Internet of Bodies

An exhibition of new and historical work by Mark Flood, curated and produced by Preston Douglas Boyer and Outlaw Human Intimacy.

Internet of Bodies transforms Meantime LA into an immersive collision of painting, fashion, media critique, and underground cultural history. Centered on Flood’s iconic “monster body” imagery — developed throughout the 1980s and 1990s — the exhibition presents monumental unstretched paintings alongside a limited series of one-of-one vintage garments hand screen printed and signed by the artist. Reworking archival visual language through distorted corporate iconography, the work examines the collapse between the human body, branding, technology, and mass communication with the dark humor and psychological intensity that has defined Flood’s practice for over four decades.

The project blurs the boundary between art exhibition, fashion intervention, and cultural excavation — revisiting Flood’s early experimentation under the name Perry Webb and tracing a lineage from his raw 1980s studio and clothing works to the present moment of algorithmic identity and corporate saturation. The exhibition reconnects to Flood’s roots in underground music through Culturcide, the experimental media-noise group he co-founded in the 1980s, and Vulturcide, a newly formed continuation of that spirit. Accompanying the historical monster body paintings is a new series of small canvases. Each garment functions simultaneously as artwork, artifact, and wearable extension of Flood’s long-running investigation into systems of image production and control — produced from high-quality true vintage sourced specifically for the project.

Internet of Bodies positions Flood’s work within a contemporary Los Angeles context while reaffirming his enduring influence across painting, fashion, punk aesthetics, and conceptual practice

The opening reception took place Thursday, May 28, 2026 from 6 to 9 PM at 648 N. Fuller Avenue, Los Angeles.