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From April 6 though April 19, the Royal NoneSuch Gallery will present Pages of Video – TAPE NUMBER ONE: side one, a solo installation by Tommy Becker.
The exhibition includes 9 video pieces and an 11”x17” unbound book of poetry constructed with imagery from video stills, ink, pastel, colored pencil and typewriter print. This hand-crafted, mixed-media book expands on the concepts and constructs introduced in the video loops.
The tapes in this show are tied to the human condition--the act of giving, the desire to connect, the championing of the wild, the search for happiness, the fragility of relationships, youthful rebellion, life’s impermanence, and debauched escapism all have cemented tracks on the first side of the tape. The videos blend poetics, performance, costuming, found footage, hand made props and home made music. Presented as song dedications, the videos run the typical length of a song (never more then four minutes). Within this duration, musical elements surface as background music or simple tones, but more characteristically within a unique spoken word voicing that flirts with elements of melody, repetition, cadence, rhythm and sustain
