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Interview with Eva and Franco Mattes
“The most radical action you can do is to subvert yourself”
Interview with Eva and Franco Mattes (a.k.a. 0100101110101101.ORG)
Domenico Quaranta
[Published in: Domenico Quaranta (ed), Portraits. Book printed on occasion of the exhibition "EVA E FRANCO MATTES (0100101110101101.ORG) LOL", Fabio Paris Art Gallery, Brescia, January 2007. Text released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 License. To see the licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/]
Your previous projects attracted attention for their radical nature. Portraits has attracted some criticism due to its apparent banality. What is at the heart of the project?
Out of all our previous works Portraits is obviously the most radical one. The most radical action you can do is to subvert yourself.
What is the meaning of making a portrait of an avatar?
We see Avatars as “self-portraits”. Unlike most portraits, though, they are not based on the way you “are”, but rather on the way you “want to be”. Actually, our works are not portraits, but rather “pictures of self-portraits”.
Eva & Franco Mattes (0100101110101101.ORG): LOL (2007)
EVA E FRANCO MATTES (0100101110101101.ORG): LOL
Show curated and catalogue edited by Domenico Quaranta
DATES: January 20 – March 3, 2007
OPENING: Saturday, January 20, 6 pm
LOCATION: fabioparisartgallery
Via Alessandro Monti, 13 – 25121 Brescia – Italy
www.fabioparisartgallery.com
For over a year Eva and Franco Mattes lived in the virtual world of Second Life, exploring its terrain and interacting with its peculiar inhabitants. The result of this videogame flânerie is a series of portraits characterized by the bright colors, artificial lighting, polygonal shapes and surreal perspectives typical of virtual worlds. Overall, the series draws on the technological developments which allow the creation of alternate identities within simulated worlds.
LOL – Press Release
EVA E FRANCO MATTES (0100101110101101.ORG) – LOL
Show curated and catalogue edited by Domenico Quaranta
From January 20 to March 3, 2007
OPENING: Saturday 20 January, 6 pm
On occasion of their second solo exhibition at Fabio Paris Art Gallery, and for the first time in Italy, Eva and Franco Mattes (a.k.a 0100101110101101.ORG) are to exhibit the project for which they have been awarded the Premio New York 2006.
For over a year Eva and Franco Mattes lived in the virtual world of Second Life, exploring its terrain and interacting with its peculiar inhabitants. The result of this videogame flânerie is a series of portraits characterized by the bright colors, artificial lighting, polygonal shapes and surreal perspectives typical of virtual worlds. Overall, the series draws on the technological developments which allow the creation of alternate identities within simulated worlds.
