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Justin Colt Beckman
Homestead
September 6 – 30, 2007
Opening Reception:
5-8pm
First Thursday, September 6, 2007
Artist will be in attendance the first and final Saturdays
of the month.
Continuing with his ongoing investigation into the dichotomy
between urban and rural cultures and stereotypes, Justin Colt
Beckman’s multi-media installation, Homestead,
explores the banality of daily life and the contrast of private
space and public experience. Through the use of sound, video
projection and found materials, Beckman creates a rural homestead
where time, place and identity are ambiguous and fluid –
a self-portrait and voyeuristic opportunity to ponder the question,
“are the private lives of others really so interesting?”
Having recently acquired and removed a small abandoned building
from the central Washington landscape, Beckman gives the building
a new sense of place in the urban setting of Seattle’s
PUNCH Gallery. The installation functions as a self portrait
and incorporates life-size video projections of the artist and
his dog engaging in the uninspired yet necessary trivia of daily
living. The main characters in Homestead become digital,
ghost-like references to the deterioration of both “real”
time and the tangible qualities of our daily lives and interactions.
Existing somewhere between a stage set and the digital realm
of ones and zeros, viewers are given the freedom to gaze upon
the private activities of the subjects without the hang-ups
of real-life interaction.
In 1998, Beckman received a BFA in Fine Art with emphasis in
photography and film/video from Art Center College of Design
in Pasadena, CA. Since December 2001, he has been living and
working in central Washington and currently resides in the unincorporated
town of Thorp. A 2008 MFA candidate in Sculpture at Central
Washington University, Beckman has exhibited work both locally
and internationally including Art Share in Los Angeles, CA;
The Museum of Art in Ft. Lauderdale, FL; G.A.S.P. in Boston,
MA; Tacoma Art Museum’s 8th Northwest Biennial and
most recently at the Sguardi Sonori traveling festival
of media and time based art in Italy.
Hours: Noon-5pm Friday-Sunday,
or by appointment.
Next Exhibition:
Joanna Thomas
(more info)
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