Fri 2/24 @ 5PM
Two artists have been doing residencies at SPACES since the beginning of January, and now it’s time to show their work.
Saint Paul, Minnesota-based Tia-Simone Gardner is a multi-disciplinary creator whose work emerges form her writing, drawing, historical research and use of space. Her work at SPACES, called “Magic Mountains, Magic Cities,” delves into her hometown of Fairfield, Alabama, across from Birmingham, and how space and natural elements were used to enforce racial segregation, through things such as treelines, berms and dead-end streets. She says that the work grew out of conversations with her mother about their town, a “model city” for U.S. Steel.
Also presenting his residency project is New York-based Alexander Si, whose “Fulfillment Center, Pt. 1” looks at the cost of Amazon’s huge network through the lens of printmaking, sculpture, installation, performance and “participatory social practice work.” He sees this project as the first of a series of investigation of the impact of Amazon’s business model.
The shows open with a free, public reception on Friday February 24, and will remain on view through April 28.