Betsey Biggs

30″ x 40″ cibachrome prints, electronics, headphones. First exhibited at the David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Brown University, as part of the Faculty Triennial.

These sonic photographs explore site, sound, and the razor’s edge between perception and memory. Lincoln Park is an abandoned amusement park near New Bedford, Massachusetts. Photographs and field recordings were made from climbing the derelict roller coaster, the Comet.

Large digital cibachrome prints were mounted and prepared with electronics and headphones that plug into the surface of the photograph itself, allowing the viewer to hear soundtracks made from bits of music, imaginary narratives, and field recordings of the site.

As of July 2012, the rollercoaster is reported to have been demolished. I am so glad I made this work to remember this place.

EXHIBITIONS

2015: “Hearing Landscape Critically,” Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

2012: San Francisco Open Studios, San Francisco, CA, USA.

2010-11: Faculty Triennial, David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.