Juju Mechanics is the atelier of Beatrice von Rague Schleyer, (b. 1985, Nyack, NY), she/they/it.

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She is currently based between Detroit and Los Angeles.

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Beatrice is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in sculpture and performance art. Her work examines the relationship between humans and technology through the lens of obsolescence.

Her sculptures are archaeological portraits of the remnants of late industries. Her assemblages reactivate the potential of these components, inviting the audience to consider the material corollary of progress.

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She expands upon these themes in her performances, where she isolates specific cybernetic relationships between her body and tools, i.e. experimenting with a giant chain as a dance partner or suspending herself with a chain hoist.

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Beatrice has shown work and performed across the US and in Europe since 2011. She has maintained an audio visual collaboration with Sky Goodman known as interference// since 2015. 

 

​She recently launched a collaborative design platform with Ash Arder called Automata Studio. 

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