WEB PORTAL

WEB PORTAL visualizes the shape of communication on a doorway formed by the screens of ArtSpace’s Cube. Utilizing The Maynard Historical Society’s local archive, as well as personal and internet based archives, Beattie collects patterns emanating from natural and constructed information pathways together. They are navigated by a crawling spider and the shadows of the participants who explore the threshold.

This site-specific video installation was created during an Public Artist in Residence program run by the town of Maynard, MA, with a Placemaking Grant from MassDevelopment and the help and expertise of a group of volunteers from the vibrant arts community in Maynard. The Maynard Historical Society generously opened its archive of the pioneering computing company The Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), headquartered in Maynard for over 40 years.