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Simparch

Las Cruces, NM

Simparch is an American artist collective consisting of Matt Lynch and Steve Badgett, founded in Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1996.  Their works include Ship from the Desert; The Moorings Project at the Maschinenhalle in Potsdam, Germany; Free Basin at the Hyde Park Arts Center in Chicago; and Spec at the Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago. Previously, Lynch created site-specific and environmental installations in New Mexico, Texas, and Cergy, France. Badgett has been a visiting lecturer at Montreal’s Concordia University, The University of Utah, and L’Ecole Nationale d’Art in France. He is the recipient of a New Mexico Arts Council grant and residencies from the Atelier de Pointoise in France, the Brandenberischer Kunsterein in Germany, and the Center for Land Use Interpretation in Los Angeles.


Individual Bios

Matt Lynch

Steve Badgett is a co-founder of the collaboration Simparch.

Clean Livin’


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Steve Badgett is a co-founder of the collaboration Simparch.

Artist Bio

Matt Lynch

Artist Bio

Clean Livin’ is a self-contained, autonomous living system that formally and conceptually engages notions of sustainable living, our industrial military legacy, and myths of the frontier. Clean Livin’, a functioning live/work facility, is used by artists and researchers participating in the Center for Land Use Interpretation’s residency program. Electricity is supplied to the site by a 2000-watt solar system. Water is imported from the Center’s facility two miles away via pedal power vehicle. The water is held in an elevated tank where it is pressurized by gravity and solar heated. Human and food waste are composted for future agricultural use as wastewater is collected and processed for re-use by a grey-water system.

Clean Livin’ became a permanent installation for the Center for Land Use Interpretation in Wendover, Utah in 2003.


Award Year
2002
Status

Completed

Steve Badgett

Chicago, IL

Since 1998, Steven Badgett has completed four projects with Matt Lynch under the name Simparch. These works have included Ship from the Desert; The Moorings Project at the Maschinenhalle in Potsdam, Germany; Free Basin at the Hyde Park Arts Center in Chicago; and Spec at the Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago. Previously he created site-specific and environmental installations in New Mexico, Texas, and Cergy, France. Badgett has been a visiting lecturer at Montreal’s Concordia University, The University of Utah, and L’Ecole Nationale d’Art in France. He is the recipient of a New Mexico Arts Council grant and residencies from the Atelier de Pointoise in France, the Brandenberischer Kunsterein in Germany, and the Center for Land Use Interpretation in Los Angeles.


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Simparch is an American artist collective that was founded in Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1996.

Matt Lynch

Cincinnati, OH

Since 1998, Matt Lynch has completed four projects with Steve Badgett under the name SIMPARCH. These works have included Ship from the Desert; The Moorings Project at the Maschinenhalle in Potsdam, Germany; Free Basin at the Hyde Park Arts Center in Chicago; and Spec at the Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago. Previously he created site-specific and environmental installations in New Mexico, Texas, and Cergy, France. Badgett has been a visiting lecturer at Montreal’s Concordia University, The University of Utah, and L’Ecole Nationale d’Art in France. He is the recipient of a New Mexico Arts Council grant and residencies from the Atelier de Pointoise in France, the Brandenberischer Kunsterein in Germany, and the Center for Land Use Interpretation in Los Angeles. SIMPARCH’s work is in the 2002 Documenta.


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Simparch is an American artist collective that was founded in Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1996.