Brandon Ballengée will give an artist’s talk today at The Beacon Institute as part of his Ghosts of the Gulf ongoing exhibition. Artist was a part of KIBLIX2012 SOFT CONTROL: ART, SCIENCE AND THE TECHNOLOGICAL UNCONSCIOUS @ Kibla Portal (kiblix.org/kiblix2012/softcontrol/?p=24) Ballengée’s “statement of intent for Ghosts of the Gulf”: My transdisciplinary practice has bridged primary scientific studies with ecological art and engaged environmental stewardship. Underlying my practice is a systemic methodology, which posits art practice as a means of realizing research science, and vice versa. Inherent to this working method is an impetus for ‘ecosystem activism’ implemented through participatory biology field investigations and laboratory programs that stress public involvement — my attempt at social sculpting. My artworks come from direct experiences with amphibians, birds, fish and insect species found in today’s preternatural ecosystems and those observed in post-natural laboratory settings. The art itself is made from diverse mediums … all of these try to re-examine the context of the art object from a static form (implying rationality and control) into a more organic structure reflecting the inherent chaos found within evolutionary processes, biological systems and nature herself.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 12:05:38 +0000
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