Kevin Beasley: Plastic/Soul/Capture/Play - Notes in Public

Kevin Beasley: Plastic/Soul/Capture/Play - Notes in Public

Performance
Hutchinson Courtyard (Rain Location: Swift Hall First Floor Common Room)
Add to Calendar 2024-04-06 18:30:00 2024-04-06 18:30:00 Kevin Beasley: Plastic/Soul/Capture/Play - Notes in Public Multidisciplinary artist Kevin Beasley (b. 1985, Lynchburg, VA) invites viewers to imagine future and past currents of memory through sculptural experiments and resonant soundscapes. Beasley’s practice incorporates a wide range of found materials and harvested sounds with ties to cultural heritage and personal histories. Wielding everything from durags to riot gear, the artist transforms component parts into haunting assemblages that engage troubled legacies of race and power in America. Beasley frequently weaves sound into his work to create immersive sonic environments with manipulated recordings or live performances, engulfing the viewer in a soulful constellation of visual and auditory reference. These creations defy categorization, existing simultaneously as sculptural form, soundscape, performance, and painting.   -Natalie Jenkins Hutchinson Courtyard (Rain Location: Swift Hall First Floor Common Room) Department of Art History drupal@seastar.uchicago.edu America/Chicago public
Kevin Beasley

Multidisciplinary artist Kevin Beasley (b. 1985, Lynchburg, VA) invites viewers to imagine future and past currents of memory through sculptural experiments and resonant soundscapes. Beasley’s practice incorporates a wide range of found materials and harvested sounds with ties to cultural heritage and personal histories. Wielding everything from durags to riot gear, the artist transforms component parts into haunting assemblages that engage troubled legacies of race and power in America. Beasley frequently weaves sound into his work to create immersive sonic environments with manipulated recordings or live performances, engulfing the viewer in a soulful constellation of visual and auditory reference. These creations defy categorization, existing simultaneously as sculptural form, soundscape, performance, and painting.

 

-Natalie Jenkins