Artist Statement

Exploring landscape, natural forms, and the sky, Frieburghaus produces video, sound, print, and objects as a response to sensory experiences. He observes newly discovered places and natural phenomenon that demand attention and presence. While on location, he records video and audio and uses the gathered media clips to investigate time, color, light, and sound. Digital techniques and memory are used to generate new perspectives that ultimately reveal relationships between sight and sound, producing new visual and aural landscapes. An exploration of color and shape, visually translates the allure of natural forms and open landscapes while sound drives the motion and context of time-based work. Static works become collage, watercolor, digital print, and 3D objects. When the component of time is a factor, his works become single or multi-channel video on screens, as projections, or installations.

BIO

Frieburghaus records sensory experiences of natural phenomenon and uses digital processes to explore relationships between sight and sound. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally in festivals, galleries, and museums including locations in Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Romania, and Taiwan. His art residencies and fellowships include the Vermont Studio Center, Artist in the Marketplace at Bronx Museum of the Arts, Nes Artist Residency, The Arctic Circle Residency, and Saltonstall Foundation. He spent several years exploring the natural landscape of Iceland, recording video and sound for projects, and was most recently on a second expedition with the Arctic Circle Residency in Svalbard continuing his pursuit of natural phenomenon in Arctic landscapes. His work has appeared in Hyperallergic, Arte Fuse, Volume One Magazine, and several Hudson Valley publications. He lives in the Hudson Valley and is Professor of Digital Media at Marist University.