MTAA will be part of a group show at Southfirst gallery in Brooklyn. The conceptual framework for the show calls for all the work to be sent to the gallery, that nothing is for sale, and the work must show up before the closing BBQ on July 31. The work we are doing for the show has a sort of an above-below-travel-work-play-vacation-cabin-fever-in-the-city-sort-of-vibe. Southfirst is below our studio. So, one of the projects we are doing involves sending an image to the gallery via fishing line. It’s like summer ice fishing in the studio. Hot as hell in the studio by the way. The other work is 7 emailed black and white photos (printed at 8.5 x 11) of airplane wings from every plane I’ve been on in the last year. They are to be hung in a single vertical column.

If you find yourselves wondering around Brooklyn before July 31, check it out.

THERE’S A CITY IN MY MIND, a summer group show on view through July 31. The exhibition consists of presenting artists who work with or include photography in their work with a series of parameters: all of the work in the show has to be sent to the gallery, nothing is for sale, and the work should arrive during the six weeks the show is on view.

The result is a series of overlapping works-in-progress which will arrive at completion on July 31. Some pieces are sent by email, others by mail or fax. Nothing resembles a heavily-produced photographic object. Because many of the participants are traveling during the summer their pieces are often individually developed around the theme of travel and distance. Jointly these works examine the parameters of making and exhibiting images.

Participating artists are: Doug Ashford, Michel Auder, Fia Backstrom, Matthew Brannon, Peter Coffin, Sean Dack, Jacob Dyrenforth, Anne Eastman, Michelle Elzay, Jesse Eva, Michelle Grabner, Frank Haines, Joyce Kim, MTAA, Maya Schindler, Noah Sheldon, Jacob Stein, Dan Torop, Michael Vahrenwald, Miss Liz Wendelbo, and Yuh-Shioh Wong. permanent link to this post