Installation of 60″x40″ Type C-prints
with computer controlled lighting and audio.
1988

“Through a series of color photographs and corresponding light- and sound-cues, Ericka Beckman transformed a room in this gallery into an uncommon environment that demonstrated the connection between technological and human learning.  Each of the five large C-prints features one of the “Nanotech” players, hybrid creations of light and motion (captured by prolonged camera exposures), which resemble proposed robot designs from the ’50s… The artist set up the room as an arena of the imagination, utilizing various visual clues and symbols. Sequential movement was implied through a specific ordering of particular sounds transmitted though speakers.” — J. Schwendenwein, ARTFORUM (October, 1988)

“Beckman uses fie large color C-prints, framed under glass, that portrays simulated computer generated images of industrial robots in the process of producing a ‘consumable product from a single information byte.’ A light and sound accompaniment give a feeling of animation to the process as spotlights shine on the individual prints at different intervals as the sound of a pinball machine is heard on the audio system.” — Robert C. Morgan, ARTFORUM (September 1988)

• Lewis, Jo Ann. “Multimedia Marvels.” THE WASHINGTON POST, June, 1989
• Gordon, Kelly. “Ericka Beckman: Recent Work.” HIRSHHORN MUSEUM (exhibition document), 1989
• Schwendenwein, J. “Nanotech Players.” ARTFORUM, October, pp. 145-146
• Morgan, Robert C. “Nanotech Players.” ARTFORUM MAGAZINE, September 1988, p.100
• Huntington, Richard. “Hallwalls to Unveil Pioneering Media Art.” BUFFALO NEWS, April, 1988