ON VIEW
April 22 – 29
+ May 12 – 20
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Friday, April 21, 5 – 7 pm
+ Thursday, May 11, 5 – 7 pm
April 22 – 29
+ May 12 – 20
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Friday, April 21, 5 – 7 pm
+ Thursday, May 11, 5 – 7 pm
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MichaelJJTilbury.com
Michael Tilbury
Michael Tilbury enjoys collaborating with AI image generators because they are the closest thing to another alien lifeform that he can work with. He transforms these images into homemade UFO videos for his video poetry which explores his time as an enlisted service member. His passion is in helping others realize their potential, reading science fiction books, playing with space LEGOs, and painting with his niece and nephew.
Did I come in peace?: Michael Tilbury may very well be an alien. His work, Did I come in peace? is an ongoing collection of video poems that explores a combat veteran’s alien-like experience with war. His video poems meld together AI generated imagery with that of his poetry which expresses his experience with militarism while serving in the United States Air Force. These messages are short and concise, leaning heavily on brevity and mimicking radio use during his deployment to Afghanistan. This work focuses on what it was like being downrange in a beautiful yet hostile country and the gruesome realities faced during and after war. Parallels are explored between his deployment and this feeling of being like an alien through the incorporation of homemade UFO videos.
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MichaelJJTilbury.com
Michael Tilbury
Michael Tilbury enjoys collaborating with AI image generators because they are the closest thing to another alien lifeform that he can work with. He transforms these images into homemade UFO videos for his video poetry which explores his time as an enlisted service member. His passion is in helping others realize their potential, reading science fiction books, playing with space LEGOs, and painting with his niece and nephew.
Did I come in peace?: Michael Tilbury may very well be an alien. His work, Did I come in peace? is an ongoing collection of video poems that explores a combat veteran’s alien-like experience with war. His video poems meld together AI generated imagery with that of his poetry which expresses his experience with militarism while serving in the United States Air Force. These messages are short and concise, leaning heavily on brevity and mimicking radio use during his deployment to Afghanistan. This work focuses on what it was like being downrange in a beautiful yet hostile country and the gruesome realities faced during and after war. Parallels are explored between his deployment and this feeling of being like an alien through the incorporation of homemade UFO videos.
The MFA Thesis Exhibitions for the Class of 2023 are interdisciplinary shows that incorporate a range of making practices unified by the overwhelming concerns these students have for their environment, their communities, their families, and their own well-being. With an emphasis on the personal, and at times the anecdotal, these 21 artists make a variety of contributions in the form of ceramics, garments, furniture, installations, paintings, photographs, poems, prints, sculptures, and videos. The nature of their work and research demonstrates the caliber and cultural relevance of our program.
2023 MFA artists (April 22 – 29)
Corinne Colpitts, Deanna Jacome, Marlena Faxon, Jordann McKenna, Allison Overpeck, Maya Parry, Phoebe Snyder, Richard Takita, Michael Tilbury, Ryan Wight
2023 MFA artists (May 12 – 20)
McKenna Bishop, Maeve Doolan, Grace Hager, Mattie Hinkley, Rebecca Laws, James Meyer, Ted Moore, Steffany Ojeda, Connor Pirruccello-McClellan, Deborah Santoro, Anthony Surratt
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Corinne Colpitts, Deanna Jacome, Marlena Faxon, Jordann McKenna, Allison Overpeck, Maya Parry, Phoebe Snyder, Richard Takita, Michael Tilbury, Ryan Wight
2023 MFA artists (May 12 – 20)
McKenna Bishop, Maeve Doolan, Grace Hager, Mattie Hinkley, Rebecca Laws, James Meyer, Ted Moore, Steffany Ojeda, Connor Pirruccello-McClellan, Deborah Santoro, Anthony Surratt
Institute of Contemporary Art
at Maine College of Art & Design
522 Congress St.Portland, ME 04101
Gallery Hours:
Wed–Sun, 11:00am–5:00pm,
Thursday, 11:00am–7:00pm