Martin Beck, About the Relative Size of Things in the Universe, 2007. Video still, courtesy of the artist.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 4 PM

Free admission
At the Gallery

Martin Beck’s artworks and projects have carved out a specific and critical position in the art arena that understands the exhibition as a medium within which fields such as design, architecture and popular culture can productively be interrelated. His methodical focus is on how, from the perspective of an artist, one can interconnect contemporary practice with historical discourses in a way that goes beyond reconstructions or surface looks. His specific topical interest lies in the history of exhibitions and communication formats, and how these impact the means of articulation in the present tense.

The lecture will address methodical issues of his practice and focus on two recent projects:

Panel 2 – “Nothing better than a touch of ecology and catastrophe to unite the social classes…” takes as its starting point a conflict at the 1970 installment of the International Design Conference in Aspen, Colorado;

About the Relative Size of Things in the Universe relates the development of exhibition systems to transformations in work relations.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Panel 2 – “Nothing Better Than a Touch of Ecology and Catastrophe to Unite the Social Classes…”
• Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery, Columbia University
• Gasworks, London