Editing Kim Gordon (section)

===Since 2012: Body/Head and other projects===
[[File:Kim Gordon in Brooklyn, NY.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1|Gordon performing with Body/Head, 2018]]
Following the announcement of Sonic Youth's hiatus, Gordon commenced touring with [[Ikue Mori]], Tokyo-born drummer of late-1970s band [[DNA (American band)|DNA]]—Gordon had performed with Mori previously at events such as the NoFunFest in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kim Gordon / Ikue Mori / DJ Olive: self-titled|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/gordonkim-st/|work=PopMatters|publisher=Spin Music, a division of SpinMedia|access-date=April 29, 2013|last=Dav|first=Heaton|year=1999–2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SYR4: GOODBYE 20th CENTURY|url=http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/lp/lp15.html|work=Sonic Youth|access-date=April 29, 2013|year=2013}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/nU4sHeMSr24 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921064818/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU4sHeMSr24 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|title=Ikue Mori & Kim Gordon w/ The Sweet Ride (NoFunFest 2004)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU4sHeMSr24|work=YouTube|publisher=Google, Inc|access-date=September 9, 2013|author=HolgerXregloH|format=Video upload|date=July 4, 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The duo completed a European tour in mid-2012 and Gordon explained during a corresponding interview: "You sorta want to get lost and you hope that the audience gets lost with you&nbsp;... You can feel if they're listening, you can feel if there's some connection."<ref>{{cite web|title=A gig to remember: Kim Gordon and Ikue Mori live in Belgrade|url=http://bturn.com/9096/a-gig-to-remember-kim-gordon-and-ikue-mori-live-in-belgrade|work=B turn|access-date=September 9, 2013|last=Lunch|first=Lily|date=July 27, 2012}}</ref> Together with Bill Nace, Gordon and Mori were selected for the June 2013 [[All Tomorrow's Parties (festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] event that was curated by the band [[Deerhunter]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ATP curated by Deerhunter|url=http://www.atpfestival.com/events/deerhunter.php|work=All Tomorrow's Parties Festival|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817234840/http://www.atpfestival.com/events/deerhunter|archive-date=August 17, 2015|access-date=September 9, 2013|date=June 2013}}</ref> Around 2012, Gordon formed a noise guitar project with Nace, entitled [[Body/Head]], and a single called "The Eyes, The Mouth" was released in 2012 on Belgian label Ultra Eczema.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kim Gordon's Body/Head Announce European Tour|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/47626-kim-gordons-bodyhead-announce-european-tour/|work=Pitchfork|access-date=September 9, 2013|last=Pelly|first=Jen|date=August 23, 2012}}</ref> The band's debut album ''[[Coming Apart (album)|Coming Apart]]'' was released on September 10, 2013, on the [[Matador Records]] label and the band completed a U.S. tour during the fall of 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Body/Head Via Pitchfork Advance|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/52109-stream-the-debut-album-from-kim-gordons-band-bodyhead-via-pitchfork-advance/|work=Pitchfork|access-date=September 9, 2013|author=''Pitchfork'' Advance|date=September 2, 2013}}</ref>

{{quote box|align=right|width=22em|quote=I almost feel like I'm making up for lost time. I feel like I owe it to myself. Because my whole life I wanted to be a visual artist. I really got sidetracked into music.|source={{en dash}} Gordon on her artistic aspirations being precluded by her career as a musician, 2018<ref name=sidetracked/>}}

Gordon also immersed herself in producing art, having felt that music had "sidetracked" her career as a visual artist.<ref name=sidetracked/> She held several art exhibitions in 2013, including "The Show Is Over," at [[Gagosian Gallery]] in London, and the survey "Design Office with Kim Gordon–Since 1980," at White Columns, New York,<ref name="Lizzy" /> the latter a revival of a project she had begun in 1980.<ref name=sidetracked/> In 2014, she presented newly created ''Wreath Paintings'' throughout [[Rudolph Schindler (architect)|Rudolf Schindler]]'s iconic Fitzpatrick-Leland House under the byname of Design Office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/kim-gordon--april-05-2014|title=Kim Gordon: Design Office "Coming Soon", April 5 - 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422232920/http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/kim-gordon--april-05-2014|archive-date=April 22, 2014 |publisher=[[Gagosian Gallery]], Los Angeles|access-date=August 15, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2014, she appeared in the season three premiere of the series ''[[Girls (TV series)|Girls]]'' as Mindy, a recovering drug addict in a rehab support group.<ref name=girls>{{Cite web|work=NME|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kim-gordon-8-1229111|title=Kim Gordon appears on opening episode of 'Girls' series three|last=Cooper|first=Leonie|date=January 13, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2018}}</ref> She then appeared as herself in a March 2014 episode of ''[[Portlandia (TV series)|Portlandia]]''.<ref name=portlandia/>

