Take me in.

Take me in. relies on the inherent architecture of the gallery space; because of its everyday changes and transformations, the dwelling compounds our knowledge of the artist’s intentions. Using a network of media to explore and enhance the gallery, Gribenas manipulated the variable of flickering light, heightening our perceptions and sensory experiences. The resulting work called for autonomous participants who directly engage with the piece in the search for an awareness of what is hidden. Running 24-hours a day and visible from both in and outside the gallery, Take me in. conjoins interior and exterior, offering the mind and body a potential transcendence. The artist asks us to believe that suspension is possible.
Gribenas' exhibition is presented as the culmination of two and a half years of work toward an MFA in Studio Arts. He has published a book, Participatory Autonomy, as the written companion to his thesis exhibition.