MACHFELD
Encyclopedia
MACHFELD is an Austria
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Founded in 1999 by media artists Michael Mastrototaro and Sabine Maier in Vienna, Austria
, they work in different fields: Netart, short and experimental film
s, streaming projects, interactive installations
, and art in public space. Projects, exhibitions and screenings have been held in Africa
, Europe
, Central America
and the United States of America.
Examples of their work include The Game 1 (2002), a comparative experiment about the social behavior of individuals as a function of the medial context. The comparison took place between the real and the virtual world: participants had the possibility of playing with two women, like they were puppets.
They thought they were safe as art recipients (-consumers), in reality they were objects of investigation (and also victims of their own desires and emotions). Lack of scientific accuracy created liberty- there was no claim on extensive explanatory power.
A game abides a game / is not a game?
http://www.machfeld.net/machfeld (German version only)
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
duo.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, they work in different fields: Netart, short and experimental film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s, streaming projects, interactive installations
Interactive art
Interactive art is a form of installation-based art that involves the spectator in a way that allows the art to achieve its purpose. Some installations achieve this by letting the observer or visitor "walk" in, on, and around them; Some others ask the artist to become part of the artwork.Works of...
, and art in public space. Projects, exhibitions and screenings have been held in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
and the United States of America.
Artwork
They thought they were safe as art recipients (-consumers), in reality they were objects of investigation (and also victims of their own desires and emotions). Lack of scientific accuracy created liberty- there was no claim on extensive explanatory power.
A game abides a game / is not a game?
Media Art Festivals (Selection)
- LA Freewaves, 10th festival of new media arts: Too Much Freedom?, Los Angeles, USA (2006)
- VDANCE, International Video Dance Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel (2006)
- Lausanne Time Film Festival 2006, Lausanne, Switzerland (2006)
- VIPER, 25th international Film, Video & New Media Festival, Basel, Switzerland (2006)
- Pixel Dance, Video Art Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece (2006)
- bac 05 ! international festival of contemporary art / Barcelona (2005)
- 11th international Media Art Biennale Wroclaw, Polen (2005)
- Framemakers, Choreography as an Aesthetics of Change, Limerick, Ireland (2005)
- 6th international ART + COMMUNICATION Festival, Riga, Latvia (2003)
Screenings (Selection)
- Museum of the Word Ocean, Kaliningrad / Russia (04/06)
- Whitechapel Art Gallery, The Wormhole Saloon, London / UK (11/05)
- Potenz , die weibliche, OHO. Oberwart (10/05)
- kurzfilmfestival kaiserstrasse, www.wolke7.at
- PROLOGUE, Cornerhouse - Manchester UK, www.cornerhouse.org
- OASE Festival, 09/05, Vienna, AT
- FRAMEMAKERS, Limeric / Ireland, www.daghdha.ie
- “coming out”, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt, www.kunstvereinkaernten.at
- NEXT FESTIVAL, Cinema "Lietuva" – Vilnius / Litauen , www.nextfestival.net
- Independent Arts Festival, Academy of Fine Arts / Sint-Niklaas - Belgien, www.sztuka-fabryka.be/festival
- Diagonale 05, Festival des österreichischen Films, Graz- Austria, www.diagonale.at
- Galeria Medium, Bratislava & Tanzquartier Wien, www.abp.sk, www.tqw.at
- Kino Cafe / Bratislava, 19.10.2004, Bratislava / SK
Lectures (Selection)
- "V-SL, Lecture about Second LifeSecond LifeSecond Life is an online virtual world developed by Linden Lab. It was launched on June 23, 2003. A number of free client programs, or Viewers, enable Second Life users, called Residents, to interact with each other through avatars...
", University of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraThe University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
, (Santa Barbara / USA). 2008 - "Artist Talk, Visual Art Department", University of Western OntarioUniversity of Western OntarioThe University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...
, (London / CA). 2007 - "An evening with Machfeld", Artist Talk, Tom Thomson Art Gallery (Owen Sound/ CA). 2007
- "About people in Second Life", Lecture about personal behavior in Second LifeSecond LifeSecond Life is an online virtual world developed by Linden Lab. It was launched on June 23, 2003. A number of free client programs, or Viewers, enable Second Life users, called Residents, to interact with each other through avatars...
by Michael Mastrototaro (Schloss Wolkersdrof/ A). 2007 - "X-Com", Public Lecture at the Cityvarsity JohannesburgJohannesburgJohannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
/ZA. 2007
Awards
- "Förderungspreis", for Video- and Media Art from the Austrian Government. 2008
- "GATE III", nomination for the best experimental-video. International Filmfestival, Dahlonega/Atlanta, USA.
- "Schreiben zwischen den Kulturen 2002", Best Lyric, Edition Exil, Vienna / A.
- "Kupele Central", Jury- & Public-Award, Wolke 7, Vienna / A. 2005
Literature
- MonographMonographA monograph is a work of writing upon a single subject, usually by a single author.It is often a scholarly essay or learned treatise, and may be released in the manner of a book or journal article. It is by definition a single document that forms a complete text in itself...
, MACHFELD, Sabine Maier | Michael Mastrototaro, conceptual media art, german/english, 248 p. DVD included, ISBN 978-3-213-00086-9, Edition Marlit, Hora Verlag, 2010 - Cyber-Novel, by Michael Mastrototaro 1999.
http://www.machfeld.net/machfeld (German version only)
External links
- http://www.machfeld.net (Official Site of MACHFELD)
- http://www.twitter.com/machfeld
- http://www.facebook.com/pages/MACHFELD/122308452348