Nick Rivers, MFA alum ’16, was featured this month by MN Artists, in an article by artist and fellow MCAD MFA alum Andrea Carlson, ’05. The article offers reflection and discussion of Rivers’ Thesis project: 5 Day Fast [My Theses on Art]. The project was a durational performance held on the main grounds of Minneapolis College of Art and Design for five days this April.

Nick writes, “Five Day Fast is a part of the artist’s continued exploration of experience within the body alongside the relationship between other and self. Endurance, sacrifice, and interdependence are themes in River’s work. During Five Day Fast the artist will be visible through panels of broken glass, but isolated from the outside world. While he writes, meditates, and contemplates, people may observe his experience, reflect on time, and consider their own experiences as part of a greater whole.”

Documentation of Rivers’ Thesis was also on display in the MFA Gallery, as a part of the 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition, through the second weekend in May .

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For more information:

Andrea Carlson on MN Artists: Nick Rivers
5 Day Fast Documentation Reel
5 Day Fast: MCAD
Nick Rivers