MTAA Reference Resource

#otoshow26

M.River — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 01:23:00 GMT

Once a month from 2007 to 2009, MTAA invited artist to present work in our North 6th street studio. Over the years, we presented 24 one night exhibitions and 1 online artwork under the name Over The Opening (OTO).

In this time, we showed a few bands, a few video installations, a tamale instructional, a LAN party, some durational performances, a wall to wall ballon filled environment, a sound work with a low frequency brown note, and a virtual make out. We gave away paintings, held spoken word karaoke, and held an iPod drum circle in a public park. All of these wonderful artworks and more found temporary homes under the name OTO . The one thing we never did, and I always regretted not doing, was present a formal exhibition of art. That is, until now.

Please join as Over The Opening temporally resurfaces for one night on September 7, from 7pm to 10pm, with #otoshow26. The exhibition presents the works of Michael Buckland, Hillerbrand+Magsamen, Steve Ott, Shannon Sberna, and Michael Sarff.

More images from the event are at #otoshow26 flicker set

Default Location - Flint

M.River — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 11:07:00 GMT

New post on the Flint MI x10 site - Default Location - Flint

summer 2012

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:45:00 GMT

As it has been a quiet summer here at the MTAA-RR, it might be good to share with you some Tumblr sites I have been working on recently.

tinjail.tumblr is a site for artworks that I see, like and photograph including a poster from M/M (Paris) for Ann Lee: No Ghost Just a Shell I saw this weekend on Governor’s Island.

mriver.tumblr documents some of the things I’m working on in the studio. For the last week, this involves a set of 4 small paintings of magic hats (witch and top). You can see some studies for the hats on the site right now and I’ll post images of the paintings as they are worked on.

flintmix10.tumblr is a one year project that involves building 10 artworks remotely in Flint Mi. A new post for the project will be coming up this Friday.

#the400

M.River — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:12:00 GMT

a Live 15 Minute Dramatic Reading of The Forbes 400, The Richest People in American, with Brian Eno’s Music for Airports as the audio background. The work will take place at 2:45 PM, Saturday June 9, 2012 at Momenta Art in Bushwick Brooklyn, as a part of FIPCA’s Telethon for the 1%

#the400 #tele1 #mtaa
update

You can view #the400 at the #fipca ustream archive

(part 3) starting at 2:04 and going to 2:30 or just click on the vid below.

Video streaming by Ustream

SGAR #4, 2012 Photos

M.River — Sat, 19 May 2012 18:57:00 GMT

more at the SGAR #4 Flicker set

video of UBT from APS

M.River — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:41:00 GMT

The Exalted. From the Pharaoh to Lady Gaga

M.River — Sat, 12 May 2012 12:34:00 GMT

sreen shot of MTAA’s Infinite Smile, 2005

“Infinite Smile” will be in the exhibition Wywyższeni. Od faraona do Lady Gagi (The Exalted. From the Pharaoh to Lady Gaga) in the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland from May 16th to October 23rd, 2012

For Infinite Smile, MTAA filmed a Warhol like 15 minute screen test. The pose is a 3/4 head shot to the right and looking slightly up into a light with a smile. The heads are framed against a brown felt background. The image invokes the proud workers and bright futures of social realism. The 15 minute shot is play 4x faster in a palindrome loop. The speed distills the 15 minute smile to twitches, strain and humor. The loop allows the smile to reach forward forever.

The online version of Infinite Smile may be seen at mteww.com/infinite_smile/

SGAR #4, 2012

M.River — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:30:00 GMT

Images of SGAR #3 at OTO in Brooklyn 2008

SGAR #4, 2012 will be built for the one night exhibition PLAY at Sixteen Tons on Friday May 18 from 6 to 10 pm. Please stop by.

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UBT Event Images

M.River — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:42:00 GMT

more at http://universalbackyardtheater.tumblr.com/

UBT Poster

M.River — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:14:00 GMT

big props to Marisa Avelar / AIGA Houston

Guess Who Has a Birthday Today ?

