Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) students have curated a thought-provoking exhibition that brings 11 local and national artists together to examine our rapidly changing definitions of shelter and privacy. Through around 50 works of photography, sculpture, and video, Under Cover explores how social media, public surveillance, and dense populations are contributing to the erasure of a boundary between private and public space. The exhibition is on view starting today, with a public reception on Thursday, February 2 from 7-9 p.m.
In Geolocation, Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman use Global Positioning System technology from Twitter to find the physical places where Twitter messages have been sent from. They then take a photography of the location and couple it with the original text of the Twitter user, often creating a comically ironic juxtaposition. To see some examples, check out review by The New York Times of the artist's work. In Webcam, Jen Davis documents a fictional relationship that transposes online through a series of photographs. The photographs show the progression as their relationship evolves from friends to lovers, fixating on a false sense of intimacy created in the virtual world. More about the rest of the participating artists and their work is available online.
Dates: Friday, January 27 through Sunday, March 11
Hours: Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon - 5 p.m.
Price: Free
Location: MICA's Fox Building, Decker Gallery (1303 W. Mount Royal Ave.)
Image courtesy of the Maryland Institute College of Art.
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