Dennis Hollingsworth

"BOY"

At Peres Projects, Cody Critcheloe figures life is a party. Here is the first chunk of their press release:

SSION
"BOY"
Peres Projects, Los Angeles
January 16 ? April 3, 2010

Press Release:

Javier Peres is very pleased to present "BOY", the first Los Angeles solo exhibition by Cody Critcheloe ? SSION (B. Kentucky USA. Lives and work in Kansas City, MO). "BOY" brings together nine separately shot but jointly conceived music videos for SSION's 2007 record Fool's Gold.

First things first! It's SSION, pronounced "shun," as in mission, fission, ambition-all apt words to describe the gesamtkunstwerk that is Cody Critcheloe and the queer punk/performance/art band he invented ten years back as a high school student in Lewisport, Kentucky. In the time since then, SSION has released 4 full-length records, toured extensively through the United States, and enjoyed cult status among fans and music writers who have lauded Critcheloe as everything from Out magazine's Hottest Artist of the Year to "Prince's love child" to the "one true master" of "high-concept sleaze pop."

The Peres website has a walk through video, but I prefer my 30 second rotation:

By the way, Peres has a great staff there, good people, muy amable.