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Love Lots is a work that continued Kristin's emphasis on hyper-realistic environments that blur distinctions between art making and daily living. This work stems directly from a life-changing experience where Kristin and his family were involved in adopting a child.

In today's culture where, too often, human suffering can outweigh life's brighter moments, the value of social equity is indispensable. Contributing to society by helping the less fortunate is a powerful way to improve the quality of living. Philanthropy has many forms, and many approaches, but the benefit of humanitarianism is universally rewarding. In light of these thoughts, Kristin's family decided to adopt a child from Guatemala - XOE.

As an artwork, Love Lots was soundly connected to approaches characteristic of Kristin's projects (accessibility, collaboration, reclamation, persona, etc.). As a life venture, it was designed to create a community of charitable collaborators interested in supporting Kristin and Lyz in their commitment to bring a new child into their family. The course of adoption is a particularly involved process with countless forms, involved procedures, and numerous fees.

Love Lots - positioned in a gallery context, and offered as experiential art, additionally served as a fundraising venture to help the family offset the costs associated with their adoption.

Love Lots began at the opening reception as a completely functional auction warehouse where assorted items were auctioned to the participating audience. There was no particular limitation to the type of objects auctioned. Household goods, electronics, vintage clothing, artwork, antiques, etc. were among the wares. All items were donated in advance. As the title of the work suggests, the various “auctionables” were arranged in lots that constructed loose aesthetic and/or pragmatic connections to the miscellany.

At the end of the opening event, an interactive installation remained in the gallery for the duration of the exhibition. On the subsequent weeks following the opening, the auction warehouse became a resale-shop where the lots remained available for purchase. Rather than the bidding process, however, all lots were reasonably priced and available for immediate sale.