saeki, among others. In a review of Dirty Stories Volume 3, “A Fresh Look at Porn Comix,” TIME called MMAB a “non-fiction standout.” In 2004, MMABT was published on Artbomb (a comics website created by Warren Ellis that no longer exists), where it was described as “a deeply moving account of personal loss set amidst the tapestry of sexual taboo.”
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A movie poster on the wall at the very cool Pam’s Coffy. Follow me on Instagram for more of my photographs.
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A parking lot mural at Circus Liquor in North Hollywood. Follow me on Instagram for more of my photographs.
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