Collection of Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL.
Michael Lasater. Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO. Solo exhibition, December 13, 2013 – January 14, 2014.
South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN. Solo exhibition, March 10 - July 8, 2012.
Museum Award, 67th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN, July 9 - August 27, 2011.
First Place, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL, Assume Nothing, September 11 - October 9, 2009.
Act II (2009)
Single-channel HD video, stereo.
Digital photo, digitized archive photo, digitized archive video, text, sampled sound, animation.
Geometric slashes of white accent a spattered abstract background of yellows and blues. Against this background an animated wire swings in a narrow arc. In the audio, a mixture of indistinct, abstracted voices provides a background for the sound of a single snare drum—the audio mirrors the video. A final element of text carries implications of narrative, commentary, character, and causality.