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Dylan Beck

Surreal Supermodern Landscapes

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Ventricle Gunge

Medium: Ceramic and glass

Dimensions: H10 x W9 X D17 inches

Date: 2018

Cartographic Seamount

Medium: Ceramic and glass

Dimensions: H6 x D14 x W14 inches

Date: 2018

Exudate

Media: Ceramic and glass

Dimensions: H9 x W8 xD13 inches

Date: 2018

Diapir

Media: Ceramic and glass

Dimensions: H8 x W12 x D5 inches

Date: 2018

LUX

Medium: Ceramic, acrylic, digital print on fabric, wood

Dimensions: H28 x W24 x D14 inches

Date: 2017

Mount (orange)

Media: Ceramic, glass

Dimensions: H7 x W5 x D2.5 inches

Date: 2018

Mount (metallic)

Media: Ceramic, glaze

Dimensions: H18 x W11 x D11 inches

Date: 2017

The Spoils

Medium: Handbuilt and 3D printed Ceramic, terra sigillata, graphite, mica flakes, wood, tape

Dimensions: H20 x W54 x D54 inches

Date: 2017

It's A Trap!

Media: Ceramic, ooze, stick, string
Dimensions: h14 x w16 x d16
Date: 2016

Overburden

Media: Ceramic, digital print on vinyl
Dimensions: h18 x w52 x d48
Date: 2015

Borrow Pit

Media: Ceramic, hydrocal, wood, foil tape, paint, graphite
Dimensions: h15 x w18 x d12 in.
Date: 2015

Black Cloud

Media: Ceramic, glaze

Dimensions: H12 x W22 x D6 inches

Date: 2017

Acid Drop

Media: Ceramic, hydrocal, paint
Dimensions: h65 x w18 x d8 in.
Date: 2015

Images by Mario Gallucci

Concerning The Production Of Clouds

Media: Ceramic, paint
Dimensions: h20 x w8 x d10 in.
Date: 2015

Cloud Fracula

Media: Ceramic, unfired glaze, various petroleum products, wood
Dimensions: h72 x w36 x d40 in.
Date: 2015

Oil Still

Media: Ceramic, unfired glaze, various petroleum products
Dimensions: h72 x w48 x d18 in.
Date: 2014

Dense Horizons

Media: Ceramic, unfired glaze, paint
Dimensions: h14 x w28 x d8 in.
Date: 2015

Arrowmont Cloud Miniature

1:10 scale Arrowmont Cloud in Miniature
Media: 3D printed glazed ceramic, composite material sample
Dimensions: h3 x w3 x d3 in.
Date: 2014

3D model created from 34 digital images of the original scultpure. This computer model was used to create the 1:10 scale 3D printed ceramic version seen at the top of the page.

Original cloud sculpture completed during the 2014 Arrowmont Surface Symposium at Arrowmont School or the Crafts.

Dimensions: h30 x w18 x d10 in

This cloud now lives in the Arrowmont boneyard.

Scattered Showers

Media: Ceramic, foam, paint, unfired glaze
Dimensions: h30 x w36 x d36 in.
Date: 2012

Center Pivot

Media: Ceramic, foam, paint, turf
Dimensions: h30x w36x d36 in
Date: 2012

Adaptation Recommendations

Media: Ceramic, foam, paint
Dimensions: h30x w20x d18 in
Date: 2012

Domestic Conglomerations

Media: Bisque porcelain
Dimensions: h84 x w120 x d1 in.
Date: 2011

Clear Skies

Media: Stoneware, porcelain, unfired glaze, paint, foam, air filters
Dimensions: h22 x w18 x 12 in
Date: 2012

Holding Pattern No. 3

Media: Ceramic
Dimensions: h108 x w235 x d1 in.
Date: 2016

Images by Mario Gallucci

Saccadic Domestic Conglomerations

Media: Bisque Porcelain, digital projection (digital animation, created in collaboration with Adam Hinterlang, is derived from saccades or eye movements collected by LSU psychology professor, Melissa Beck)
Dimensions: h96x w180x d1 in
Date: 2013
Photo Credit: Wes Magyar

Holding Pattern No. 2

Media: Bisque porcelain
Dimensions: h30x w30 in
Date: 2013

Accumulation

Media: Bisque porcelain
Dimensions: h84 x w120 x d1 in.
Date: 2013

Flyover Country

Media: Found treated 4x4's, porcelain
Dimensions: h23x w23x d5 in.
Date: 2012

Comments: The wood was formed
by designing a 3D digital
prototype then milling with
a CNC router.

