Preston Drum Studios
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LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BIGGER

Looking For Something Bigger was an interactive installation by Minneapolis based artist Preston Drum at Forage Modern Workshop in Minneapolis, MN. 

This installation has a companion short film entitled, Skateboard Fight. This documentary of sorts explores Drum's bout with artist block in the winter of 2017/18 as he attempts to unearth the truth about a fight between childhood friends through a series of failed drawings, wasted time on youtube and concerning hallucinations.  

"Drum’s interactive installations present a stage of distortion, using everyday objects to create a blurred version of reality. Using materials such as cardboard, wood, drawings, paintings, video, and repurposed materials, Drum will transform Forage Modern Workshop into a make-shift studio, an environment inspired by relocating his current studio space. Looking For Something Bigger testifies to the continued fascination of the artists' studio as a concept, psychological construct, social point or periphery, a site of identity, a site of performance and myth. It presents a pause in time of either factual or fictitious process of production, transforming the artists' studio from an enclosure to a realm of openness.

Preston Drum’s work has been exhibited at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in New Orleans, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Walker Art Center, and The Soap Factory in Minneapolis. Looking for Something Bigger ran from May 2nd to July 1st 2018 with an opening reception on May 4th from 6 - 9 pm that featured a screening of Preston Drum's short film, Skateboard Fight."

-Torey Erin (FMW)  

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Preston Drum - "Skateboard Fight" excerpt (2018)

This video is an excerpt of a longer film that remains unfinished. This video is for grant and residency application portfolios and does not represent a finished product. Featured Players: Christopher Selleck, Rachel Jennings, Kayla Campbell, Bianca Jarvis, Brett Hutcheson, Nicholas Barsness and Preston Drum. Music by Preston Drum and Eric Bailey. Written, directed and edited by Preston Drum

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