Marissa Benedict

Working in sculpture and video installation, Marissa Lee Benedict's practice draws from histories of American land art and systems aesthetics of the the 1960s and 70s to provide critical context for contemporary social and environmental concerns. Embodying the idea of "connection as material; energy as form," Benedict researches and recreates infrastructural systems and scientific processes. She has distilled algal biodiesel; attempted to extract geologic core samples with a set of gardening tools; and built a fictional, trans-continental fiber optic network with her partner and collaborator (artist David Rueter). Benedict is supported in her residency at Artport Tel Aviv by the Hyde Park Art Center's Jackman Goldwasser Residency(Chicago, IL) and their the national & international exchange program.

Works

I Can Only See Shadows

Three channel video installation, 2016

A commission by the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Columbia College, Chicago, IL) for the exhibition Petcoke: Tracing Dirty Energy in collaboration with David Rueter.

I Can Only See Shadows was produced with contributions by artists Alejandro Acierto, Jacqueline Drinkall, Liz Ensz, Adam Mansour, Juan Luis Olvera, Patrick Quilao; writer and anthropologist Cameron Hu.