Interview with MTAA

Hi - Marisa just sent this out in the Digest, but I thought I would send it
to the list separately.. If you ever wanted to know a bit more about the
big, wide world of MTAA, now is a good time :) All best, Lauren

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An Interview with MTAA by Lauren Cornell

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Artists M. River and T. Whid formed MTAA in 1996 and soon after began to
explore the internet as a medium for public art. The duo's exhibition
history includes group shows and screenings at The New Museum of
Contemporary Art, Postmasters Gallery and Artists Space, all in New York
City, and at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. International
exhibitions include the Seoul Net & Film Festival in Korea and Videozone2 -
The 2nd International Video Art Biennial in Israel. In the forthcoming New
Media Art (Taschen, 2006), authors Mark Tribe and Reena Jana describe MTAA's
1 year performance video (aka samHsiehUpdate) as "a deftly transparent
demonstration of new media's ability to manipulate our perceptions of time."
The collaboration has also earned grants and awards from Rhizome.org,
Eyebeam, New Radio & Performing Arts, Inc. and The Whitney Museum's Artport
web site.

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LAUREN CORNELL: Can you tell me a little bit about your net art pre-history,
and how you met and started collaborating?

M. RIVER: I began working with performance and collaboration in grad school
at Cranbrook (outside of Detroit). Driving North nonstop for 4 days until
the road runs out, breaking into stranger's yards and mowing their lawns,
backyard camping at mansions