STATEMENT
            As an interdisciplinary artist, my practice consists of collecting, curating, managing, carrying, organizing, balancing, stacking, and bundling stuff. My own stuff and the stuff of others. Stuff found in scrap piles. Curb stuff. My father‘s stuff. The stuff you didn‘t want and gave me when I helped you move. The stuff becomes sculptures, appears in photographs, makes paintings, and aids videos and performances, which almost always contain reminders of the human body.

            Central themes around collections, weight, and the body always emerge in my work. I consider living as a body an act of carrying. Transporting objects and possessions is intertwined with this notion. Acts of carrying and transporting are not only physical acts, they are also psychic gestures that convey meaning and affect. Packing, unpacking, stuffing, collecting, stacking, and balancing are actions that can address internal conditions, such as memories, feelings of instability, urgency, and humor. I am interested in making sense of the mental and material realities of balancing my body, a life, possessions, and an art practice through playful making. I create exhibitions formed by the stuff of these experiences, hopefully leading viewers to empathize and relate to the things in front of them.

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CONTACT
Email: info@everettbabcock.com 
Phone: +49 (0) 176 75879493 / +1 (562) 659-5252
Based between Berlin, Germany and Los Angeles, California

BIO
            Everett Babcock was born 1990 in Long Beach, California, and grew up between Long Beach and Downey, a city just southeast of Southeast Los Angeles. There, he has a house and a modest garage studio. Now, he lives and works in Berlin, occasionally visiting his LA home. He attended Long Beach City College before transferring to UCLA, where he received a BA in fine art. He is a commuter and he hates traffic, but enjoys that his compact car is able to carry a good sized exhibition.

            He has exhibited at the LBCC gallery, LBMA Downtown, UCLA's New Wight gallery and Little Gallery, Kanzlei gallery at Das Institut Fur Alles Mogliche, and Angel's Gate Cultural Center.