Harmony Korine: Perfect Nonsense

Harmony Korine (b. 1973, Bolinas, California) is a filmmaker and visual artist whose practice spans cinema, painting, photography, collage, zines, and drawing. Since writing the screenplay for Kids (1995) at nineteen, Korine has pioneered experimental filmmaking while expanding into painting, particularly exploring figuration and abstraction through hybrid techniques combining iPhone photography with painterly methods. His work investigates themes of the outsider, class, poverty, celebrity, and the gothic dimensions of American culture, often centered on the figure of the teenager. Recent works including Baby Invasion (2024) and Aggro Dr1ft (2023) demonstrate his inquiry into technology and gaming engines as image-making tools. Based in Miami since 2015, Korine founded the experimental media company EDGLRD, and the city's visual excess has shaped his recent artistic production.