Jamie Dillon: Pictures of Smoke September 19, 2010

For the past five years, Dillon has been secretly making pictures of smoke. He hasn't started making them yet but has ordered the paper-UPS tracking number 1Z493EW00346441362. Harnessing a kind of fictionalized sadism, Dillon will become "The Destructive Character," attempting to make images with fire. Dating back to prehistoric times, this technique has become popular again in fashion, art, advertising, and war. Dillon says, "I want to repeat myself and still offer a formal display layered with enough meaning and metaphor to be Googleable." Of the 100 works to be created, Dillon will select only the "coolest looking ones" to be exhibited. "Working as cultural producer for free creates surplus value and the potential 'valorization' of the artist's labor," he says. Stuzky, the infamous hermaphrodite, will also be on hand to offer his popular version of sexualized propaganda and answer any questions.