Opening Reception for "Liminal" Exhibit

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Gabriel Brown
Sat, Nov 16, 2019 12:06 AM

Spaceworks Tacoma presents Liminal, a fully immersive art installation by Tyler Budge at the 950 Galleryhttp://www.spaceworkstacoma.com/gallery/.

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Exhibit Duration
Nov 7 - Dec 19, 2019

Opening Reception
Third Thursday Nov 21, 5 - 9PM
Snack & Beverage provided
Event on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/events/554287305336999/

Our paths are filled with liminal moments- doorways/thresholds that transport us from a structured understanding of where and who we are to an undefined space. Belden Lane, in his book Landscapes of the Sacred explains it as; "The experience of movement involved in having left one place, one conventional state of being, and not yet having arrived at another. One is caught "betwixt and between"... Such threshold experiences force us to question old identities and entertain new ones."

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Liminal is a multi-media installation that explores these transient moments. The space is found under construction, divided into smaller rooms by classic wood house framing construction. One is confronted with familiar structures, while maneuvering thru framed doorways and glancing thru framed windows. Expectations are curbed by contradiction - the outside is structured, predetermined, confined and orderly, but the interiors are vast, open vistas - serene yet placeless. The interior spaces speak of possibility, yet provide no destination. Fans blow dozens of tiny orange windsocks into a spinning swarm of confusion. One is left directionless, not knowing which way the wind will take them.

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Bio:
Tyler Budge received his BFA from Utah State University and his MFA from Illinois State University with an emphases in sculpture. His works reference metaphors represented by objects or images to autobiographically address personal experience. His work has addressed infertility, site displacement, reconciliation with self and the constructs of gender thru site-specific installation, kinetic sculpture and video projection. As an artist, Tyler questions the meaning of making, the role of art in society and its power to create change in the self and/or community. Tyler currently teaches at University of Washington Tacoma.

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[cid:image005.png@01D59BCE.AFEAB320]http://www.spaceworkstacoma.com/gallery/

FREE & OPEN TO PUBLIC

HOURS:
Every Thursday 1-5PM
Third Thursday 1-9PM
Or By Appointment
253-627-2175

ADDRESS:
950 Pacific Ave. Suite 205https://www.google.com/maps/place/Spaceworks+Gallery/@47.2534501,-122.4392209,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x794137a17382799!8m2!3d47.2534501!4d-122.4392209
Tacoma, WA (entrance on 11th)

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Spaceworks Tacoma presents Liminal, a fully immersive art installation by Tyler Budge at the 950 Gallery<http://www.spaceworkstacoma.com/gallery/>. [cid:image001.jpg@01D59BCE.AFEAB320] Exhibit Duration Nov 7 - Dec 19, 2019 Opening Reception Third Thursday Nov 21, 5 - 9PM Snack & Beverage provided Event on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/events/554287305336999/> Our paths are filled with liminal moments- doorways/thresholds that transport us from a structured understanding of where and who we are to an undefined space. Belden Lane, in his book Landscapes of the Sacred explains it as; "The experience of movement involved in having left one place, one conventional state of being, and not yet having arrived at another. One is caught "betwixt and between"... Such threshold experiences force us to question old identities and entertain new ones." [cid:image002.jpg@01D59BCE.AFEAB320] Liminal is a multi-media installation that explores these transient moments. The space is found under construction, divided into smaller rooms by classic wood house framing construction. One is confronted with familiar structures, while maneuvering thru framed doorways and glancing thru framed windows. Expectations are curbed by contradiction - the outside is structured, predetermined, confined and orderly, but the interiors are vast, open vistas - serene yet placeless. The interior spaces speak of possibility, yet provide no destination. Fans blow dozens of tiny orange windsocks into a spinning swarm of confusion. One is left directionless, not knowing which way the wind will take them. [cid:image003.jpg@01D59BCE.AFEAB320] Bio: Tyler Budge received his BFA from Utah State University and his MFA from Illinois State University with an emphases in sculpture. His works reference metaphors represented by objects or images to autobiographically address personal experience. His work has addressed infertility, site displacement, reconciliation with self and the constructs of gender thru site-specific installation, kinetic sculpture and video projection. As an artist, Tyler questions the meaning of making, the role of art in society and its power to create change in the self and/or community. Tyler currently teaches at University of Washington Tacoma. [cid:image004.jpg@01D59BCE.AFEAB320] [cid:image005.png@01D59BCE.AFEAB320]<http://www.spaceworkstacoma.com/gallery/> FREE & OPEN TO PUBLIC HOURS: Every Thursday 1-5PM Third Thursday 1-9PM Or By Appointment 253-627-2175 ADDRESS: 950 Pacific Ave. Suite 205<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Spaceworks+Gallery/@47.2534501,-122.4392209,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x794137a17382799!8m2!3d47.2534501!4d-122.4392209> Tacoma, WA (entrance on 11th) www.spaceworkstacoma.com/gallery<http://www.spaceworkstacoma.com/gallery>