Robert Beavers
Sat, May 13, 2017
2 pm
Robert Beavers (b. 1949), still from Pitcher of Colored Light, 2007. 16mm film, color, sound; 24 min. Courtesy the artist
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Floor Three, Susan and John Hess Family Gallery and Theater
Robert Beavers's luminous 16mm films are poetic portrayals of intimate domestic spaces and their inhabitants, weaving together rhythms of daily life and ruminations on mortality.
May 13
2 and 5 pm
Screenings
May 14
2:30–3 pm
Book signing with Robert Beavers, featuring a volume of essays by and about the artist titled Robert Beavers, edited by Rebekah Rutkoff
3 pm
Screening and conversation with Robert Beavers and Rebekah Rutkoff, writer and author of The Irresponsible Magician: Essays and Fictions and editor of Robert Beavers
Robert Beavers (b. 1949), Pitcher of Colored Light, 2007
Among the Eucalyptuses, 2017
The Suppliant, 2010
Listening to the Space in My Room, 2013
Tickets are required ($12 adults, students, and seniors; free for members). Doors open thirty minutes before the program begins. Ticket holders are guaranteed admission until the start of the program, at which time any unclaimed seats will be released.
