Catalog Entry: #01
Title: She-Devil at the Rave
Medium: Marker and ink on lined notebook paper
Valuation: $1,000,000
In institutional settings, care is often measured through a broken calculus. #01 arrived in the facility following an acute crisis, only to be met with bureaucratic skepticism—asked whether they were merely drug-seeking or looking for an open bed—and discharged by day three. Meanwhile, Drew Hixson was held for seven days without suicidal ideation. The disparity underscored how clinical systems frequently misread the very people they are tasked with protecting.
Despite coming from entirely different backgrounds; #01 a straight, cisgender man, and Drew navigating the intersection of being gay and trans; a profound, quiet solidarity formed in that shared ward. In an environment defined by surveillance and unease, #01 offered genuine safety, warmth, and respect.
During a conversation where Drew joked about the old religious trope of "going to hell" for being trans, Drew declared that if that were the case, they would simply reign over the raves down there. In response, #01 picked up ink and paper to draw Drew’s portrait: a horned, fierce, joyful she-devil reveling in the flames.
Drew Hixson has placed an intentional valuation of one million dollars on this piece; not as an ordinary commercial price, but as an absolute statement: placing this marker sketch far above any personal work to show that the solidarity, humanity, and creative witness shared between people in crisis is fundamentally invaluable.
