Eva mattes s most popular book is to kill a mockingbird. This game of mirrors between the real and the virtual, first and second lives, is the norm when we are dealing with virtual worlds. Dear imaginary reader funny cat pictures with macabre sayings shared over social media, digital images circulating invisibly through internet infrastructure or online commissioned workers creating morally questionable content or removing them from the web. Using the internet, video and performance, the duo create work about the ethics of longdist. Riccardo uncut 2018 whitney museum of american art. Most of the written pieces seem to be from other books and interviews but its nice to have them compiled and available in this single book. Learn more about this project by eva and franco mattes. The project stresses the multiple connections between poststudio art and independent research, grassroots reverse. Eva and franco mattes approached abramovic about reinterpreting her piece digitally before the current reenactments at the moma, which positions their own work as an extension of the performance art tradition into a new experimental domain. Org have erected fake architectural heritage signs, run media campaigns for nonexistent action movies and even convinced the entire population of vienna that nike had purchased the citys historic karlsplatz and was. Apr 23, 2019 this richly illustrated volume retells the history of net art from the 1980s to the present day through thematic essays and interview extracts. Works hannah uncut 2021 half cat 2020 the bots 2020. Pioneers in the net art movement, eva and franco mattes aka 0100101110101101.
The italian artistprovocateurs eva and franco mattes, aka, are no strangers to this site. Easily the most striking piece in this collection is visible once you step into the space my hearts in my hand, and my hand is pierced, and my hands in the bag, and the bag is shut, and my. May 28, 2010 eva and franco mattes aka with their avatars in plymouth, uk. Roberts has been involved in eva and franco mattes s research process for dark content, a work currently presented at the fondation. The artwork created between these two individuals usually is about ethical or political issues that are arising from the internet. Mit press direct is a distinctive collection of influential mit press books curated for scholars and. Find the latest shows, biography, and artworks for sale by eva and franco mattes. Since meeting in berlin in 1994, they have never separated. Broadcast your events with reliable, highquality live streaming. The virtual audience passes the narrows of the two nude gatekeepers with diminished tension. For three years, the couple made the contents of their home computer accessible to the public. Oct 31, 2009 pioneers in the net art movement, eva and franco mattes aka 0100101110101101. Studio visit sms eva and franco mattes red bull arts new york.
They met in berlin in 1994 and have never been separated since. On the upper floor was a huge video screen linked up to the virtual show being staged in second life. Originally commissioned by the walker art center and curated by steve dietz, life sharing by eva and franco mattes was a radical gesture of selfsurveillance. The exhibition space constructed in ars virtua is a copy of the physical gallery space, but the virtual event opens two weeks earlier which means that the realworld show is a reproduction of the virtual one. Often going by the pseudonym, they are hackers, activists, and some of the originators of net art. Eva and franco mattes are one of the best contemporary artists out there currently making work. Racism and xenophobia are loud on facebook, and when craftily presented can skirt community guidelines. The title for this show was borrowed from a novel by philip k.
Net artists display art worlds steal of the century in. Thanks to a friend, i recently read an impressive walter benjamin quote. Nov, 2015 in their current exhibition, eva and franco mattes artists and hacktivists who also operate as deal with something even more intangible. Roberts at the phi centre for a lecture on commercial content moderation on social networks. Since the mid1990s, the artistic duo has probed and engaged with the way contemporary societies have shaped the networked world and, perhaps more importantly, how it has shaped us people and social relations. Jul 14, 2017 eva and franco mattes have long been making high art of hijinks. Pioneering net artists eva and franco mattes are in conversation with artist jesse darling and curator ben vickers. Eva and franco mattes have a practice that focuses exclusively on the effect that the internet has on our daily life. Franco and eva mattes with stolen pieces 199597 kirsty wigglesworthap eva and franco mattes have been making art that responds to and exists on the internet since the mid1990s as the world. Dark content 2015 eva and franco mattes 9788881587261.
In that sense, their work engages actively with internet content, practices such as life sharing, and our feelings and reactions as we watch and share in our online world. The phi foundation for contemporary art is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing impactful experiences with contemporary art to the public. This book includes new texts by feminist theorist silvia federici, art historians noi sawaragi and sven lutticken, and political philosopher jodi dean. Courtesy postmasters gallery, new york thanks to a friend, i recently read an impressive walter benjamin quote. Very excited to announce we curated a special project for the yerevan biennial. Italian writer calvino said something like a classic is a book that hasnt finished saying what it has to say.