Site Feasibility

Media: Paint, vinyl, chalk
Dimensions: h36 x w180 in.
Date: 2013

Supermodern Landscape No. 01

Media: Digital print on vinyl, nylon rope
Dimensions: h36 x w60 in.
Date: 2013

Supermodern Landscape No. 02

Media: Digital print on vinyl, nylon rope
Dimensions: h36 x w60 in.
Date: 2013

Air Fest

Media: Vinyl, rope, tickets, Solo cups
Dimensions: banner h24x w120 in
Date: 2013

Control Tower

Media: Wood, paint, fluorescent lights
Dimensions: h120 x w36 x d36 in.
Date: 2013

Variable Global Prevalence

Media: Stoneware, porcelain, unfired glaze, paint
Dimensions: h7 x w5 x d4 in
Date: 2012

Supersymmetry or "Did you see what the GOD particle just did to us, MAN??"

Media: CNC milled treated 4x4's (repurposed), decorative molding
Dimensions: h22x w64x d3 in
Date: 2013

Normal Field Instability

Media: Porcelain, underglaze, resin
Dimensions: h16x w24x d22 in.
Date: 2011

Microwave Safe

Media: Porcelain, underglaze, paint, steel, rubber, plastic
Dimensions: h30 x w100 x d84 in.
Date: 2011

In the 1950’s suburban development, as we know it today, was beginning to spread across the United States. The US was in the midst of its greatest development phase, on a scale we may never see again. With the advent of television, the Cold War, and the need for transcontinental communication of sensitive governmental information our first wireless communication infrastructure was built. Microwave towers popped up across the country, becoming a fixture in the American visual landscape. 
Now, traveling through the expansive western landscape, one no longer has uninterrupted vistas of the plains or mountain ridges. These Microwave sites are now relics of a not so distant period, illustrating how quickly technology becomes obsolete, and marking the beginning of the wireless information infrastructure. 

Supermodernity Man

Media: Digital animation, projector, ceramic, resin
Dimensions: Variable
Date: 2012

 

Can You Hear Me Now?

Dimensions: h32x w42x d6 in.
Media: Porcelain, paint, steel, rubber
Date: 2008

How Many Bars Do You Have?

Media: Porcelain, steel, rubber, paint
Dimensions: h32x w60x d 8 in.
Date: 2009

The Air Must Be Thick With Words

Media: Porcelain, earthenware, oxide wash, paint, rubber, steel
Dimensions: h60x w32x d10 in.
Date: 2008

More Bars In More Places

Media: Recycled paper, ball point pen, chalk
Dimensions: 
      Drawing h6 x w2 feet
      Wall h30x w40 feet
Date: 2009

Drawing executed with computer aided drawing machine.

Yesterday's Tomorrow

Media: Terracotta, grout, wood shims, plastic, air filter
Dimensions: h24 x w60 x d24 in.
Date: 2011

Laminate Filigree

Media: Porcelain, carpet padding, plywood
Dimensions: h10x w15x d15 in.
Date: 2010

National Monument

Media: Colored porcelain, turf, carpet padding, plywood
Dimensions: h10 x w14 x d9 in.
Date:2010

Blue Ether

Media: Porcelain, underglaze, airfilter
Dimensions: h2x w13x d11 in.
Date: 2010

Co-Modify

Media: Bisque porcelain, vinyl
Dimensions: h96x w120x d6 in
Date: 2009

Deep Cut

Media: Terra-cotta, bisque porcelain
Dimensions: h8x w96x d 36 in.
Date: 2009

During the development of East State St. in Athens, OH a hillside with a historic farmhouse was leveled to make way for a shopping mall and plaza. The corbel forms represent landscape, historic architectural adornment, and replication of natural forms in the handmade object. The corbels are cut to accommodate the modular modern architectural form and their recession into the floor reflects the decline of ornate architectural adornment. The modular form is derived from the negative space in a polystyrene shipping container.

Cardiac

Media: Bisque porcelain, vinyl
Dimensions: h 56x w 86x d 3 inches
Date: 2009

 

Topographic Corrugated Oriented Strand Board

Media: Porcelain
Dimensions: h 6x w18x d18 inches
Date: 2009

Cluster Fuck

Media: Insulation foam, joint compound, wood, paint
Dimensions: h 75x w 87x d 12 inches
Date: 2008

 

Modular Mitosis

Media: Insulation foam, acoustic cieling tile, joint compound, wood, paint
Dimensions: h26x h40x d20 inches
Date: 2007

 

Hip Sub Prime

Media: Insulation foam, joint compound, paint, wood
Dimensions: h42x w39x d8 inches
Date: 2007

Bubble Market

Media: Insulation foam, joint compound, paint, wood
Dimensions: variable
Date: 2007

 

Atlas (Dominion homes, Model #12)

Media: Sheetrock, wood, paint, casters
Dimensions: h36x w40x d39 inches.
Date: 2007
Comments: This piece is derived from the floor plan of one of the houses built by the developer, Dominion Homes. The dimensions are that of a kitchen counter.

