MTAA tonight in Brooklyn, NY, USA reminder and press release

hi rhizomers,

A reminder to those in the area and a press release for those who
aren't :-)

We'll be releasing the images from this piece with a Creative Commons
license. We'll post the URL tomorrow after the official opening but
those who poke around mteww.com might find them today.


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ROME Arts
103 Havemeyer St.
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 388-2009
[email protected]

Presents:

MTAA's "In Preparation For The Summer Air In Brooklyn To Rise From The
Concrete In A Manner That Distorts One's Ability To Judge Distance And
Meaning (AKA Manual Zoom Mirage)"

July 12 - August 10, 2003

Opening reception: Saturday, July 12th, 7-10 PM

ROME Arts is pleased to present a solo show by the artist collaborative
MTAA entitled, "In Preparation For The Summer Air In Brooklyn To Rise
From The Concrete In A Manner That Distorts One's Ability To Judge
Distance And Meaning (AKA Manual Zoom Mirage)."

The site-specific artwork has 4 components:
1. A postcard announcement that is a 1:8 scale replica of the "actual
artwork" (1);
2. The "actual artwork";
3. A prediction of the hottest temperature ever recorded in the US to
take place in Brooklyn during the summer of 2003;
4. The hot summer air of Brooklyn.

The components constitute a work that touches on several themes. First,
MTAA explores the plasticity of information. Presenting the information
in two distinct sizes and formats the artists create a hierarchy in
their audience between those with access to the physical (or "actual")
artwork, those with access only to the postcard version o`f it, and
those with access to both. Second, MTAA touches on the disorienting
effect of looking through these different layers of information overlap
by comparing it to heat waves coming off pavement. Third, the artists
transform the gesture of the "prediction" into an artistic gesture.
Inevitably the prediction will fail. The concept of failure is often
the "background music" to MTAA's work.

MTAA (M.River & T.Whid Art Associates) is a Brooklyn, New York-based
conceptual and net art collaboration. Their examinations of networked
culture, the economics of art, digital materials, and the institutional
art world take the form of web sites, installations, sculptures, and
photographic prints. Their work has been commissioned by The
Alternative Museum, Creative Time, and The Whitney Museum of American
Art's Artport web site and has been exhibited by PS1 Art Center, The
Walker Art Center and Eyebeam Atelier.

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(1) "Actual artwork" being in quotes as the "really" actual artwork is
the sum of the components listed.