Wyatt Bertz
Artist Bio
Through visual art, video, and music, Wyatt Bertz explores the omnipresent power of consumer culture, and the way it has defined our outer and inner landscapes. Mining his experience growing up in American suburbia, his autobiographical animated short films feature warped interpretations of familiar brands and suburban scenes. His physical work, ranging from immersive kinetic sculpture to kids’ toys, deconstructs and reimagines the built world, and with a focus on public space and interaction, invites everyone to create new experiences with it. Recent presentations of his work have included NADA New York, Cristina Grajales, Chashama, The Future Perfect, Jonald Dudd, The Emily Harvey Foundation, Transgressive Records, The Orchard, Thirty Tigers, Little Lightning Gallery, CLEA RSKY West, Bombay Beach Biennale, Newtown Creek Alliance, Stephen Street Gallery, Ridgewood Off-Kilter, and nonfilms.
Fallow Frames Biennial 2024
July 13 — 14, 2024
Ridgewood, Queens NY
2pm — 7pm
24 Empty Tree Beds - 25 Participating Artists
Ridgewood’s sidewalks have over 800 empty tree beds - or roughly one for every 90 residents.
The Fallow Frames Biennial is an upcoming public art festival that will be held on July 13th and 14th, where local artists are invited to use 24 abandoned tree beds to stage site-specific installations and performances.
Visitors are invited to wander the neighborhood as active participants in a larger narrative of renewal and artistic expression - and to spark conversations about urban ecology and these small neglected patches of the city’s landscape.
Festival Map