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Digital Surrogates at David Krut Projects

21st September 2007 | Other items by Lucy Rayner

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New works by:
International collaborative, Eva and Franco Mattes
Bronwyn Millar and
Pippa Stalker

Digital Surrogates brings together four artists from across the globe who blur the line between digital interactive media and the fine arts. The show will feature five large digital portraits from a series entitled “13 Most Beautiful Avatars” by Eva and Franco Mattes alongside paintings by Bronwyn Millar and photographs by Pippa Stalker. Together this work translates persuasively into an analysis of self, public perception and possibility.

Eva and Franco Mattes, also known in techie circles as 0100101110101101.org are internationally recognised as supreme interventionists. Most of their projects involve different forms of media hacking and bogus culture trafficking. In one instance the duo temporarily hijacked the Nike logo for a public installation in Vienna. In another, they created an entirely fictional artist, only to murder him once he was sufficiently famous.
Here, they have made a series of dramatic portraits of avatars created on Second Life with New York printmaker, Jean-Yves Noblet. Second Life is a 3-D virtual world wherein one can build an alter-ego or avatar to meet with others, be entertained, buy land even trade real-life products. Bronwyn Millar will be showing paintings of a new avatar, created in preparation for the show with a photographic, animated portrait of her ideal self. Through her examination of the subversive nature of art games, Stalker has created a photographic body of work documenting the hundreds of characters she has killed online.

We encourage you to come and experience this event at David Krut Projects.
Opening 11 Oct at 6pm

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4 Comments to “Digital Surrogates at David Krut Projects”

  1. Networked_Performance — Live Stage: Digital Surrogates [NYC] Says:

    [...] Digital Surrogates: New works by: Eva and Franco Mattes, Bronwyn Miller and Pippa Stalker :: October 11, 2007; 6:00 pm :: David Krut Projects, 526 West 26th Street, New York, NY. [...]

  2. @joburg | Art & Technology, johannesburg » Blog Archive » Digital Surrogates Says:

    [...] Digital Surrogates brings together four artists from across the globe who blur the line between digital interactive media and the fine arts. The show will feature five large digital portraits from a series entitled “13 Most Beautiful Avatars” by Eva and Franco Mattes alongside paintings by Bronwyn Millar and photographs by Pippa Stalker. Together this work translates persuasively into an analysis of self, public perception and possibility. [...]

  3. G Rivero Says:

    If you are interested in what Franco and Eva Mattes have to say about the future of art and many other things, be sure to visit Stock Exchange Of Visions at http://stockexchangeofvisions.org/. This project has a vast collection of video interviews, including Franco and Eva Mattes, Al Gore, Vandana Shiva and many more. Franco and Eva Mattes belive that the future of energy will be cow farts, do you agree?
    Cheers
    G

  4. Networked_Performance — Digital Surrogates: The work of Eva and Franco Mattes Says:

    [...] Digital Surrogates, currently on show at David Krut Projects, is unique in that it is arguably the first exhibition in South Africa to showcase the current global fascination for virtual bodies, or avatars. The show features portraits from Eva and Franco Mattes’ 13 Most Beautiful Avatars alongside new work by South African artists, Bronwyn Millar and Pippa Stalker. [...]

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