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Tim Eads: A Legitimate Waste of Time

Reception/performance, Sat., April 24, 6-10:30 p.m.; exhibit through May 15; free, FLUXspace, 3000 N. Hope St., 914-806-4889, www.thefluxspace.org.


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Published: Apr 20, 2010

[ churnin' love ]

Tim Eads grew up in a small west Texas town, where he learned to make butter by hand and appreciate the simple efforts of creation. Those lessons have carried into his latest art installation, where interactive sculpture meets breakfast: A modified exercise bike churns butter while generating enough electricity to power a single-slice toaster. "A lot of my work is about this extreme amount of energy expelled for very little result," he says. "It's one of these things where you sit down and are committed to it, but the end result is very humble product. I embrace that. It's very absurd." Patrons are encouraged to operate the machine during an opening reception, where they'll enjoy freshly-made butter and warm toast, plus drinks and treats made from buttermilk and local dairies.

Reception/performance, Sat., April 24, 6-10:30 p.m.; exhibit through May 15; free, FLUXspace, 3000 N. Hope St., 914-806-4889, www.thefluxspace.org.