Peter Bonde Becker Nelson
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Peter Bonde Becker Nelson’s work draws from the personal narratives of friends and family to critically examine the nuances of race, gender roles, relationships, aging, and loss. His new stop motion animated film, Whiteness at Work, traces the memories and critical moments that inform the main character’s understanding of whiteness. The film premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in February 2023. In Build on this Gesture, Nelson displays the protagonist puppet within the miniature living room set. A nearby video installation plays cut and extended scenes. Curator Mike Curran notes in his exhibition catalog essay, “This adapted iteration of Whiteness at Work exposes the artifice of stop motion to center a more latent constructedness: the way we maintain white supremacy by talking our way around it. With Nelson’s latest project, sitting with discomfort is the point.”
Read more about Nelson’s work in Curran’s full essay on page 13 of the exhibition catalog.
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