Ericka Beckman
Cinéma Bellevaux
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Ericka Beckman image
Ericka Beckman image
Ericka Beckman image
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Screening of four films from Ericka Beckman in the frame of the Tunnel Vision programme, on Thursday 23.03.23 at 20:00 at Cinéma Bellevaux, in presence of the artist.

The selection curated by Ericka Beckman offers a chronology in 4 short films:
You the better (1983, 24 min., EN)
Switch Center (2003, 12 min., EN)
Reach Capacity (2020, 14 min., EN)
Stalk (2021, 23 min., EN)


Free entry
In English

Ericka Beckman (1951) is known for her experimental cinematic work and her expansion of the medium of film through a plastic, spatially immersive dimension that also assigns an active role to the viewer. The numerous references to pop-cultural motifs in her early work, and the linked dissociation from the minimalist art film aesthetic prevalent at the time, are shared with some of her most important artistic companions, such as Mike Kelley, James Welling, and Matt Mullican. Beckman, who was later also associated with the so-called Pictures Generation, was always concerned with decoding cultural representation, and examining and depicting the underlying norms, especially the notion of performance and the constant optimization of our working and living environments. In her repeated references to play as a fundamental structural device of our capitalist order, as well as to anthropological theories by Jean Piaget or Roger Callois, Beckman artistically anticipated the emergence of social media and the so-called gamification of our contemporary experience.
Leo Lencses

Tunnel Vision is a programme for the promotion, production and distribution of artists’ films initiated in 2020.

Tunnel Tunnel warmly thanks La Becque | Résidence d’artistes and the Cinéma Bellevaux.

Ericka Beckman image
Ericka Beckman image
Ericka Beckman image