Kim Ye‘s experimental film U up? was reviewed on Tryst in a blog post by Empress Mirage (thepasteldomina). The article, titled “Whoreview: U up?“, reflects on the film through the author’s own experiences as a writer, online content creator, audioerotica actress, performer, and findomme.

U Up? was made in 2024 as part of Ye’s Mellon Arts Fellowship at Stanford University, this middle-of-the-night multi-media VJ set takes viewers on a single-take desktop journey. Mixing original home video with performances commissioned from adult performers, and home-shopping-style shots of the Stanford family’s belongings, this virtual performance of racialized environmental anxiety is cast through a psychosexual web woven from the loose ends of parental sleep deprivation. Positioning talk shows, consumerism, sexual fantasy, news segments, and historical research as salves that both alleviate and exacerbate the suffering of modern pleasure, this late-night voyeuristic journey scours these Internet sources for sweet oblivion.

U up? can be watched by requesting access through this Google Form (this film is 18+, viewer discretion advised, sexually explicit content and graphic nudity).