“The Dream Machine” at Elastic Arts

  All photos by Robert Chase Heishman ARTIST INTERVIEW NATHAN PECK: DREAM MACHINE As a teacher and a practicing artist, I think a lot about the feedback loop between teaching and creating. I asked Nathan Peck how teaching fits into his art practice. ___________________ I’ve taught full time at SXU…

read more

“The Dream Machine” at SXU

Relics from “The Dream Machine” Sabbatical work by Nathan Peck After nearly twenty years at Saint Xavier University, I finally took a semester off for professional development and creative production. My sabbatical was scheduled for last spring. I guess it was lucky that everything was closed. I am easily distracted…

read more

Network / Networth

Some More Dream Machines These help you measure your impact. Network / Networth Physical Description These are Little 8 x 10 inch sculptural paintings. Latex on birch in a prefab frame. Poetic Description Network / Networth Who knows? How much? How much? How much? How much? How much? How much is…

read more

Slim And Dreamy Machinies

The Great American Dream Machine will continue to pump gallons of greasy paintings, sculptures, videos and songs into your eyes and ears until you pull yourself up and earn that two-story self-fulfilling prophecy at the corner of Main Street and our collective subconscious. Component 1   Component 2

read more

Guitar – DESK

I bought a truck. This allows me to collect furniture. I live in a neighborhood built in the 1950’s They trow away really nice furniture. Voila – A guitar is born. note – This project is still under construction the screen in front of the speaker is still being hotly…

read more

SWIRL – Guitar

I sketched this guitar in the car while my wife was driving us back to Chicago from Iowa. I wanted to essentially Decorate and electrify a tin can guitar that I had built on a 2×2 plank in my garage. Most of the laser work that I did was purely…

read more

TORNADO SIREN… PLEASE – 2000

One of my first solo multi camera shots. I skipped class that night because I had nothing to present to the class. I got the idea that I would present something, instead to myself and four cameras. This is a live camera in which I am switching the video feeds…

read more