Energy flows. So many currents and anticipation. We have built this circuit of cars. There are some old parts from the 1980s and some newer parts which are more aerodynamic, less distorted. We’re groping for the pieces of this delicate puzzle to try to make them work together. The heyday of prehistoric electricity has outgrown its DIY aspect. Becket MWN and Geo Wyeth have different modes, volumes, and languages for addressing these issues. Time, the forces of nature, all the people who did/are doing/all the things and stories that are being told… all of this builds up in our bodies. If there is a Dad joke about deep thinking, Daywalkers, Skynet and Whatsapp voice messaging, the punchline would be Ruminators II.
BIOGRAPHY OF GEO WYETH
Geo Wyeth (b. 1984, New York City) is an artist and educator working in music, performance, narrative sculpture, and video. His current project, Muck Studies Dept. is a constellation that borrows a funk and folk poetics from American diasporic culture and the techniques of investigative journalism. Muck Studies Dept. is also embodied by a city official who probes the bottom of the sea at low tide “looking for stars in the mud.” Geo has exhibited at the New Museum, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, MoMA PS1 (Greater New York 2016), Dutch National Opera, Triangle France, Anthology Film Archives, The Kitchen, TENT (Rotterdam), Arsenic (CH), Biquini Wax (CDMX), LA MoCA, New York Live Arts, Studio Museum in Harlem, Boston ICA, LA MaMa Theatre, Human Resources (L. A.), the Pyramid Club, Joe’s Pub, etc… He is a co-founder of the queer social space Tender Center (Rotterdam, NL). They have composed the music for the short narratives Happy Birthday Marsha ! and Mary of Ill Fame (both directed by artist Tourmaline), as well as numerous pieces by other contemporary artists, including A.K. Burns and Pauline Curnier-Jardin. Geo was in residence at the Rijksakademie van beeldende Kunsten in 2015–2016 in Amsterdam, and currently teaches at the Dutch Art Institute (DAI) and the Willem de Kooning Academie where he focuses on the embodied tactics of performance, storytelling, and American memory. He is currently based between Rotterdam and New York.
BIOGRAPHY OF BECKET MWN
Becket MWN is a writer and artist living in Amsterdam, whose work at times deals with language at a distance, structures that shape subjectivity, embodied thought, and dialogue with oneself. His work often takes the form of dialogues, texts, sculptures, sounds and performances. He received his MFA from the University of Southern California in 2014, and was a resident artist at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam from 2015–2017. His recent exhibitions include SculptureCenter (New York), Motto Books (Berlin), TG Gallery (Nottingham), De Vleeshal (Middelburg), and performances at Bij Cosy in Rongwrong (Amsterdam), Saliva (Barcelona), and How To Show Up ? (Amsterdam).
