ISCP Present James Beckett Today on Instagram Live, 4/21

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Tuesday, April 21 at 4pm

ISCP presents James Beckett on Instagram Live as part of its Artists at Work event series. In ISCP’s Instagram Live Artists at Work, resident James Beckett will walk us through his current research in New York on the history and broader cultural implications of air conditioning. This research was sparked by the fact that ISCP is known as the first building worldwide to be fully air conditioned back in 1902, when it was a printing house.

James Beckett’s work in diverse media examines subjects of a historical nature, from the development (and subsequent demise) of European industry, to the more metaphysical aspects of dowsing and voodoo. His constructions favor an obscure and rambling logic, often within a strict formalism reflecting the mechanisms of display. A sometimes-dubious approach to his subject matter entertains the historic as suspended in a state of constant re-interpretation, a portrayal of a world where anomaly and change are fundamentals. Beckett has exhibited work at Belgian Pavilion of the Venice Biennale; MAAT, Lisbon; MCAD Manila – Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, among others.

The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) is a current grantee of the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation. It supports the creative development of artists and curators, and promotes exchange through residencies and public programs. Housed in a former factory in Brooklyn, with 35 light-filled work studios, two galleries, and a project space, ISCP is New York’s most comprehensive international visual arts residency program, founded in 1994.

You can join today at 4pm on Instagram here.