ART     /     ABOUT
/ benjamin jurgensen


/ don't ready to die anymore

/ put we to your ear and hear yesteryear’s ocean, mute affairs, mortarboards, merman graduate shit, this is just future love like
water dripping down her inner thigh, teardrops as diluted thoughts filtered through the mainstream, twenty thing-a-ma-bobs,
treasure troves, spear-fishing, love’s fragile future only safe speaking through cartoon thought bubbles and coral thieves,
lured into the deepest oceans of fantasy, flipping fins, marquees wash up on shore, legs required in the seas of change,
reprimanded daughters, breathing the same air, just done differently
mdf, latex paint, nylon rope

/ the new white flight flat packs, propelling expectations of hover parents, affectionless, despondent,
twenty-two and never free
mdf, latex paint, Fibromyalgia For Dummies (Second Ed.)


/ nine fourteen ninety-six, above the rim on vhs served as reference
mdf, acrylic paint, bandanna, limestone
/ cell phone tower disguised as structural column
mdf, latex paint

/ dave stoller is the super pro hypernostalgia, the italians are coming, & remaking away
single channel video, projector, mdf, wood, latex paint, hardware
/ the italians are coming
mdf, wood, latex paint
/ spit your game, talk your shit, grab your gat, call your click
mdf, wood, latex paint
/ thanks for the dream, never read word up magazine
mdf, wood, latex paint
/ bricks and mortar (fire) support the too low-low spoke(n) count
mdf, wood, latex paint
/ swinging on this and that hook (up), detached from the straight and narrow
mdf, wood, latex paint
/ sparking magic trees, it was hot (box) ‘till it overheated
mdf, wood, latex paint
/ from nothing to less than something
mdf, wood, latex paint
/ the reality of the situation
mdf, pine, enamel, assorted hardware
/ audio composition in real-time: myspace
performance with sculpture, audio, video
/ mechanize something idiosyncratic
archival pigment print
/ mechanize something idiosyncratic
archival pigment print
/ mechanize something idiosyncratic
archival pigment print
/ abandon normal instruments: mute then continue
pine, poplar, mdf, latex paint, paste wax
/ the culture game
multiscreen video
/ imagine the piece as a set of disconnected events
  we kill soap scum: antipop consortium / eye of the storm: brother ali / 6th sense: common /
 pressure: dabrye / twenty: dead prez / spitkicker: de la soul / delorean: el-p / kilo: ghostface killah /
 south bronx: krs-one bdp
powered speakers, pine, poplar, latex paint, acrylic, india ink, nails, glue
/ define an area as 'safe' and use it as an anchor
pine, plywood, latex paint, paste wax, nails, glue
/ make a sudden, destructive, unpredictable action; incorporate
plywood, steel, fiberglass, polystyrene, rubber, vinyl ,canvas, nylon strapping, hydraulics, enamel, assorted hardware
/ one hundred miles, no food, no water, no progress, non-stop  
plywood, indoor trainer, track bike - pain killers, watch, tissues, recommended food / water (all slightly out of reach)
/ untitled
trees, plywood, nails, glue, acrylic
/ unnecessary rescue
fiberglass, found toy pony, vinyl, aluminum, plywood, steel, assorted hardware, cotton thread, automotive paint