Bea Fremderman + Andrew Laumann @ Springsteen, Mar 26 – Apr 23

, 24 March 2016
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Bea Fremderman and Andrew Laumann are presenting joint exhibition Machine in the Garden at Baltimore’s Springsteen gallery, opening March 26 and running to April 23.

The two artists, based in New York and Baltimore respectively, introduce the exhibition with a text taken from from cult sci-fi director George Lucas’ first feature-film THX 1138 (1971). It’s a dystopian thriller set in the 25th century where free will and sex has given way to mandatory drug-taking and a religion called OMM to make society a “perfectly happy” one.

My time is yours…
Very good, proceed…
Yes, I understand…
Yes, fine…
Yes… yes, I understand…
Yes, fine…
Excellent…
Yes…
Could you be more… specific?
You are a true believer. Blessings of the state, blessings of the masses. Thou art a subject of the divine. Created in the image of man, by the masses, for the masses.
Let us be thankful we have an occupation to fill. Work hard; increase production, prevent accidents, and be happy.
[or] Let us be thankful we have commerce. Buy more. Buy more now. Buy more and be happy.”

See the Springsteen website for details.**