Martin Beck: relaxation spas hypnotism clinics mental institutions day-care centers prisons public schools police training centers

Martin Beck’s solo exhibition relaxation spas hypnotism clinic mental institutions day-care centers prisons public schools police training centers explores the atmospheric conditioning of spaces and subjectivities in relation to information flows. The show uses communication systems, display strategies, and techniques of sonic modulation to reveal how atmospheres are produced and deployed to shape perception, attention, and behavior. The artworks, artifacts, and video installation in the exhibition are informed by Beck’s engagement with environments, a series of eleven vinyl records released by Syntonic Research, Inc., between 1969 and 1979. Using advanced recording and editing technology, the records capture the acoustics of natural settings as well as meditative sounds.