MTAA
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MTAA is a Brooklyn
, New York
-based conceptual and new media art duo composed of M.River (Mike Sarff, born 1967)and T.Whid (Tim Whidden, born 1969). The two artists founded MTAA in 1996. Their often humorous studies of networked culture, the economics of art and digital materials take the form of web sites, videos, installations, sculptures and photographic prints.
Their all-time greatest hit is the "Simple Net Art Diagram" Some of their other known web art works are "Five Small Videos About Interruption And Disappearing" and "1 Year Performance Video." Recent participatory works include "Automatic for the People," commissioned by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
and included in The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now; "ARTBarn," a group-assembled public building/scuplture; and "All the Holidays All at Once," presented at Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.
Their work has been presented by institutions like The Whitney Museum of American Art, SFMOMA, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, The Getty Center
and Eyebeam Atelier
. International exhibitions include the Seoul Net & Film Festival in Korea and Videozone2 - The 2nd International Video Art Biennial in Israel. The collaboration has also earned grants and awards from the Creative Capital Foundation, Rhizome.org, Eyebeam Atelier
, New Radio and Performing Arts
and the Whitney Museum's Artport website.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
-based conceptual and new media art duo composed of M.River (Mike Sarff, born 1967)and T.Whid (Tim Whidden, born 1969). The two artists founded MTAA in 1996. Their often humorous studies of networked culture, the economics of art and digital materials take the form of web sites, videos, installations, sculptures and photographic prints.
Their all-time greatest hit is the "Simple Net Art Diagram" Some of their other known web art works are "Five Small Videos About Interruption And Disappearing" and "1 Year Performance Video." Recent participatory works include "Automatic for the People," commissioned by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a modern art museum located in San Francisco, California. A nonprofit organization, SFMOMA holds an internationally recognized collection of modern and contemporary art and was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th century art...
and included in The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now; "ARTBarn," a group-assembled public building/scuplture; and "All the Holidays All at Once," presented at Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.
Their work has been presented by institutions like The Whitney Museum of American Art, SFMOMA, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, The Getty Center
Getty Center
The Getty Center, in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, is a campus for cultural institutions founded by oilman J. Paul Getty. The $1.3 billion center, which opened on December 16, 1997, is also well known for its architecture, gardens, and views overlooking Los Angeles...
and Eyebeam Atelier
Eyebeam Atelier
Eyebeam, is a not-for-profit arts and technology center in New York City. Their stated purpose is to promote the creative use of new technologies by funding artwork, education and exhibitions. The founders were John S. Johnson III, David S. Johnson and Roderic R...
. International exhibitions include the Seoul Net & Film Festival in Korea and Videozone2 - The 2nd International Video Art Biennial in Israel. The collaboration has also earned grants and awards from the Creative Capital Foundation, Rhizome.org, Eyebeam Atelier
Eyebeam Atelier
Eyebeam, is a not-for-profit arts and technology center in New York City. Their stated purpose is to promote the creative use of new technologies by funding artwork, education and exhibitions. The founders were John S. Johnson III, David S. Johnson and Roderic R...
, New Radio and Performing Arts
New Radio and Performing Arts
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. , and its satellite project, Turbulence.org, commissions and archives new and experimental radio and sound art, net art and mixed reality works.-New American Radio:...
and the Whitney Museum's Artport website.
External links
- MT Enterprises WorldWide (official site)
- MTAA Reference Resource
- Five Small Videos About Interruption And Disappearing
- 1 Year Performance Video
- "MTAA: The Art Happens Here," an interview with MTAA in Petitemort, issue 2, story #18, 2004
- MTAA + RSG: Want, on the Creative Capital Channel
- Video of lecture given by MTAA's Tim Whidden on the Artists in Residence panel at the 3rd annual iCommons Summit, June 2007