MATTEO video sculptures. Fine art for fine enviorments

FILMMAKING + SOUND DESIGN + SCULPTURE + TECHNOLOGYVIDEO SCULPTURESEst. 2005SERVING FINE HOSPITALITY MARKETS AND THE DISCERNING COLLECTOR WORLDWIDE• ABOUT• CONTACT INFO1

VIDEO SCULPTURES

Below are the current stand alone video sculptures. Select a work and a video demostration will play

JOE COTTON

HEADSPACE II

MACBETH II

BUCANNON

BADEN BADEN

BEN ALI

LORD MURPHY

PINK STAR

WORTH

LEONATUS

COMMERCIAL PROJECTS & APPLICATIONS

These are the works conceptually exspanded upon for use in fine hospitality markets, retail, resort, hotel, spa and private residences.

ART FILMS

As important as physical appearence and presence, is the content MATTEO creates to be displayed on the pieces and installations.

2008 PIX

chair-concrete_buc
macfront_small
mac-wroom-2
pink-web2
pinkstar1
halfrontflattened
lordwroom
badenwroom1
baden
benf
leonatusw-lights-
joefrontvideo
joecotteon
hswroom-1
conbglarge
chair-concrete_worth

PRESS AND

VIDEO:NBC NEWS LOS ANGELES • 09-09-2008

VIDEO:THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL • 08-29-2005

Jeff MarinelliPublisher, ART and Living MagazineI think the works are brilliant. When art can really GRAB you, your focused on it and your really trying to understand and relate to the artist, then its done what every artists wants and that is the attention of people. To relate to their own personal being as well as relate to the work. I think that these works represent all of that. Its 2008 and five years ago video art was just starting to come into its position in the art world. You see a lot of video art, this work actually, and for the first time, and what makes it so unique, is that you can actually BUY and enjoy video art in MATTEOs sculptural pieces in your living room. artandliving.comAlex SimonJournist, Venice Magazine, The Hollywood Interview.MATTEO is a master of new media. MATTEOs work resides between lespace entre, an interval of existence that resists contextualization though cross-fertilization. Between art and design, between constructed object and fluid light, between static and kinetic, his oeuvre is destabilizing in the best possible sense.MATTEOs tactilely rich and imaginative work elevates the viewer from the quotidian to higher levels. Or, as Norman Vincent Peale stated,"Imagination is the true magic carpet." MATTEOs work takes us on a journey through object, image and sound."Catherine Amidon PhD. Fulbright ScholarMATTEO does exceptional, probing work and conceptually intriguing work. In an art world where, after many years, I often feel there is little new under the sun, I was awed by the work he showed me at Art Basil in Miami where I met him. The variety within his oeuvre bespeaks of his staying power, this is no one-act play.MATTEOs passions and talent lie in new media and video art combined with sculpture, a complex combination with infinite possibilities. His work and accolades in the design, commercial entertainment and advertising industries have kept him on the edge of contemporary culture in the broadest sense. His lack of indoctrination by the art school system has whole-heartedly worked in his favor. He has taught himself everything he needs to know to realize his many visions and inscapes MATTEO is in a peripheral position as a cultural observer who brings the outside in and brings people in with him. He creates an art that the public and connoisseurs can work with in ways familiar to them from the ubiquitous Internet experience while adding layers of visual complexity. His art responds to, challenges and reinvents the technology driven changes in human interaction and communication.MATTEO fluidly moves between forms constructed in real space and forms constructed in virtual space. These constructs are objects as well as sets/sites of action that may or may not be realized. His work is fraught with tension between the real and unreal, where action is based on physical and mental activity of spectators who are pulled in to becoming participants.MATTEO's work is a unique way of experiencing new media fused with sculpture. His technology driven sculptures reference the mediated post-modern experience through the fusion of the physical and virtual. His work has an elegant and refined presence, while light and animated imagery reflect fragments of and references to the contemporary visual culture that shapes our social environment.Catherine Amidon publishes on art and new media in juried publications, magazines and exhibition catalogues. She has curated over thirty national and international exhibitions including a pavilion at the Venice Biennial. She was recently awarded a second Fulbright. She worked at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris while completing her Doctorate from the Sorbonne.Rex BruceLADC Los AngelesThe video constructs created by Los Angeles new media upstart Matteo could belong equally in gallery, home, museum or the wilder provinces of Burning Man. This crossover