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JT 1 JT 4 JT 3 JT 2 JT 5 JT 6 Erotophobia Mykonos White Box Erotophilia If you Can't See It 2 Green Gowns School Ties School Ties & Aunties Pearls TenGreenGowns Six White jocks Double On Trunk Something You Can Relate To Double Profile Structural Linguistics Double Torso Afrojoint Still from White Male White Female Still from White Male White Female Still from White Male White Female Still from White Male White Female Still from White Male White Female Still from White Male White Female Still from White Male White Female Still from White Male White Female Still from White Male White Female Still from White Male White Female Still from White Male White Female Still from White Male White Female Still from White Male White Female Stephanie & Slade Stephanie & Slade Stephanie Stephanie Stephanie & Slade Stephanie & Slade Stephanie & Slade Stephanie & Slade Stephanie & Slade Stephanie & Slade Stephanie & Slade Stephanie & Slade Stephanie & Slade Stephanie & Slade Stephanie & Slade
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JT . 2006 August

Erotophilia/Erotophobia . 2005-06

Diagram . Performance stills and works . 2004-05

Slade & Stephanie . 2007 June

Diagram
"The characters are not there to represent individuals- evidenced by my own appearence in wildly disparate roles.

The characters represent ideals- common, ignored, fascinating, secretive, freshly minted and feared.

Anonymity is both deliberate and ultimately proved impossible over the course of the narrative. I wanted to demonstrate identity as fluid, as a trap, an indefinite on-stage prison sentence. I'm not attempting to present myself as an individual, but as an observer or understudy- though it's easy to assume the artist/performer is trying to assert his individuality. Characters appearing nude- especially male characters- lay out two agendas: removal of clear social identifiers, and the provocation of the desire or NEED for discernible social identifiers."
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