Visiting Artist: Jenn & Kevin McCoy


Date: April 22
URL: http://www.mccoyspace.com
Topic: Database Aesthetic
Bio: Jennifer McCoy is a new media artist. Her work, made in collaboration with Kevin McCoy, plays upon the capacity of new technology to fragment, store, and analyze audio and video material. Resulting projects include installations, performances, and net art that explore ideas of genre, interactivity, and automation. In New York City, Jennifer and Kevin's work has been exhibited at P.S.1, Postmasters Gallery, The New Museum, and The Swiss Institute. Commissioned projects include net art projects for The Walker Art Center, The Alternative Museum, and The Whitney Museum of American Art. International exhibitions include the ISEA festival in Manchester and screenings in Poland, Japan, Switzerland, France, Germany, and Holland. In 2001 they received an award for New Media from the Colbert Foundation and in 1999 they received the New York Foundation for the Arts grant in computer arts. Articles about their work have appeared in Spin Magazine, Feed, and The Independent. Jennifer lives and works in New York City and received a Masters of Fine Arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.



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