SuttonBeresCuller: New Installation
Curator. SOLO Project Room, Consolidated Works, Seattle. October - December 2002
Artists: John Sutton, Ben Beres, and Zac Culler
Project: A maze of spaces was created with triangular shaped columns and walls. As the viewer navigated through the installation he/she came into contact with many elements including: a 10’ working pencil which the viewer could draw on the floor with; a telephone through which the viewer could listen to the artists’ answering machine messages; a conical stack of newspapers; six computers on which visitors could type and read messages; a curved hallway with speakers set in the walls—each pair of speakers played a different language, a locked door with thousands of keys with which the viewer could try and gain access. The installation also included video elements.
Artists' Statement: We are three collaborative artists exploring site-specific installation through the manipulation of space using traditional building techniques, non-traditional media, and performance. Our goal is to actively involve and challenge the viewer with our inquiry into the format in which art is presented. We approach each individual space as a unique temporal experience that provides both the viewers and ourselves with an opportunity for discovery and dialogue. - John Sutton, Ben Beres and Zac Culler.
Selected Press
The Stranger review by Emily Hall
Seattle PI review by Regina Hackett, Sept. 20, 2002
Seattle Times review by Shiela Farr, Sept. 13, 2002
About SuttonBeresCuller
SuttonBeresCuller is a group of three Seattle based artists—John Sutton, Ben Beres, and Zac Culler—who have worked collaboratively since 2000. The trio’s work ranges in presentation from gallery works, to installation, performance, and public projects. Working in and outside of traditional gallery settings, they aim to engage and provoke unsuspecting audiences with their works which are often not what they seem.
SuttonBeresCuller’s work plays on identity, perception, and instinct. They create playful scenarios by reinterpreting archetypal objects and transforming them in material, space, and place. They have completed several public projects and commissions around the Seattle area and along the west coast. SuttonBeresCuller is represented by Greg Kucera Gallery in Seattle.