SCCS 810: Beth Frey and Dan Tapper

SCCS 810 Presents:

Beth Frey and Dan Tapper hosted by Jenn Norton

Friday, Jan. 20 @ 11:30 Room 222

Beth Frey works with a variety of media, including drawing, painting, video, sculpture and installation. Through her wry, absurdist sense of humour, Frey playfully draws out contradictions in her subject matter, be it gender, the body, social media, or mental health, often integrating representations of herself into her chromatic cartoon-like world. Working from her complexly layered watercolours, Frey incorporates accessible smartphone apps and AI image generation tools to expand this universe and bring her body into it as an active player. Her popular Instagram project, sentientmuppetfactory, uses AI to comically deform bodies and poke fun classic film tropes. Frey has an MFA in Painting and Drawing from Concordia University and a BFA from the University of Victoria. She has exhibited her work in a number of solo and group shows across Canada, Mexico and the US. Frey currently divides her time between Montreal and Mexico City. 

http://www.bethfrey.com

Social media links: IG: @bethisms and @sentientmuppetfactory.

Dan Tapper is an artist and creative technologist interested in the intersection between information and experience. His current projects include building sonic VR environments and using machine learning to create new forms of divination.

www.instagram.com/visualcodepoetry

https://www.dantappersounddesign.com/