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Rapture

June 2 – 23, 2007

Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA.

rapture poster

Media Files & Press Release

Media from the exhibition:
Night Brings, played on RAZR phone

Audio from three iPod sculptures:

The Past  
The Present 
The Future 

Roberts & Tilton is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Jimmy Baker. Titled Rapture, the exhibition is a collection of fragmented narratives and artifacts that regard the present as if it were unearthed in a time capsule from our near future.

Baker’s variety of working media presents the inevitable chaos of futuristic digital culture in form of highly refined aesthetics. Classical portraiture, iPods, photography, sculpture and hacked cell phones describe a variety of global concerns that accumulate into a grim dystopian future. The sum of this global turmoil is more the subject rather than its parts. While at once Baker’s future is looming and ominous, it also provides hope by voicing the conscientious and aware. Baker contemplates the structure of information, and how we perceive events in hopes that we will step outside our moment in history.

Night Brings; RAZR cell phone, 0:33 video loop, MDF, resin, and paint. 14" x 12" x 4", 2007
Night Brings; RAZR cell phone, 0:33 video loop, MDF, resin, and paint. 14" x 12" x 4", 2007
The Future is Clean (Emily); Oil, resin, and laser engraving on panel. 19" x 15", 2007
The Future is Clean (Megan); Oil, resin, and laser engraving on panel. 19" x 15", 2007
The Future is Clean (Rachel); Oil, resin, and laser engraving on panel. 19" x 15", 2007
The Future is Clean (Jessica); Oil, resin, and laser engraving on panel. 19" x 15", 2007
The Future is Dirty (Alex); Oil, resin, and laser engraving on panel. 19" x 15", 2007
The Future is Dirty (Robert); Oil, resin, and laser engraving on panel. 19" x 15", 2007
The Future is Dirty (Brandon); Oil, resin, and laser engraving on panel. 19" x 15", 2007
The Future is Dirty (Matt); Oil, resin, and laser engraving on panel. 19" x 15", 2007
iPod installation
Doves and Hawks; 3G iPod, 4:35 audio loop, powder-coated steel. 28" x 5" x 5", 2007
Everything to Fear;3G iPod, 3:57 audio loop, powder-coated steel. 28" x 5" x 5", 2007
It's Inevitable; 3G iPod, 12:01 audio loop, powder-coated steel. 28" x 5" x 5", 2007
Open Invitation; GMC Suburban car doors, powder-coated steel. 48" x 72" x 16" each, 2007
Open Invitation; GMC Suburban car doors, powder-coated steel. 48" x 72" x 16" each, 2007
Open Invitation; GMC Suburban car doors, powder-coated steel. 48" x 72" x 16" each, 2007
Open Invitation; GMC Suburban car doors, powder-coated steel. 48" x 72" x 16" each, 2007
The Legend of John Titor 1; Fujicrystal Archive print. 48" x 48", 2007, edition of 3
The Legend of John Titor 2; Fujicrystal Archive print. 48" x 48", 2007, edition of 3
The Legend of John Titor 3; Fujicrystal Archive print. 48" x 48", 2007, edition of 3
The Ends of the World (North); Fujicrystal Archive print. 24" x 48", 2007, edition of 3
The Ends of the World (North); Fujicrystal Archive print. 24" x 48", 2007, edition of 3
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