Steve LaBerge
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| Born | 1958 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
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Steve LaBerge (born 1958) is a Tacoma-based installation and public participation artist. He is best known for his works created for Burning Man and installed permanently in Tacoma Washington.
Artwork
LaBerge began as a clay artist creating collage objects that could be hung on the wall. He started creating large scale works in 2010 for Burning Man and has made at least one piece a year since that time. Following each Burning Man event, he was able to exhibit or bring his work to the Tacoma public in festivals and as installations. He is best known for his permanent installations, The Slug, The Space Orb and the TVs, at the art and cultural center Alma Mater Tacoma. Each work encourages public participation. The Space Orb functioned as an intervention in different public spaces in Tacoma in 2020. It was a collaboration between Steve LaBerge, Paul Blanchard, and Stan Shaw who came together to create a project that could be conveyed in story, in visual art, and as a real world object. [1]
In an interview with Alma Mater, he mentioned Czech sculptor David Cerny and the Meow Wolf immersive art experience as influential to his work. [2]
One of his early works created for Burning Man in 2016 was Crawlrus which found a second life in Tacoma as a transport vehicle and an art installation on N. 30th Street Tacoma, Washington. Like many of the works that followed it, it was built on a transport vehicle using fiberglass and metal with a micro-computer driven LED light system. In this case, the vehicle was a lawn mower. [3]
Later works are a fire-breathing dragon created in 2020 that is used in community events and offers local traffic a spontaneous artistic experience when they encounter it. [4]
LaBerge has also been a leading artist in the Tacoma Light Trail, an art and sound event with his TVs installation and his Sofa Trike, that he can use as an artistically expressive transport vehicle.{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}
Personal life
La Berge was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
La Berge currently resides in Tacoma Washington with his wife Natalie LaBerge, a regular collaborator in his large-scale works. They live in The Elephant House, which has received recognition for its unique architecture and interior design.[5]
References
- ↑ What is That Tacoma?, Interview with Adam McKinney, Alma Mater, January 2021
- ↑ Artist Interview: Steve LaBerge, Alma Mater, June 2019
- ↑ Strange Sightings in Tacoma Explained,
- ↑ Couple takes fire-breathing dragon tricycle for spin in Tacoma
- ↑ Steve Dunkelberger, "Tacoma's Elephant House Provides Trunk Loads of Character", South Sound Talk, 26 June 2019.
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