KENZ CANNON
multimedia site specific digital analog archive performance narrative documentary research video
pdf portfolio (select works pre 2026)
tags:
exhibition
video
writing
sculpture
audio
performance
web
for sale
contact
tattoos
c.v.
KENZ CANNON
multimedia site specific digital analog archive performance narrative documentary research video
pdf portfolio (select works pre 2026)
tags:
exhibition
video
writing
sculpture
audio
performance
web
for sale
contact
tattoos
c.v.
What Mary Kept | Brooklyn NY
August 12 - September 13 2026
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photos by kiril palaveev
The Backyard is inspired by being a kid. When everything exists in an elevated dream world. You're someone new and everything is connected. All of the dots. The dirt and the bug bites, the grime and possibility of The Backyard. - Maya Rubio
- Maya Rubio, Curator
it is early morning or evening (blue and misty) in my yard from childhood, only different. i am playing pretend. i am alone but do not feel it because i believe in fairies and the aliveness ofm y stuffed animals. i'm a child and barefoot. i'm playing a game where the different areas of my yard are like the different realms on a gameboard, like candy land or clue. i don't want to go home though maybe the object of the game is to land on "home" - i want to keep playing. there is a sense that too much time has passed and i might be late for something. but i am still trying to play, only i am also realizing i'm not a kid anymore. but all the stuffed animals still feel alive to me even if we can't talk to each other like we used to. and the swing set is still a castle even if i can't play there anymore. i am still playing the game and i don't want to go home or it will be finished. - Kenz dream journal
WHAT IS A GAME PIECE?
YOUR RING, YOUR EARRING, YOUR KEYCHAIN.
A BOTTLE CAP FORGOTTEN IN YOUR POCKET.
A LUCKY PENNY. A PIECE OF CANDY.
A TOKEN, A RANDOM TINY MORSEL OF JUNK THAT HOLDS A SPECIAL RESONANCE IN YOUR
HEART THAT YOU CAN'T LET GO OF.
THIS IS YOUR AVATAR.
PROTECT IT, PLAY IT, LET TI EXPLORE THIS WORLD AS YOU WOULD IN ITS
PLACE. NOOKS AND CRANNIES BECOME CASTLES AND LABYRINTHS. PAVEMENT
CRACKS BECOME MAPS TO SECRET WORLDS.
FOSTER A GAME PIECE FROM THIS
COLLECTION (PLEASE RETURN AFTER PLAYING) OR PROVIDE YOUR OWN PERSONAL PIECE TO
CARRY WITH YOU FOREVER.
All games are interactive and
meant to be played! Rules can be
followed, bent, and/ or made up,
interpreted through your own creative perspective.