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MEDIA

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

ARTISTS INFORMATION

ARTISTS STATEMENT

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My 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 sometimes 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,  I’ve returned to more intuitive acts of creativity that allow me to explore my fascination with the individual as participant, artist and agent. I am also creating sculpture specific content and stand-alone video art. My twenty-five years of experience as a filmmaker has given me the visual, commercial and editorial skills that allow me to participate 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, the large scale pieces offer 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.

PRESS ^ COMMENT

​MATTEO, IS PUSHING THE BARRIERS OF WHAT IS TRADITIONALLY DEFINED AS ART. HIS UNIQUE PIECES, FEATURING INTRIGUING VIDEO SCULPTURES, INCORPORATE SOUND AND SCREEN.​ ANN SHITILIA THE ASSOSCIATED PRESS

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Absolutely surprising and compelling. 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.   Shana Nys Dambrot, Art Editor ​​

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The 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, brutal though his analysis is often that of serious issues he is always funny, colorful and engaging. ​ ​​

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The works are brilliant. Art that really GRABS you. Its 2008, five years ago video art was just finding its position in the art world.  What makes, this work so unique, and for the first time, is that you can actually BUY and enjoy video art in MATTEOs Art Televisions, and in your living room. Jeff Marinelli - Publisher & Editor  ART and Living ​ ​ ​

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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.

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​​​​​ He who says that "It has all been done before" has not seen the work of video artist, MATTEO. Who has pushed video art to a new stage, and bringing it TO ONE. Many stages actually and each of impressive concept and design. The result, his Video Sculptures. Fine art works of beauty radiating video art in compelling and new ways. Edgar Valera  Fine Art Dealer & Art Event Producer

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