Gordon published a [[memoir]], ''[[Girl in a Band]]'', on February 24, 2015, by [[HarperCollins]] imprint Dey Street Books.<ref>{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Kim Gordon's 'Girl in a Band'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/books/review/kim-gordons-girl-in-a-band.html|date=March 15, 2015|author=Questlove|author-link=Questlove|access-date=August 14, 2018}} {{closed access}}</ref> The memoir explores her childhood, life in art and [[Sonic Youth]], and marriage to and divorce from [[Thurston Moore]]. Its title, ''Girl in a Band'', stems from a lyric in "Sacred Trickster" from Sonic Youth's final album, ''[[The Eternal (album)|The Eternal]]'' (2009). The lyric goes, "What's it like to be a girl in a band?/ I don't quite understand."<ref name="Pitchfork Media Inc">{{cite news|last1=Pelly|first1=Jenn|title=Kim Gordon's Memoir Girl in a Band to Be Published in February, Cover Art Revealed|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/56998-kim-gordons-memoir-girl-in-a-band-to-be-published-in-february-cover-art-revealed/|access-date=October 9, 2014|agency=Pitchfork|date=October 8, 2014}}</ref> The same year, Gordon appeared in ''[[The Nightmare (2015 German film)|The Nightmare]]'' (2015), a German [[horror film]] in which she portrayed a schoolteacher, which was released at the [[Locarno International Film Festival]]. She also contributed to its soundtrack.<ref name=nightmare/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/60659-kim-gordon-lands-role-in-german-body-horror-der-nachtmahr-contributes-to-soundtrack/|title=Kim Gordon Lands Role in German Body Horror ''Der Nachtmahr'', Contributes to Soundtrack|website=Pitchfork|date=August 4, 2015}}</ref> In November that year, Gordon relocated from the Massachusetts home she had shared with Moore and their daughter to her hometown of Los Angeles, purchasing a home in the [[Franklin Hills, Los Angeles|Franklin Hills]] neighborhood.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/dirt/real-estalker/kim-gordon-buys-los-angeles-house-1201638010/|work=Variety|title=Alt Rock Queen Kim Gordon Snags L.A. Base|last=David|first=Mark|date=November 11, 2015|access-date=July 29, 2017}}</ref>

Also in 2015, Gordon formed the experimental musical group [[Glitterbust]] with guitarist Alex Knost, releasing a self-titled debut album in March 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21665-glitterbust/|title=Glitterbust: Glitterbust|work=Pitchfork|date=March 9, 2016|last=Pelly|first=Jen|access-date=August 15, 2018}}</ref> Gordon then appeared in [[Tony Oursler]]'s film ''Imponderable'', which screened at the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in June 2016.<ref name=imponderable>{{cite news|author=MoMA Press|url=http://press.moma.org/2016/04/tony-oursler-imponderable/|title=Tony Oursler: Imponderable|publisher=Museum of Modern Art|access-date=August 15, 2018|date=April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314063507/http://press.moma.org/2016/04/tony-oursler-imponderable/|archive-date=March 14, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> On September 12, 2016, Gordon released her first solo single, "Murdered Out", followed on August 20, 2019, by a second solo single, "Sketch Artist". A third track, "Air BnB", was released on September 11. All tracks appear on her first solo record on Matador Records, ''[[No Home Record]]'', which was released on October 13, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/kim-gordon-announces-solo-debut-no-home-record-shares-video-for-new-song-watch/|title=Kim Gordon Announces Solo Debut No Home Record, Shares Video for New Song: Watch|website=Pitchfork|date=August 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/68173-listen-to-kim-gordons-new-song-murdered-out/|title=Listen to Kim Gordon's New Song "Murdered Out"|work=Pitchfork|last=Lozano|first=Kevin|access-date=September 23, 2016|date=September 12, 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Kim gordon 2018.png|thumb|upright|Gordon in 2018]]
In 2017, Gordon had a small role on the [[HBO]] series ''[[Animals (U.S. TV series)|Animals]]'',<ref name=animals>{{cite news|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71524-solange-killer-mike-kim-gordon-big-boi-more-set-for-hbos-animals-season-2/|work=Pitchfork|title=Solange, Killer Mike, Kim Gordon, Big Boi, More Set for HBO's "Animals" Season 2|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|date=February 10, 2017|access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref> followed by a supporting role in Gus Van Sant's comedy-drama film ''[[Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot]]''.<ref name=faronfoot>{{cite web|work=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/dont-worry-he-wont-get-far-on-foot-review-1202670426/|title=Film Review: 'Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot'|last=Debruge|first=Peter|date=January 20, 2018|access-date=August 15, 2018}}</ref> Her album ''[[No Home Record]]'' was rated number 8 of Paste Magazine's "20 Best Punk Albums of 2019".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/12/best-punk-albums-2019.html|work=Paste Magazine|title=20 Best Punk Albums of 2019|last=Manno (& Paste Staff)|first=Lizzie|date=December 27, 2019|access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref>

''Kim Gordon: Lo-Fi Glamour'', Gordon's first North American museum solo-exhibition, opened at [[The Andy Warhol Museum]] in 2019. The exhibition features a commissioned score for [[Andy Warhol]]’s 1963–64 silent film ''[[Kiss (1963 film)|Kiss]]'' in conversation with text paintings, figure drawings and erotic sculpture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.warhol.org/exhibition/kim-gordon-lo-fi-glamour/|title=Kim Gordon: Lo-Fi Glamour|website=The Andy Warhol Museum|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-20}}</ref>

In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked Gordon the 39th greatest bassist of all time.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2020-07-02 |title=The 50 Greatest Bassists of All Time |url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-greatest-bassists-of-all-time-13565/kim-gordon-13578/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=Rolling Stone Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref>

In December 2021, Gordon recorded a 7" single on Sub Pop Records with [[J Mascis]] titled "Abstract Blues" backed with "Slow Boy".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/kim-gordon-and-j-mascis-release-new-songs-listen/ | title=Kim Gordon and J Mascis Release New Songs | website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | date=December 10, 2021 }}</ref>

"Bye Bye" was released as a single in January 2024. The track is from Gordon's album ''[[The Collective (Kim Gordon album)|The Collective]]'', which was released in March 2024. The song is accompanied by an official video starring her daughter Coco Gordon Moore.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.destroyexist.com/2024/01/kim-gordon-bye-bye.html | title=Kim Gordon: BYE BYE | date=January 17, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/kim_gordon_announces_new_album_and_tour_dates_shares_video_for_new_song_bye | title=Kim Gordon Announces New Album and Tour Dates, Shares Video for New Song "BYE BYE" }}</ref>