To Fetch a Pail of Water (2018) Robert C Beck and Sarah Max Beck Ongoing installation research project, studioHydrostatic bioart lab, Museum of American Glass, Symbiotic Spheres, April-December 2018 Material list: Glass, wood, pvc, post-consumer plastic, aluminum, steel, electronics, John's urine, composting worms, strawberries, horse tail rush, venus fly traps, fiber optic grass, taro, [...]
Jerome Osentowski, founder of the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute (CRMPI), leads a workshop. (2017) Biological Art Process The goal is not making art. It is living a life. Art is a result. -Robert Henri- Whether we are looking at Leonardo da Vinci's Mechanics of Man, Audubon’s Birds of America, or Wilson Bentley’s Snow [...]
In Addition to Permission: Electric Lifesaver Dino Blood II (2017) A collaborative bio-art installation by Sarah Max Beck and Robert C. Beck Water, plants, aquatic organisms, urine, salvaged lumber, hand-blown glass, post-consumer plastics, pvc, electronics and steel 9’ x 4’ x 8’ 555 Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts Through our work, we explore the question of how [...]
Hydrostatic Short (2017) Robert C Beck and Sarah Max Beck Video 1:41 A brow furrowed deep, a kiss on the cheek, "see ya later tonight," on the way out the door and the other will turn and say, "have fun." Between the two of us, it has become a meaningful call to [...]
HS2 (2016) Robert C. Beck Gelatin silver contact print 5 x 7 inches 6:30 pm. studio Hydrostatic, Brooklyn, NY Early August dusk settles in on the roof and there’s no film to be loaded as we are kicking back instead to, quite literally, enjoy the fruits of our labor with some peach mead Sarah [...]
Dear Friends and Family, (2016) Robert C. Beck and Sarah Max Beck Video 45 seconds Hydrostatic Shock Foreword The previous post, entitled Ready-made, touched on how the Dada art movement and Marcel Duchamp's work was almost certainly commentary on the turbulent political state of the world and how strangely similar our [...]