 

Atlas Sandwich

Media: Insulation foam, joint compound
Dimensions: h42 x w39 x d15 inches
Date: 2007

 

Normal, IL

Media: Duratrans prints, light boxes, studs
Dimensions: h8x w6x d4 feet
Date: 2007

 

Your Larger Body

Media: Conduit, cement
Dimensions: h 96x w 114x d 126 inches
Date: 2008

 

Plan For The Best Of Times

Media: Chalk line
Dimensions: variable
Date: 2008

 

Ruff's Roof

Media: Insulation foam, joint compound, wood, paint
Dimensions: h 18x w 36x d 10 inches
Date: 2007

 

Road To Nowhere

Media: Colored porcelain, wood
Dimensions: h72x w96x d80 inches.
Date: 2007
Comments: The forms are derived from the negative spaces in Styrofoam shipping containers.

 

A Modular City

Media: Colored porcelain
Dimensions: Variable
Date: 2007
Comments: The forms are derived from the negative spaces in Styrofoam shipping containers.

 

Emulous Blight

Media: Cardboard, silkscreen & digital print, packing peanuts, stretch-wrap, trash can
Dimensions: variable
Date: 2006
Comments: Residual of unpacking performance lasting approximately 15 min. During the performance the floor is filled with objects and viewers must move out of the way.

 

Boomburb

Media: Colored porcelain, pallets, shrink wrap.
Dimensions: Varied, unpacking performance
Date: 2005
Comments: Unpacking performance lasting approximately 30 min. During the performance the viewers are pushed out of the room by the placement of the objects.

 

Privatopia

Media: Upholstered wood, fabric, colored porcelain, paint
Dimensions: h96x w180x d10 inches
Date: 2005

 

Glut

Media: Clay, paint
Dimensions: h8x w60x d72 inches.
Date: 2005

 

All Because Of You

Media: Ceramic, paint
Dimensions: h29x w25x d8 inches
Date: 2006

 

25,200 Cubic Yards

Media: Earthenware, glaze, digital print
Dimensions: h8x w48x d72 inches.
Date: 2005
Comments: Each unit is a scale model of a shipping container/semi truck trailer.

 

If You Want To Have Cities, You’ve Got To Build Roads

Media: Light Box, Duratrans digital print, porcelain, paraffin
Dimensions: h18 x w48x d48 inches
Date: 2005
Comments: Each unit is a scale model of a shipping container/semi truck trailer.

 

Ventricle Gunge

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Cartographic Seamount

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Exudate

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Diapir

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LUX

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Mount (orange)

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Mount (metallic)

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The Spoils

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It's A Trap!

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Its A Trap 01.jpg

Overburden

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Borrow Pit

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Black Cloud

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Acid Drop

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Concerning The Production Of Clouds

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Cloud Fracula

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Oil Still

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Dense Horizons

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Scattered Showers

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Center Pivot

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Adaptation Recommendations

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Domestic Conglomerations

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Clear Skies

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Holding Pattern No. 3

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Saccadic Domestic Conglomerations

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Holding Pattern No. 2

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Accumulation

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Flyover Country

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Site Feasibility

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Supermodern Landscape No. 01

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Supermodern Landscape No. 02

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Air Fest

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Control Tower

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Variable Global Prevalence

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Supersymmetry or "Did you see what the GOD particle just did to us, MAN??"

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Normal Field Instability

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Microwave Safe

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Supermodernity Man

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Supermodernity Man video documentation

Can You Hear Me Now?

— view —

How Many Bars Do You Have?

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The Air Must Be Thick With Words

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More Bars In More Places

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Yesterday's Tomorrow

— view —

Laminate Filigree

— view —

National Monument

— view —

Blue Ether

— view —

Co-Modify

— view —

Deep Cut

— view —

Cardiac

— view —

Topographic Corrugated Oriented Strand Board

— view —

Cluster Fuck

— view —

Modular Mitosis

— view —

Hip Sub Prime

— view —

Bubble Market

— view —

Atlas (Dominion homes, Model #12)

— view —

Atlas Sandwich

— view —

Normal, IL

— view —

Your Larger Body

— view —

Plan For The Best Of Times

— view —

Ruff's Roof

— view —

Road To Nowhere

— view —

A Modular City

— view —

Emulous Blight

— view —

Boomburb

— view —

Privatopia

— view —

Glut

— view —

All Because Of You

— view —

25,200 Cubic Yards

— view —

If You Want To Have Cities, You’ve Got To Build Roads

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