Artist FRIDGE’s ‘FreezerBurn Factory’ Is a Playful Take On an A.I. Takeover

FRIDGE sitting in his ‘laboratory.’ Tiffany Del Valle Much of New York’s copious art can be seen in exhibitions in museums and galleries, murals inside and outside of local businesses and restaurants and even large public installations along the streets of Manhattan, but another art form that greatly contributes to the vibrancy of NYC is graffiti. It’s these spray-painted masterpieces scattered around New York City that left a mark on the Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist FRIDGE, whose solo exhibition “FreezerBurn Factory” at the Lower East Side’s CLLCTV.NYC (pronounced “collective”) is attracting the attention of street art lovers, the techno-curious and people interested in the city’s underground art scene. I first encounter him taking in some fresh air, seated on a chair next to the gallery’s front door. But soon enough, he stood up and walks to the wall to the right of the entrance, where there is a painting of iridescent skyscrapers, colored violet with yellow highlights, under a purple and pink sky. Next to the painting is a transparent plexiglass case with bright slime-green liquid pooled at the bottom. FRIDGE plugged a cable attached to the case into an outlet, and the liquid is propelled upward, where it cascades over...