“I made films about subjects that offended me in a personal way, transforming subsequently the concept of the subversive as a tactic. I was very interested in making films that seemed to be, on the one hand, colorful, playful, easy to watch, while suggesting a sharp critique of social attitudes.”

"More innovative uses of super-8 sound began to appear in the late Seventies, Ericka Beckman's idiosyncratic films—White Man Has Clean Hands (1977), We Imitate; We Break-Up (1978)..."

From The Broken Rule (1979/2010) to Blind Country (1989), Beckman’s films are frequently structured as absurd video-game scenarios filled with luminous images, dislocated sounds (lip-synching, eerie choral arrangements)...

"Beckman's photos are extraordinarily cinematic, made possible by using a motorized 'movement control device,' developed by the artist with Stanley Kaufman and robotics engineer Randy Rubenstein, both of Boston..."