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FUCKING JAMES FRANCO

Fucking James Franco (2011), offset-printed publication in collaboration with Container Corps, edition of 500, 80 pages

A collection of satirical erotic fiction about the titular subject that went viral after Gawker published an article promoting it for Valentine’s Day in early 2012. Franco complained about the book in interviews, and later directed video adaptations of each chapter in the book as part of his MFA thesis at the Rhode Island School of Design and for the solo exhibition “Gay Town” at Peres Projects in Berlin (pictured below; the last image is Franco playing me).

Contributors included: Brandon Bosch, Nadia Buyse, Jaclyn Campanaro, Sally Gotfredson, Carina Johnson, Sarah Johnson, Arnold J. Kemp, Sydney S Kim, Ellen Lesperance, Patrick Melroy, Ryan Pierce, Rebecca Steele, and Emily Wolfer