A new, immersive art installment at Mize Gallery promises “high school dance aesthetics, puppy love sensibilities, and ostentatious camp style by combining LED neon, plywood cutouts, and an inordinate amount of mylar fringe,” and it should come as no surprise to find that Macy Higgins and Emiliano Settecasi at the hands of it.
“At a time when the vast majority of the country is uncertain about when it will be safe again to attend traditional large gatherings like parties or dances, Homecoming offers those who were unsatisfied with their previous homecoming dances a do-over,” Higgins—better known as Macy Eats Paint— and Settecasi wrote in a press release. “[Homecoming also] offers those who did enjoy their homecoming a chance to relive it, and offers those who have yet to experience a homecoming dance (and now may not ever be able to do so) as safe of an alternative as possible.”
The pair opens “Homecoming” on Saturday, September 12 when one VIP ticket gets four guests—who’re “encouraged to dust off their formal wear, accessorize with this season’s most important garment: a mask”—into the show for 30 minutes. Everyone else can wade back into some semblance of or normalcy on Saturdays (11 a.m.-7 p.m.) and Sundays (11 p.m.-3 p.m.) or by appointment.
Only six people may be inside Mize Gallery—located in St. Petersburg at 689 Dr. MLK Jr. St N. Unit C—at a time. More information is available via chadmize.com.
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This article appears in Aug 20-26, 2020.