The University of Washington, Tacoma, art gallery will host “why be/e collective,” a collaborative art installation by Tyler Budge and Sara Young, from Jan. 6-27, 2006.
Gallery hours are Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1-4 p.m. and Fridays 1-5 p.m. Admission is free. The UWT Gallery is located at 1742 Pacific Ave.
The installation explores creating through collecting, manipulation and categorization and investigates social effects generated by masses of materials, images, data and objects. The form of the installation suspends unplanned and decentralized modes of organization.
Budge is an assistant professor in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences program at UW Tacoma. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture from Illinois State University. Through the use of video projected site-specific installations and interactive kinetic sculpture, his work explores issues such as site and human interaction, site displacement, infertility, reconciliation with self, exposure, alienation and disenfranchisement.
Sara Young is an Instructor of Art at the Pennsylvania State University. She holds an MFA from Illinois State University and a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her work is interdisciplinary, collaborative and dedicated to multiplicity in form and content.
