RAE BK Opens Five-Room Exhibition 'Faraday Cage' in Upstate New York
Cursed animatronics abound.
Summary
- ‘Faraday Cage’ invites viewers to step into a world of personal and political unease
- The exhibition is a fusion of diaristic murals, video installations and domestic objects
Artist RAE BK, a fixture of the downtown New York City art scene, has taken his latest creative project far from his familiar streets. His new immersive exhibition, Faraday Cage, is not staged in a gallery but installed inside a small, unassuming prefab house in upstate New York. The five-room show, which opened on August 16, invites viewers to step into a world of personal and political unease that features his signature, motley crew of sprayed and scavenged characters.
The exhibition is a fusion of diaristic murals, video installations and domestic objects that have been repurposed into unsettling art. Animatronic figures stand in for absent relationships and distorted sculptures reflect the fractured dynamics of a divided society. In this space, the artist grapples with his own identity and place in a culture grappling with crisis, technology and what the press release describes as a “digital dystopia.”
RAE BK has turned his private sanctuary into a public challenge, a living installation that blurs the line between artist, work and viewer. The exhibition confronts its audience with the chaos of contemporary life, asking what happens when the world outside feels fully turned upside down. The show is open through November 23.
Faraday Cage
1049 Samsonville Road
Kerhonkson, NY 12446
USA
