Mar 17, 2015
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Ted Kaczynski Cabin (part of Two Cabins)
James Benning
James Benning - Two Cabins
Benning reconstructed Henry David Thoreau's and Ted Kaczynski's iconic cabins, and uses these structures to reflect on utopian and dystopian versions of social isolation. Mounted on the walls of each cabin are copies of paintings by so-called outsider artists, also made by Benning. On the surface Benning's two cabins are night and day, invoking contradictory sets of reclusive intentions and divergent paths leading back out. Deeper inquiry reveals the Thoreau / Kaczynski equation to be inspired. Benning's engagement makes discernable a multitude of contacts between their motivations, beliefs, and experiences of seclusion. Benning's armature artfully unfolds a complex articulation of practices of dissent, nonprescriptive ways of living, and the politics of solitude.
http://cabinproject.tumblr.com/
I wiped some snot on the art museum tonight cos I didn't have any tissues. Sorry, art.
James Benning launched a book about his cabins entitled, Two Cabins by JB
As a way to further explore the laborious process of recreating the fascinating cabin structures, Benning has created a beautiful book! This book includes photography by Benning, essays by Julie Ault, Benning, and Dick Hebdige, and extracts from Thoreau’s and Kaczynski’s writings.
Buy the book here:
Art Resources Transfer
Motto books
ALSO: See him on October 1, 2012 at REDCAT for a screening of his latest project, Stemple Pass
