THE MUTE SHALL SPEAK
The Mute Shall Speak is the umbrella title for a series of ongoing investigations that take place in the disused Royal Throat Nose and Ear Hospital in London which the artist and one hundred others have inhabited before its eventual demolition.
Since moving into the building, Beck has created and collaborated in multiple projects in a relentless questioning of the ongoing motif of what it means to live in a temporary transitory space. Being informed by the walls and corridors that contain him, the resultant projects converge social document with constructed potentials of his own making.
The underlying narrative of gentrification and urban renewal weaves into each investigation. It is a reimagining of a space set for destruction, The Mute Shall Speak questions the need for constant gentrification and highlights the importance of affordable living.
Since moving into the building, Beck has created and collaborated in multiple projects in a relentless questioning of the ongoing motif of what it means to live in a temporary transitory space. Being informed by the walls and corridors that contain him, the resultant projects converge social document with constructed potentials of his own making.
The underlying narrative of gentrification and urban renewal weaves into each investigation. It is a reimagining of a space set for destruction, The Mute Shall Speak questions the need for constant gentrification and highlights the importance of affordable living.