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Beth Campbell was born in Dwight, IL in 1971 and moved to New York in 1998. Her work has been included in exhibitions at White Columns, NY (1999), David Bietzel Gallery, NY (1998), Ohio University Gallery (1998), and at the Columbus Museum of Art (1996). You may contact the artist at |
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| Potential Future Based On Present
Circumstances, 1999. Graphite on paper Audio: Delugology, 2000 10 channel audio, speakers, computer Courtesy of the artist. Technical assistance: Ken Heitmueller |
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| "The everyday world continually reinvents itself through the assimilation of past meanings into the present and future. The positioning of the self or individual in this tumultuous environment is of particular importance. I am perpetually aware of my placement in this shifting reality and how change and environment redefines. Because of this environmentally generated schizophrenia, manifestation of the self is necessary for comprehension of the unfolding world. Art, as a context, is distinguished from the everyday world. Through artifice, art calls into question the world while simultaneously summoning its own sense of self consciousness. This self-consciousness or knowledge in self-awareness arises from deliberate creation. I merge the self-consciousness of art with my own awkward sense of function and placement in the world. The two part installation "Singleschizotopology and Delugology"(mixed media, audio, 1999) which will reveal the dense infrastructure of the mind involving fears, wishes, delusions, regrets, etc. as an ongoing participant in the developing world. The first part, the mental space (my potential future based on present circumstances), consists of many flow charts or web like drawings covering the walls. Each drawing starts on a specific past date and lists statements describing my life and circumstances on that given date. As the drawing branches out and develops from the initial circumstance it tracks the accumulation of possible futures from various choices or even fluke encounters, creating various possible lives. The second part, the visual space, consists of multiple (up to fifteen) audio recordings of narratives very similar to the text of the drawings. Although each recording comes from its own speaker or space, the recorded voices play simultaneously and synchronized to create a structure like that of a song."
Selected Bibliography Cotter, Holland. "New York Contemporary, Defined 150 Ways," The New York Times, March 6, 2000. "Recent Work by Fourteen Ohio Photographers - Redefining Their Medium," The Columbus Dispatch, October 13, 1996. Salz, Jerry. "Greater Expectations," The Village Voice, March 14, 2000. Shank, Ray. "Fine Arts Gallery Welcomes 'Three Piece'," The Stylus, February 9, 2000. Viverose-Faune, Christian. "Greater Expectations," The New York Press, March 19, 2000.
Catalogue Essays from the Writing Project |
