Please join us at Chestnut. art space as we kick off the new year, a lil late, with new work by Washingtion D.C. artists Michael Dax Iacovone and Billy Friebele, two generations of MICA’s summer MFA program. We look forward to sharing a selection of small video installations by the two artists done while working collaboratively. More on the two artists below. This is the third show in a series of monthly shows highlighting work of artists in Baltimore and the surrounding communities. As always there will be free wine and popcorn provided for those who arrive early. We hope to see you there.
Show dates: January 30th through February 26th.
Opening reception: Saturday, January 30th, 7 – 10 pm.
Alternate hours available by appointment. email for more info.
People tend to experience public space by passing through it on their way to do something; going from home to work, or to the stores they usually shop at. We are interested in experiencing traveling through public spaces in a more engaged state of mind. We have designed a pathway inspired by the form of a meditation labyrinth, through which visitors walk in one prescribed line as a form of meditation. Applying this idea to the streets of Baltimore is a way of attempting to move through urban space in a trajectory guided by something other than commerce, familiarity, or expedience.The installation as a whole will be a site-specific time-based map of a pathway surrounding the gallery.
Michael Dax Iacovone is a DC based artist, who works in Photography, Video, Installation, and Mapmaking. He is interested in space, confinement and moving through confined spaces. He holds an MFA from MICA, an MFA from VCU, and a BS from the State University of New York. One day he will own a monkey.
Billy Friebele is an artist based in Washington, DC. His work investigates public spaces using sculpture, video and new media. He received an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and is currently teaching Digital Art and New Media with the St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
Together they have shown their collaborative work at the Hamiltonian Gallery in Washington DC, Flashpoint Gallery in Washington DC, the Decker Gallery at MICA, Maryland Art Place in Baltimore, and at two locations of the Construct show through the Cultural Development Corporation and then NOMA Bid in Washington DC.
