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Rachel Beth Egenhoefer
20 March - 5 April 2008
At: Lighthouse
Rachel Beth Egenhoefer considers her Commodore 64 Computer and Fisher Price Loom to be defining objects of her childhood. She creates tactile representations of cyclical data structures in candy and knitting and is currently researching the intersection of textiles, technology, and the body in contemporary digital studies.
Lighthouse's Commissioning Programme is designed to provide opportunities for artists and artist groups to develop new work and to support their practice.
Rachel Beth is currently working as an Artist in Residence between Brighton and London. She has been brought to UK from San Francisco as part of the Distributed South initiative, a series of residencies co-curated by SCAN and Space Media. Egenhoefer’s residency consists of several key parts – experimental studio time to create new work, presenting workshops and lectures, and a commissioned exhibition at Lighthouse.
Currently working in the studio on this exhibition, Rachel Beth is tracking the motion of knitting needles in both physical and virtual space, playing with the Wii, and investigating representations of motion in body/machine interaction. Additional works explore the space between body and machine as a place for architectural design.
www.rachelbeth.net
Rachel Beth’s residency for Distributed South is funded by the Arts Council England, University of Wales, University of Brighton, Lighthouse Brighton and supported by SCAN, Space Media, Furtherfield, Textile Futures Research Group (TFRG) and University of the Arts London.
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