Accessible to the public as a customized, chronological slideshow, riccardo uncut gives viewers a unique glimpse into the personal life of riccardo, the. To a book collector, you see, the true freedom of all books is somewhere on his shelves. Time out of joint is an online exhibition entirely taking place on the darknet, a remote location at the periphery of the internet, where time operates at a slow pace and pages load unhurriedly. Illuminating the dark web and content monitoring the. Eva mattes has 50 books on goodreads with 524 ratings. Technology does not create the social problems we so often criticise. This fun look from bobbi salvor menuez lightens the mood for a discussion of the impact of homophobia, neonazism, and. Org have erected fake architectural heritage signs, run media campaigns for nonexistent action movies and even convinced the entire population of vienna that nike had purchased the citys historic karlsplatz and was about to rename it nikeplatz. Camping in the art world franco mattes once had a debate with a friend over whether an idea originating on the internet could ever last as long as a work of art.
They claim to devote their waking hours almost exclusively to exploring this platformits possibilities, pitfalls, and implications for the creation and dissemination of content and data. It centers around the 100 works selected, restored and presented as part of the net art anthology initiative, which originated as an online exhibition series in 2016 and continues with a touring gallery exhibition from january 2019. Org have erected fake architectural heritage signs, run media campaigns. Operating under the pseudonym, they are counted among the pioneers of the net art movement and are known for their subversion of public media. See more ideas about animation, animated gif, trippy gif. Funnynawesome, robbiegagg, ehzoolpoe, wafflepwn, jimbo0392, terrenceistheman. Jun 11, 2016 eva and franco mattes have always critiqued their subjects from the inside. Watch an art work about the dark web, on the dark web. Since the mid1990s, the artistic duo has also probed and engaged with the way contemporary societies have shaped the internet and, conversely, how the internet has shaped us people, social relations, and societies. A talk by artists and sva faculty members eva and franco mattes. About eva and franco mattes italy, 1976 they live and work in new york. Artists on creative collaboration explores this phenomenon through conversations with twentyfive leading artworld pairs and groups, who offer insight that is relevant beyond the art world, making this book vital for all who seek to work creatively and effectively with others.
Artists on creative collaboration art phaidon store. In that sense, their work engages actively with internet content, practices such as life sharing, and our feelings and. Text by domenico quaranta, maurizio cattelan, roselee goldberg, bruce sterling, wu ming, joline blais, jon ippolito, luther blissett. Eva and franco mattes my generation 2010 video collage on broken computer credits. Phil collins not that phil collins has music at the core of his collection seriously, not that phil collins, and our deep and unwavering relationship to it. The hourlong tours supply interesting supplementary information on the exhibited works and the history of photography and film. Oct 31, 2009 eva and franco mattes by domenico quaranta, 9788881587261, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The couples latest coup features pieces they pilfered from some prized works of art. Wu ming, fabio cavallucci, joline blais, jon ippolito, tilman baumgartel. In 1998, a few years after they metas teenagers, living in madridthey undertook a project inspired by the. Eva and franco mattes, the art of deletion the new york. Eva and franco mattes viewing room life during wartime.
Artists on creative collaboration, phaidon, london 2017. Eva and franco matters are a duo of artists based in new york city and both were born in italy in 1976. But eva and franco mattes have chosen to maintain the sense of ambiguity, without offering any banal solutions. This book includes new texts by feminist theorist silvia federici, art historians noi sawaragi and sven lu. From mca chicago, eva and franco mattes, my generation 2010, broken computer tower, crt monitor, loudspeakers, keyboard, mouse, and various cables. The book has some really great stuff in it with good pictures and a lot of informative writing. The project was coorganized by the artists eva and franco mattes, whose fukushima texture pack 2015 a collection of surfaces photographed inside the exclusion zone opens the. Infamous italian artist duo eva and franco mattes are best known for their subversive and innovative new media work, which exposes various ethical and political ramifications of the internet as both reality and theory.
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