Editing Kim Gordon (section)

===1995–2008: Music, art, and acting===
Free Kitten released their debut studio album, ''[[Nice Ass]]'', in 1995, followed by ''[[Sentimental Education (Free Kitten album)|Sentimental Education]]'' (1997), both on the independent label [[Kill Rock Stars]].{{sfn|Christgau|2000|p=109}} In 1993, Gordon co-directed [[The Breeders]]' "[[Cannonball (The Breeders song)|Cannonball]]" music video with [[Spike Jonze]],{{sfn|Mayshark|2007|p=138}} and was also involved in an exhibition entitled ''Baby Generation'' at Parco gallery in Tokyo. Gordon's exhibition ''Kim's Bedroom'' was shown at MU in the Netherlands, and included drawing and paintings alongside live music and special guests.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mu.nl/exhibitions/21-kimsbedroom/kim-eng.html |title= MU past exhibitions: Kim's Bedroom|access-date = November 13, 2007|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070625132812/http://www.mu.nl/exhibitions/21-kimsbedroom/kim-eng.html|archive-date = June 25, 2007 }}</ref>

[[File:WikiKimGordon.jpg|thumb|upright=1|right|Gordon performing with Sonic Youth in [[Seattle]], 2009]]
As a part of Sonic Youth, Gordon released several albums in the mid–late 1990s, including ''[[Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star]]'' (1994), ''[[Washing Machine (album)|Washing Machine]]'' (1995), and ''[[A Thousand Leaves]]'' (1998), all on DGC Records.{{sfn|Bogdanov|Woodstra|Erlewine|2002|p=1041}} They subsequently released ''[[NYC Ghosts & Flowers]]'' in 2000, and ''[[Murray Street (album)|Murray Street]]'' in 2002.{{sfn|Bogdanov|Woodstra|Erlewine|2002|pages=1041–1042}} In 1999, after selling her share of X-Girl,<ref name=stage/> Gordon relocated with Moore from New York City to [[Northampton, Massachusetts]], to raise their daughter.<ref name=sidetracked>{{cite news|work=The New York Times|title=Kim Gordon Wanted to Be a Visual Artist. Then She Got 'Sidetracked.'|last=Felsenthal|first=Julia|date=July 12, 2018|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/t-magazine/kim-gordon-body-head.html|access-date=August 14, 2018}} {{closed access}}</ref> Around 2002, Gordon became involved with The Supreme Indifference, a musical collaboration that involved Gordon, Jim O'Rourke and Alan Licht.<ref name=pop>{{cite web|work=[[PopMatters]]|url=https://www.popmatters.com/various-fieldsandstreams-2496124527.html|title=Various Artists: Fields and Streams|last=Begrand|first=Adrian|date=July 11, 2002|access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref> The band appeared on the 2002 compilation ''[[Fields and Streams]]'', though their contribution was deemed "annoying" and the project "self-indulgent" by critic Adrian Begrand of ''[[PopMatters]]''.<ref name=pop/>

In 2003, Gordon was featured in the [[Gothenburg]] Biennale and exhibited ''Club In The Shadow'', an [[installation art]] collaboration with artist [[Jutta Koether]], at Kenny Schachter's Contemporary Gallery in New York City.{{sfn|Molon|2007|pages=138, 271}} In 2005, she submitted another collaboration with Koether for the ''Her Noise'' exhibition in London, United Kingdom, entitled "Reverse Karaoke."{{sfn|Jones|Heathfield|2012|p=307}} In the same year, an [[artist's book]] ''Kim Gordon Chronicles Vol. 1'' was published and featured photos of Gordon throughout her life.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kim Gordon: Chronicles Vol.1|url=http://www.artbook.com/3905714019.html|website=Artbook.com|access-date=April 29, 2013|date=August 15, 2005}}</ref> The following year, ''Kim Gordon Chronicles Vol. 2'' was released and featured her drawings, collages, and paintings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chronicles Vol.2 Kim Gordon (Northampton, USA)|url=http://www.nieves.ch/catalogue/kimgordon2about.html|website=Nieves.ch|access-date=April 29, 2013|year=2006}}</ref>

Beginning in 2005, Gordon began appearing in minor or supporting parts in films, first as a record executive in [[Gus Van Sant]]'s ''[[Last Days (2005 film)|Last Days]]''.<ref name=lastdays>{{cite web|work=[[MTV]]|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1506169/sonic-youth-revisit-their-friend-kurt-cobain-in-last-days/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219180144/http://www.mtv.com/news/1506169/sonic-youth-revisit-their-friend-kurt-cobain-in-last-days/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 19, 2014|date=July 22, 2005|title=Sonic Youth Revisit Their Friend Kurt Cobain in ''Last Days''|access-date=August 15, 2018|last=Perez|first=Rodrigo}}</ref> She then had a small role portraying a textile exporter in the 2007 French thriller film ''[[Boarding Gate]]'',<ref name=boarding>{{cite web|work=[[The Oregonian]]|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/movies/2008/04/review_boarding_gate_a_portal.html|date=April 4, 2008|title=Review: "Boarding Gate" a Portal to Nowhere|last=Levy|first=Shawn|access-date=August 15, 2018}}</ref> and in [[Todd Haynes]]'s ''[[I'm Not There]]'' (2007), inspired by the life of [[Bob Dylan]].<ref name=notthere>{{cite web|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/21/movies/21ther.html|title=Another Side of Bob Dylan, and Another, and Another ...|date=November 21, 2007|last=Scott|first=A.O.|access-date=July 9, 2018}} {{closed access}}</ref> The same year, she played a street troubadour in the season six finale of the television series ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', along with husband Moore and their daughter Coco, performing the song "What a Waste" from the album ''[[Rather Ripped]]''.<ref name=gg/>

In September 2008, Gordon launched a limited-edition fashion line called Mirror/Dash (also the name of a musical side project that was created with Moore),{{sfn|Foege|1994|p=306}} inspired by [[Françoise Hardy]] and based on the idea that "there's a need for clothes for cool moms."<ref>{{cite web|title=Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon launches clothing line|url=https://www.nme.com/news/sonic-youth/39872|access-date=February 7, 2025|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817125139/https://www.nme.com/news/music/sonic-youth-62-1322622|work=NME|archive-date=August 17, 2018|date=September 22, 2008}}</ref>