of cultural loci is achieved through his seamless implementation of beauty in form and cogent critique; all delivered with heavy dollop of pop sensibility. His tone is sexy and ironic, butalthough his analysis is often that of serious issueshe is always funny, colorful and engaging.Rex Bruce is the founder and director of Los Angeles Center for Digital Art lacda.com . He founded the digital program at Artists Television Access (San Francisco) for which he curated exhibits and created curriculum. He received his masters from SFSU in Interdisciplinary Art where he also taught and developed curriculum for many years. His work as an artist has been shown internationally for over twenty years. Most recently he has emerged as a significant artist and organizer in the burgeoning renaissance in downtown Los Angeles as well as becoming a leader in the exploding international scene revolving around art and technology.James GrayThe James Gray GalleryBergamot Station, Santa Monica CaliforniaWe are truly impressed with MATTEO's cutting edge art. Innovative and technologically advanced art is very much in demand today. His passion and unique skills are evident and we feel he brings a fresh voice to the exciting, rapidly advancing field of video art. I really do like work thats different. I like to stay on the cutting edge and stay one step ahead, and I definitely think that MATTEO is one of those artists.Edgar ValeraFine art dealerMATTEO has done something truly original to say that it has all been done before has been clearly debunked by his work. MATTEO has brought the art world a new medium and one to be reckoned with. No one until now, has brought video art to this stage OR to a stage. Matteo makes his stage a sculptural theater for his film and video art to perform in. Lights, camera, action yes! all of this and more is inherent to this truly remarkable man and his work. curates art independently and in multiple galleries throughout Los Angeles. EdgarVarelaFineArts.comShana Nys Dambrot Managing Editor Flavorpill LAWhat strikes me about Matteos work is its approachability. His ideas are sophisticated, emotionally nuanced, with challenging ideas and impressive craftsmanship. His forms combine the twin fantasies of science fiction with sensuality, and above all do not resemble traditional notions of what sculpture, video, or indeed any other work of art should look like. But they are based in experience and observation, they navigate the everyday surrealism found in the play of lights, the strains of a melody, the eyes of a watcher, the motions of a dancer, the patterns of industryand so they are also familiar. In the end, they are absolutely surprising and compelling, with aspects to embrace and enjoy whether you are an academic, a critic, or an absolute beginner. Shana has also contributed to THE Magazine, Whitehot Magazine, Art Review, Modern Painters Artweek, Artkrush , Art Ltd , Art Asia Pacific, Intersection, Time Out, Juxtapoz, Kotori, One World SoHo House, Angeleno, Venice, ART news. flavorpill.com and flavorwire.comCraig StephensJournalist/publicist/writerFrom the schoolroom to the storefront, societal saturation with multi media in the 21st century see us generally desensitized to the ingenuity and creativity that technology can offer. Matteos background in art direction sees an emphasis on artistic vision and creativity over highlighting the wonders and intricacies of machinery. His wit and vision offer pieces that are timeless, engaging and beautiful.Dale YoungmanCurator, Art dealer, JournalistOne of my favorite Los Angeles artists is MATTEO, his work- interactive, complex, multi-layered and technology driven sculpture it is truly AMAZING. Do NOT miss his show!!Ted BaumgartFine art illustrator, artist, inventor(this email in refrence to a new play Mr. Baumgart's daughter was involved with)Matteo,You've got class and style. I've always liked you. It's tough to be anoriginal attractant. You've taken the plunge and that takes balls.Same with Michael Altman, yet he made his money already on royalties fromthe theme song from Mash starting at the age of 13 when his father asked himto write it. He's in his forties now and this is his first play, yet he grewup in a show biz family. He said he's made more money from that song hewrote at 13 years than his famous father made in his whole career. That'sgoing to lazy a person out in my book. I need to talk to Michael Altman, butI'm an outsider. I'll always be an outsider I recon. I grew up in show bizin the Hollywood Hills but my father burned out at an early age and I nevercould ride on his coattails. I take Hollywood for granted because I grew upin it. I didn't come hear to make my mark. Making one's mark, I respectthat. That's why I've always liked and respected you! I'd rather have triedand failed than not tried. I still believe in that.Carry on!-TedOther notable mention include: New York Times • San Francisco Gate • LA Times • WIRED Magazine • Geek Times • CNET • LA Voice

