“Erika [sic] Beckman builds dream machines. Like the images occuring [sic] during sleep, her creations don’t exist in the real world, although photographs of them were on view at Nature Morte, New York City, in June, and in Los Angeles at the Koplin Gallery, through August 29. 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…”
