Beamsplitter
an exhibition curated by David Shaw
at Field of Play
56 2nd Ave. #21, Brooklyn, NY
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open Saturday and Sunday 1-6pm
or by appointment
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Featuring:
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Luke Murphy/Michael Ballou
Fire Ring and Geech Chair, 2025
LED Matrix panels, aluminum wire, and steel armature, display hardware, power supplies, mini-PC, software, code, power bars
and
recovered plastic lawn chair, enamel paint
60 x 40 in x variable depth
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Luke Murphy and Michael Ballou have teamed up to create “Fire Ring and Geech Chair.” Murphy codes open ended systems whose patterns never repeat onto LED panels. In “Fire Ring and Geech Chair” a digital ovoid fire forms a vortex into an infinity hole, the mechanics of which are under the discarded furniture Ballou repairs “like a tinkering angel.” Together they create the seat from which one views the void it creates. The collaboration becomes a self reflexive meditation site, an event horizon viewing itself.—DS
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@inuverse@fieldofplaygallery@lukemurphy49@michael.ballou
Beamsplitter
an exhibition curated by David Shaw
at Field of Play
56 2nd Ave. #21, Brooklyn, NY
.
open Saturday and Sunday 1-6pm
or by appointment
.
work feature in this installation shot:
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Luke Murphy/Michael Ballou
Fire Ring and Geech Chair, 2025
LED Matrix panels, aluminum wire, and steel armature, display hardware, power supplies, mini-PC, software, code, power bars
and
recovered plastic lawn chair, enamel paint
60 x 40 in x variable depth
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Scott Grodesky
Sara on the Beach, 1998
color pencil and acrylic on canvas
51 x 57 in
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Kalina Winters
Sitting in Light, 2025
oil on two panels
15¾ x 23½ in
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@inuverse@fieldofplaygallery@lukemurphy49@michael.ballou@scottgrodesky@kalinawinters_da_chumba
And that’s a wrap! Many thanks to Mark Johnstone @jakethesheik ,Margaret Hunt , and Jeff Madeen @blobackgallery for organizing shows for myself and @michael.ballou and hosting us in Trinidad and Pueblo Colorado. And thanks to super hosts Bob and Maggie Sauer for showing us gorgeous Durango!
Last days of BIRDBRAIN. DM me today (Saturday) to visit or come by Sunday 12-2 to visit!
Above: @michael.ballou Birdhead
@jennifercoates666 Wish Tree and Starlings
@moylan.donna Untitled Bird
Then and now. The Smithsonian presented the Four Walls Archives Sunday night. Many thanks and kisses to all that showed up! It was just wonderful......
An Evening with Four Walls and the
Smithsonian Archives
Celebrating Four Walls, an artist-run exhibition and event space in Hoboken and Brooklyn in the 80s and 90s whose fascinating records were recently donated to the Archives. Guided by selected items from the collection, AAA Collector Jacob Proctor will lead a conversation with Michele Araujo, Adam Simon, and Michael Ballou, who collectively curated the space.
Sunday, June 1
6:00PM - 8:00PM EDT
Contact [email protected] for event details and to RSVP. Seating limited.