exhibition 2011Tom Bradly Terminal, Los Angeles International AirportLos Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Solo showSummer. Date TBDDirty ShowInternational Erotic Art ExhibitionDetroit, MichiganFebruary 11th-19thGroup show"144"Blue 5 + Bleicher GalleriesLos Angeles, CaliforniaCurator David GormanJanuary 8th-30thGroup show2010The LA Art ShowLos Angeles Convention CenterCurator Dale Youngman-Fabrik MagazineJanuary 20th-24thGroup showDTLA 410 Boyd St.Downtown Los AngelesCurator Jeico Woggon4 decades of downtown artistsJanuary 14thGroup show2009National City Tower GalleryLos Angeles, CaliforniaApril 7th-June 30thSolo showContinental GalleryCurator Edgar ValeraMarch 5th-30thLos Angeles, CaliforniaGroup showEdgar Valera Fine ArtLos Angeles, CaliforniaFebruary 14thGroup showPhantom GalleryLos Angeles, CaliforniaCurator Shana Nys DambrotJanuary 8th, 2009Group show2008Salon ObliqueVenice, CaliforniaJune 11thCurator Shana Nys Dambrot December 5th 2008Group showRegent GalleryLos Angeles, CaliforniaCurator Lilli MullerAugust 14-2008Group showContinuum GalleryPalm Springs, CaliforniaMay 10-June 1-2008Solo ShowThe Bailey GalleryLos Angeles, CaliforniaApril 10-May 8-2008Solo showThe James Gray GalleryBergamot Station, Santa Monica, CaliforniaFebruary 9-March-9-2008Solo show2007Coachella Music & Arts FestivalCoachella Valley, CaliforniaApril 24-April 26-2007With [PAM] Perpetual Art Machine2006Burning Man Arts FestivalBlack Rock Desert, NevadaAugust 24-September 5-2006Grant award.2005Burning Man Arts FestivalBlack Rock Desert NevadaAugust 24-September 5-2005Grant award

art state ARTIST STATEMENTMy Inscape and Outer FormsMy work is a unique way of experiencing communication though new media fused with sculpture that explores the very essence of how we interact and relate to visual media like TV, film and the Internet. I use technology driven, light oriented communicative sculpture and interactive environments to explore humanity and the impact of media and advertising on the population of our global village. After many years of being immersed in the process of creating video art pieces, designing visuals and sets for the television and music industries, and more, Ive returned to more intuitive acts of creativity that allow me to explore my fascination with the individual as participant, artist and agent. My twenty-five years of experience as a filmmaker has given me the visual, commercial and editorial skills that allow me to participant in raising the level of visual exploration and innovation in contemporary new media art. My video sculptures are inscribed with issues and ideas that I consider relevant to the contemporary culture that shapes our social environment. At the same time my conceptual video pieces function as a site that sets us free, a blank canvas open to participants and viewers to convey their ideas and passions through motion pictures. This social dialogue between creator and spectator parallels the blogging process that defines our contemporary era. Old and new media are intertwined to broaden modes of communication, altering what interaction sounds and feels like in unique and unexpected ways. The works on this site are but two in a series of over 12 that I am creating both in large format and fully functional maquette size versions. Watch the site for new works.

VIDEO ART CLIPS 2010

VIDEO ART FILMS 2000-2010

VIDEO ART FILMS 1980 - 1990

MACBETH

smoke

NBC1

arch demo

FALLS DEMO LIVE

FALLS MAKING OF

Sir Huron demo

DEMO

SIR HURON • PROTOTYPE

azura

baden

BADEN BADEN

ben

buc

LEONATUS

HS1MINI

DEMO 1: LIGHT MY FIRE

DEMO 2: EVERYBODY'S TALKIN AT ME

HS TALKIN

Leo

boxer

NBC

eyes

FONSO

JOE C

niciwhore

LORD SLAVE

worth

lt gibson

knives

day star

PINK STAR

haircut

baden sculpture

opera

rape

vagrent

day 8

30secMV

PBOY

water

DISC CH.

burkf

BW1

BEE_PEOPLE

mindseye

igasm

Pplanet

crank1

crank2

bw2

pool

colorworld

LARGEVIDEO

hs build

decom

disc ch

spec build

hs model

hs live

HS art

hs song

spec BIZ

SPEC MODEL DEMO

spec art

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The layers of the work:
FORM:
The pieces stand on their own as sculpture. Thats the first layer of the work.
The second is that they transform themselves into something very unexpected. They become kinetic.
The third layer to the work is the video content itself. All the work is programmed and designed to the particular needs and design of each piece. Most of what is shown has been shot by me, but sometimes I use stock footage if it suits the piece and is more cost effective than shooting it myself. I tend to spend a lot of time getting these videos together. All of them have a soundtrack and this is important as it connects the viewer to the piece directly and changes theyre perception of what they are looking at and feeling. Its kind of like watching a beautifully shot film. You can look at it with the Mute button on, but when you hear the audio track too, it changes everything. It is really endless what one could create and show on these pieces. They are kind of like blank television driven media canvasses'.
Ultimately I am striving to provoke a very special emotion from people. I want to effect them in the same way I feel when I create the work, and also allow them to have their own experience with it. This is where the art of film making and commercial television production comes into play. The director of a film or commercial spot, if he knows his stuff, knows how to draw and tug at your emotions. This is from understanding and mastering picture composition, editing, story and or content and the use of audio. In short, every important piece and part of a project.

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EXHIBITIONS

FORTHCOMING

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DISCOVERY CHANNEL

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PROPOSAL

HEADSPACE PHOTOS

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