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Where LoveKey Began & Where it's Going

The LoveKey Movement was birthed after a conversation with one of Cody's best friends, Cosimo Bruno, who at the time was going through a difficult break-up. Cody extracted the essence of what his friend was feeling and became the vessel to bring to life his desire for unconditional love through an act of performance art called, Love is the Key, in which random people on the streets of New York City became active participants.

Below you will see where the LoveKey Movement began, and in a few sentences, here is where we see it going: keys, merch, murals, charity work, global symbol for love. Maybe it becomes its own charity organization? Maybe it becomes a household name? Whatever it becomes, it will always be a powerful way to tell people they are loved.

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LoveKey Takes NYC

Valentine's Day was two days away when we came up with the idea. We had 500 keys overnighted, then spent the remaining hours painting and writing on each of the keys. We barely slept, but when morning came we set out, in NYC, to give hand-painted LoveKeys to strangers as planned. We had no clue how this would be received - The weather was cold, we had never done performance art like this, but it was Valentine's Day and Love was in the air!


February 14th, 2017

General Support

Your support and contributions will enable LoveKey to continue spreading it's message and provide the world with a little more light.

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Getty Center's 25th Anniversary

LoveKey's first California outing was at the Getty Museum's 25th anniversary celebration in Reseda, Los Angeles, California on July 9th & 10th, 2022.

Installations

The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, Spring '23

Attendees of the Other Art Fair's Spring LA edition were invited to exchange a personal moment of when they have each felt most loved in exchange for a LoveKey.

Opening night, the keys were gone in two hours and the notes kept piling on. The same energy continued on throughout the weekend, resulting in the collection of 585 moments.


Here is a promo for Dallas using footage from LA.


Cody has created a coffee table book with all of the LoveNotes received at the fair. Get yours now!

The Other Art Fair, Dallas, Spring '23

Attendees of the Other Art Fair's Spring Dallas edition were invited to exchange a personal moment of when they have each felt most loved in exchange for a LoveKey.

What started off as a tamed response by seemingly uninterested fair-goers turned into a profound experience filled with countless smiles, deep conversations, and even some tears.


Here is a short video of the installation in action.


Cody is working on a coffee table book with all of the LoveNotes received at the fair. Pre-order yours now to receive in time for the holidays!

Partnerships

Tumaini International

The movement spreading love one key at a time meets the non-profit spreading hope one village at a time. Tumaini helps impoverished communities in Kenya through education and infrastructure. This collaboration currently focuses on a co-branded Hope/Love Key and the fundraising efforts to build a level 4 hospital in an area of Kenya where there is currently none.

Learn more about Tumaini International

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Morgan Production & Design

 Contractors for many of the country's leading art fairs. Morgan Production & Design has partnered with LoveKey to bring high quality builds to LoveKey's installations nation wide.

11:11 Projects

A California-based nonprofit arts organization with a mission to build a network of cultural oases by equipping artists with the tools to create socially-minded, community-uniting public art projects is on board for project specific partnerships and fiscal sponsoring.

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