M.River — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:48:00 GMT

Let’s join in this big day with some of T.Whid’s Metal favorites…

Happy Birthday Tim!

Note - for your optimal viewing /listening/ net art / birthday experience, please hit play on all videos all at once

UBT 1st Study Model (added details) - Call for works

M.River — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:19:00 GMT

Still adding some details to the Universal Backyard Theater 1st Study Model

You can find more information on the UBT at http://universalbackyardtheater.tumblr.com/

and more images at the UBT Flicker Set

If you have a short film or video that you would be interested in screening on Saturday April 14 in Houston Texas at the UBT or a loop that or would like to see projected on the UBT, send me an email at mriver (at) mteww.com The general subject we’re thinking about are “building” and “communities” .

UBT 1st Study Model

M.River — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:31:00 GMT

a 1:1 scale report the first model for the UBT

UBT RnD Reminder

M.River — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:12:00 GMT

http://universalbackyardtheater.tumblr.com/

Just a reminder…

UBT�Brainstorming and Beer in�Brooklyn.
Sunday March 18 from 6 to 8pm,156 Franklin Street 2F Greenpoint�Brooklyn, NY 11222 (in my apartment and most likely in my living room)�

We will gather together some friends and begin to plan how to make a one night environment for media in the backyard of the Aurora Picture Show in Houston Texas this April. We will drink some beer and talk about possible components of a the UBT. We will talk about how the components could be built.

Screen? Screens? Seats? Walls? Bar? Popcorn? Sound? Sounds? Lights? Booth? Windows? Plants? Modular? Tents? Power? Stage? Fence? Barricades? Shack? Tower? What else? etc.

As the goal is to group build the UBT, we will then attempt to�construct�together the first model of the space. The model does not need to be anything that could be duplicated at the site. It will be more about thinking out loud with our hands. We hope this model building process will guide us to some�possibilities�for the final UBT. The UBT�Brainstorming and Beer in�Brooklyn�will be streamed at

�http://www.ustream.tv/channel/universal-backyard-theater

If you would like to participate in person send me an email. All are welcome �- I just want to make sure I have enough hot glue and beer. - �mriver at�mteww.com�

Also…if you have a film, video, slide show, animated gif , or other moving image that you would like to screen at the UBT, please let me know. Short form ( 3 to 5 min) is best and if you have something about building or communities, that would be great.

UBT RnD

M.River — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:33:00 GMT

new post on UBT RnD

Coming Soon - The Universal Backyard Theater (UBT)

M.River — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:53:00 GMT

a new MTAA sculpture, environment, performance, curatorial project, net art, film night, social sculpture, participatory, one-night-only good time.

The Universal Backyard Theater (UBT)

Sunday, March 18 from 6 to 8pm
UBT Brainstorming and Beer in Brooklyn
MTAA think tank in Brooklyn, NY

Wednesday, April 11, 6:30-8:30PM
Brainstorming, Beer and BBQ
Aurora Picture Show, Houston, Texas

Saturday, April 14, 11AM-5PM
Group Building
Aurora Picture Show, Houston, Texas

Saturday, April 14,
Free Public Screening at 8PM
Aurora Picture Show, Houston, Texas

For all the UBT details, go to http://universalbackyardtheater.tumblr.com/

Flint, MI x10 - 2 for 1 Hot Wings

M.River — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:07:00 GMT

New post on the year long public art/ net art / remote viewing project Flint, MI x10

The Pasta is Terrible

M.River — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:59:00 GMT

new post on user reviews and Chevy in the Hole at Flint, MI x10

Flint MI x 10 - Zone 5b (-15 to -10 Fahrenheit)

M.River — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:14:00 GMT

new post on winter and pumpkin seeds at flint mi x 10

Winter Studio

M.River — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:29:00 GMT