ANTHEM
Recent Works by Wendy Babcox
Tempus Projects
January 12 – March 1, 2019
Opening :: 7–9PM, Saturday, January 12, 2019
Tempus Projects presents Anthem: and the beat goes on…, a solo exhibition by Tampa based artist Wendy Babcox. The inspiration for the exhibition is a series of Polaroid photographs taken in 1998 of the artist laughing in close proximity to the camera. An exploration of notions of the unruly woman and the subversive power of women’s laughter, Babcox reimagines this imagery in the context of large-scale, heavily saturated prints. Inspired also by the writings of Hélène Cixous, and Mikail Bahktin’s notions of the carnivalesque, Babcox explores how women’s laughter proposes a potent form of resistance, subversion and provocation.
A recently naturalized American citizen, Babcox considers the potential for a woman’s voice and its possible allegiances. The images hold the latent voice of their protagonist, but also perhaps a rallying cry or a rousing tune in solidarity. They are a joyful expression of impropriety, mischief and unity and suggest voices raised in conspiratorial harmony. And the beat goes on…
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Wendy Babcox was born in Great Britain and is a visual artist and professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Her works utilize lens-based technologies and have been realized with the aid of webcams, video projection, and a broad array of traditional cameras in addition to performance and installation. Babcox frequently works between digital and traditional photographic and print methodologies, that explore the expansive contemporary experience of the photograph. Works often push the photographic image between processes, confounding a singular studio practice, drawing instead on the conceptual and aesthetic demands of each work. Babcox was a founding member of the 6+ Collective, and is a member of Cunsthaus. She also founded the women’s drumming collective Noisy Women, which meets weekly at Tempus Projects for drum lessons. Her work has been exhibited widely, both nationally and internationally.
Recent Works by Wendy Babcox
Tempus Projects
January 12 – March 1, 2019
Opening :: 7–9PM, Saturday, January 12, 2019
Tempus Projects presents Anthem: and the beat goes on…, a solo exhibition by Tampa based artist Wendy Babcox. The inspiration for the exhibition is a series of Polaroid photographs taken in 1998 of the artist laughing in close proximity to the camera. An exploration of notions of the unruly woman and the subversive power of women’s laughter, Babcox reimagines this imagery in the context of large-scale, heavily saturated prints. Inspired also by the writings of Hélène Cixous, and Mikail Bahktin’s notions of the carnivalesque, Babcox explores how women’s laughter proposes a potent form of resistance, subversion and provocation.
A recently naturalized American citizen, Babcox considers the potential for a woman’s voice and its possible allegiances. The images hold the latent voice of their protagonist, but also perhaps a rallying cry or a rousing tune in solidarity. They are a joyful expression of impropriety, mischief and unity and suggest voices raised in conspiratorial harmony. And the beat goes on…
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Wendy Babcox was born in Great Britain and is a visual artist and professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Her works utilize lens-based technologies and have been realized with the aid of webcams, video projection, and a broad array of traditional cameras in addition to performance and installation. Babcox frequently works between digital and traditional photographic and print methodologies, that explore the expansive contemporary experience of the photograph. Works often push the photographic image between processes, confounding a singular studio practice, drawing instead on the conceptual and aesthetic demands of each work. Babcox was a founding member of the 6+ Collective, and is a member of Cunsthaus. She also founded the women’s drumming collective Noisy Women, which meets weekly at Tempus Projects for drum lessons. Her work has been exhibited widely, both nationally and internationally.
NOTIONS OF SAINTLY FLESH
Haylee Anne :: Angela Bortone :: Jessica Caldas :: Angela Davis Johnson :: Danielle Deadwyler
March 1–29, 2019
Tempus Project Space
OPENING RECEPTION :: 7–9pm, Saturday, March 1, 2019
Living Melody Collective is comprised of female-identifying Atlanta based artists including Haylee Anne, Angela Bortone, Jessica Caldas, Angela Davis Johnson, and Danielle Deadwyler.
Formally established in 2017, their history of multidisciplinary collaboration dates back to 2015. They have performed together throughout Atlanta and one of their first major projects, the Living the Legacy II mural was shown at the Center for Civil and Human Rights. For the 2018 midterm elections, they painted the Hope for Georgia bus to drive up voter engagement. Their bold interventions have been written about in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Wussy Mag, Creative Loafing, ArtsATL, and heard on Atlanta’s NPR station WABE.
Living Melody Collective is residence at Tempus Projects through March 3, 2019
Haylee Anne :: Angela Bortone :: Jessica Caldas :: Angela Davis Johnson :: Danielle Deadwyler
March 1–29, 2019
Tempus Project Space
OPENING RECEPTION :: 7–9pm, Saturday, March 1, 2019
Living Melody Collective is comprised of female-identifying Atlanta based artists including Haylee Anne, Angela Bortone, Jessica Caldas, Angela Davis Johnson, and Danielle Deadwyler.
Formally established in 2017, their history of multidisciplinary collaboration dates back to 2015. They have performed together throughout Atlanta and one of their first major projects, the Living the Legacy II mural was shown at the Center for Civil and Human Rights. For the 2018 midterm elections, they painted the Hope for Georgia bus to drive up voter engagement. Their bold interventions have been written about in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Wussy Mag, Creative Loafing, ArtsATL, and heard on Atlanta’s NPR station WABE.
Living Melody Collective is residence at Tempus Projects through March 3, 2019
