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Hate Kills
Hate Kills is a stark and intimate confrontation with the violence of online transphobia. In this striking self-portrait, Samuel Avery’s vision is obstructed—his eyes covered, his face partially bound—while fragments of real hate comments surround him like an invisible assault.
The work exposes how digital spaces, often perceived as distant or abstract, inflict deeply personal harm. Words become weapons: dismissive, dehumanizing, and relentless. By transforming these messages into a visual composition, Avery forces viewers to witness the psychological weight carried by queer and trans individuals navigating online environments.
The image speaks to silencing—how identity is questioned, denied, and overwritten by others. Yet within this vulnerability lies resistance. By reclaiming these words and reframing them as art, Avery disrupts their power and turns visibility into defiance.
Hate Kills is both a document of lived experience and a call for accountability, urging us to recognize the real consequences of hate spoken through screens.
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Hate Kills is a stark and intimate confrontation with the violence of online transphobia. In this striking self-portrait, Samuel Avery’s vision is obstructed—his eyes covered, his face partially bound—while fragments of real hate comments surround him like an invisible assault.
The work exposes how digital spaces, often perceived as distant or abstract, inflict deeply personal harm. Words become weapons: dismissive, dehumanizing, and relentless. By transforming these messages into a visual composition, Avery forces viewers to witness the psychological weight carried by queer and trans individuals navigating online environments.
The image speaks to silencing—how identity is questioned, denied, and overwritten by others. Yet within this vulnerability lies resistance. By reclaiming these words and reframing them as art, Avery disrupts their power and turns visibility into defiance.
Hate Kills is both a document of lived experience and a call for accountability, urging us to recognize the real consequences of hate spoken through screens.
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