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About Bryan

Baltimore City
Bryan Funk is an artist from Bucks County, PA who received his MFA in interdisciplinary arts from MICA and a BFA in sculpture from Tyler school of Art/Temple University in Philadelphia.  He spent over a year studying abroad and then teaching  English in Japan before coming to live and work in Baltimore.  His work includes elements of video, sound, sculpture and social practice.  Often combining video and installation to create unusually familiar compositions for viewers to immerse themselves in.
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Do you remember?

July 2016

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video, audio, sculpture

“Do you remember?” was a project based in sharing memories and traveling up and down the west coast of North America between Vancouver and Tijuana.  Me and a friend ventured from living room to living room installing a video installation of actors in movies watching TV and then interviewing the hosts about memories they had surrounding watching TV. The findings were put together into a small show in the form of the sculpture that traveled with us as well as video documentation of the installation, a few photos, and audio bites from interviews.

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    a quick look at some of the video installation paired with some audio recordings from the piece as well.
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    • They care about their lawns

    Oct 2016

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    installation, video, audio

    A way of thinking about the past from a critical viewpoint and relating it to the present.  How are things different? How are things changing? Does anything really change? Does social injustice act like a chameleon and get better at blending in? When one culture dominates and dictates life for all, biases are ingrained into the very fabric of our world.  

    Using domestic objects, video and light to effect the way to perceive things that are commonplace in a new way.  Suspending objects in a heavy handed way that prevents things from falling or changing from their suspended position.  There are those who oppose change and create modes to maintain the status quo.

    Nostalgia is a powerful tool and the work seeks to utilize it in a proactive way rather than create a false clean past, when the past we have is rather ugly and is not really so distant as we may like to think.

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      documentation of the installation.
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