Nina Beier and Marie Lund

"London-based Danish artist Marie Lund and Berlin-based Nina Beier work individually but have maintained a collaborative practice since 2003. With staged events as well as videos, photographs and sculptures, Beier and Lund tinker with social hierarchies and group dynamics. Together they have created performances, objects, and ethereal interventions, often rooted in the history of materials, context, and social space. Exploring the conditions of conception, perception, and interpretation, Beier and Lund test the boundaries of communication while introducing subtle shifts within institutional and behavioral structures."

Nina Beier Marie Lund

"A sensed perturbation" 2008

Nina Beier Marie Lund

"The Home and the Backdoor"

Artist: Jason Dodge

The long pause. Some time has passed since my last update and for good reason. A few weeks back I returned from artist residency at the Harold Arts Residency where a new project was being conceived and born. Just as soon as I was back in Chicago it was off to Tampa Florida for some quality time with the parents, sand and surf, and what turned out to be a sad night at Tropicana Fields. But, here I am back again with no vacation or travels in the near future.

It is great to see a fellow artist using text in a similar manner to my own work. Dodge's use of text for these small sculptural works provides the catalyst for interaction and theatricality.

Artist: Jason Dodge
Title: "AMETHIST, GARNETS, SAPHIRES, AQUAMARINE, QUARTZ, TOPAZ, RUBIES
AND TURMALINE INSIDE OF AN OWL, 2007"