Neill Prewitt
Tiny House Investors by Neill Prewitt
Tiny House Investors is a virtual tour of the tiniest house in Atlanta. A dollhouse opens into an endless mansion expanded by a reverberant soundscape. By applying the trope of a realtor’s video to a child’s toy within the miniature theatre of peepspace, Prewitt creates a poetic response to the aspirational real estate rabbit hole that Atlanta has fallen into since becoming one of the most overpriced housing markets in the country. The video’s generative animation and slowed + reverb sound have an unreality to them that resonate with the distortions of the housing market. Prewitt further explores this contemporary social phenomenon in his live rock opera Emotional Real Estate which debuted at whitespace during Atlanta Art Week.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Neill Prewitt works in video, sound and music, performance, and installation. He has performed rock operas and participatory sound art events at sites nationally including Perfect Lovers in Durham NC, Amos Eno Gallery in Brooklyn NY, South River Arts in Atlanta GA, Kings in Raleigh NC, the OBX Art Truck in Elizabeth City NC, and Silent Barn in Brooklyn NY. Neill has produced videos and installations that have been exhibited nationally at Lump in Raleigh NC, Whitespace in Atlanta GA, Goodall Gallery at Columbia College, the University of Notre Dame AAHD Gallery, 621 Gallery in Tallahassee FL, and Freedman Gallery at Albright College. His band Neill Weyman released an album in 2022. With the collective Yuxtapongo, Neill has produced art for public spaces including a public access TV show that ran for four years, and installations that have been shown at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University and CAM in Raleigh NC. Neill is currently Senior Lecturer and Foundations Coordinator at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA.