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name:

Mike

location:

Stroudsburg, PA, US

joined:

4 years ago

website:

http://

about me:

Artist Statement: In the contemporary era, the ideals set forth by the established high arts are nothing but a memory and the practices novel by virtue of their antiquity. Artists through the ages have compared their work to the world around them, nature… beautiful and graceful. In our society, the view we have is nothing more then a wonderland seen through the looking glass of TV and computer. Bacchanal images dance across screens of energized particles, brought to you by sponsors pushing products at a click or phone call away. Like a scratched record, the same things play through again only now digitalized, the scratch made obsolete by a line of corrupted data. Luckily, Art can move the needle, change up the play list and a skilled M.C. can hold a room deep into the night. Duchamp reframed the role of artist as a presenter, P.T. Barnum had 'The Greatest Show on Earth' and William Castle filled the theatre whenever it wasn't "Too Shocking." It is the showmen who draw a crowd and my work lies within the responses of those who interact with it. The universal tone has become so gray that the average person looks upon anyone who attempts anything as being of some other elite species. The pieces of wall and screen are just artifacts, tattered photos and movie stubs from events past. Art is no longer the object; it is the idea. There is no place for elitism in the world of Art because the purest form of Art is a well crafted memory and that is something anyone so motivated can create. My work depends on others: people who desire to be part of something, are willing to give of their time, and love the process. Virtually or in the flesh, my studio and my life are opened to whoever wishes to be part of it.

interests:

Sculpture, Video, Video Installation, B-Movies, Anime, Fluxus, Dadaism, Experimental Video, J-Horror

tv:

Serial Experiment Lain, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Robot Chicken, Liquid Television

movies:

Versus, Metropolis, The Messanger, The Forbidden Zone, Resurrection of the Little Match Girl, Armies of Darkness, DevilMan, Nosferatu, Night of the Living Dead, Last Man on Earth

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