KEVIN BEASLEY
Module 9, 2024
Raw Virginia cotton, polyurethane resin, fiberglass, aluminum,
plywood, walnut, MDF, HDPE, metal wax, amplifier, custom speakers, cables, fasteners, 44 min. 48 sec. 2-channel recording on glass crystal USB drive
59 ½ x 11 ¾ x 17 1/16 in (151.1 x 29.8 x 43.3 cm)
Edition of 9 unique variants
Signed certificate
Produced by Carolina Nitsch for Prospect New Orleans
BEA-0001
Photography by Joerg Lohse
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Raw Virginia cotton, polyurethane resin, fiberglass, 6061-T6 aluminum, baltic birch plywood, flat sawn walnut, MDF, HDPE, metal wax, Cambridge Audio 150 EVO amplifier, Satori 9.5" TeXtreme Cone Woofers, Satori TeXtreme Dome Tweeters, SB Acoustics 10" passive radiators, custom audio crossovers, wool felt, polyfill, cables, fasteners, 44 min. 48 sec. 2-channel recording on glass crystal USB drive

Kevin Beasley’s ‘Module 9’ consists of a fully functional console with custom speakers playing an original sound work. Working in sculpture, sound, video, and installation, Beasley’s works incorporate process art, assemblage, and performance. ‘Module 9’ is a hybrid work that combines disparate materials and references. The aluminum and wood console encases speaker baffles made with raw Virginia cotton and polyurethane resin; a composite material rife with both personal and historical associations that the artist works with frequently.

The console plays a 44-minute 2-channel electronic sound work, much of which is ambient, with punctuations of percussive moments that enliven a dynamic contrapuntal pressure radiating beneath.

Kevin Beasley lives and works in New York. He was born in 1985, Lynchburg, Virginia. He received his MFA from Yale University in 2012. His works and performances have been featured in exhibitions at museums including the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, The Studio Museum in Harlem, and Prospect.5, New Orleans, among many others.