InterventTech

A Theory of Entanglement, Bernie Lubell

Currently at FACT you’ll find a solo exhibition of works by San Francisco based artist Bernie Lubell, who since the early 1980s has been creating interactive wood machines.

The exhibition features a giant new commission A Theory of Entanglement for FACT’s atrium, alongside installations of previous works: Conservation of Intimacy, …and the Synapse Sweetly Singing and Etiology of Innocence.

As Curator, Karen Newman says: “Constructed from soft, sustainable woods the works on show are adamantly low-tech. Bernie uses simple natural materials to highlight the genius of old technologies that lend fresh consideration to contemporary issues. In particular the artist takes inspiration from the work of French physiologist and chronophotographer Étienne-Jules Marey who was obsessed with understanding movement. From horses and birds to human limbs and the heartbeat, Marey’s work was pioneering in cinematography, medical imaging, cardiology and aviation. After suffering cardio problems in 1995 Bernie adapted Marey’s pneumatic sensor technologies to explore the conflicted relationship we have with the machines we have become so dependent on.”

The exhibition runs from 19 June – 6 September. Check out an interview with Bernie Lubell at FACT here on Fact TV, before you head down to road test his inventive machines.