Phoebe Bei

I spy with my little lens...resistance through the concrete.
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 A person with their hair tied in a bun is wearing a grey jacket, blue jeans and white jeans. They are standing with their hands behind their body looking down at the ground. They are standing on a rooftop with plants growing in a concrete container. In the distance other apartment buildings can be seen.
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 A person completely covered in red cloth is kneeling on a pile of gravel in front of a field of long grasses. Sky is cloudy in the background.
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 A red cloth covering something is resting on a black tarp covering a pile of dirt. There is a smaller pile of dirt covered in black tarp adjacent to the first piel. Behind the piles of dirt is a grassy area and residential buildings in the distance. The sky is cloudy.
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 A person with long hair wearing black framed glasses is whispering into a hole of a tree. The tree has irregular textured bark and some branches sparsely growing with pointy leaves. The sky is pale blue in the background.
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 A collection of film slides are arranged on a white cloth. Some slides are propped up by small stones while others lay flat on the white cloth.
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 The hand of a light-skinned person wearing a beige shirt is holding a film slide in front of a domed structure resting on a grassy area in the distance. Another hand that is nearly completely out of frame is holding a CD album that’s titled “America on the Moon”. In the distance are parked cars and greenhouse tents. The sky is cloudy.
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 Photo of a window sill lined with ceramic pots of various sizes. The window is looking out to the rooftops of various buildings. The faint silhouettes of mountains can be seen along the horizon of a pale blue sky.
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 An underexposed photo of small sculptures are arranged against a red velvet cloth backdrop.
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 Photo of a construction site. There are steps made of metal scaffolding and various cinder blocks stacked on top of one another. There are red bunting flags hanging above the construction site.

About The Artist

Phoebe Bei is a multidisciplinary artist whose photographic processes and installations address the politics of land, cultural memories, and collective identities. Bei is currently occupying and working on the unceded Coast Salish Territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

Date

October 06, 2020

Category
I spy with my little lens...resistance through the concrete.