multiplex wood, glass bottles, steel mounting brackets, vintage photographs Rachel Carson
installation view at TWAAS New York, 2013
Passionate Advocate for a Poisoned Earth, 2013
James Beckett’s environment of historical diorama’s explore the potential mystical properties of the chemical DDT with as much documentative credibility as fantasy, inspired by his muse Rachel Carson, an environmentalist who addressed through her book Silent Spring (1962) the indiscriminate use of pesticides.
multiplex wood, glass bottles, steel mounting brackets, vintage photographs
Cavity 1,21 x 1,21 x 0,2 meter
multiplex wood, glass bottles, steel mounting brackets, vintage photographs
Cavity 1,50 x 0,80 x 0,2 meter
multiplex wood, glass bottles, steel mounting brackets, vintage photographs
Cavity 1,21 x 1,91 x 0,2 meter
multiplex wood, glass bottles, steel mounting brackets, vintage photographs Rachel Carson
Bronze Carson
bronze wood, electronic motor
1,8 x 1,8 x 0,6 meter
DDT canary
stuffed canary, mounted laser print of DDT packaging, acrylic on canvas, vitrine with museum glass
0,3 x 0,8 x 0,15 meter