Matt Marello
08 Sep - 09 Oct 2006
Matt Marello
1968 | 2001
8 September - 9 October, 2006
Opening reception: Monday, 11 September, 7-9pm
"Apophenia" is the experience of seeing patterns or connections in random or meaningless data. This term was coined in 1958 by Klaus Conrad, who defined it as the "unmotivated seeing of connections" accompanied by a "specific experience of an abnormal meaningfulness."
Conrad originally described this phenomenon in relation to the distortion of reality present in psychosis, but it has more recently been used to describe this tendency in healthy individuals without necessarily implying the presence of neurological or mental illness. Apophenia is often used as an explanation for paranormal and religious claims. It has also been suggested that apophenia is a link between psychosis and creativity.
Matt Marello's 1968 | 2001 is an extensive multimedia presentation based on the phenomenon of apophenia. A few years ago, while digesting the events of 9/11, Marello began to notice an odd synchronicity between the destruction of the World Trade Center and Stanley Kubrick's sci-fi epic, "2001: A Space Odyssey." His further explorations led him into a strange and murky world, linking together such diverse elements as the moon, apes, 9/11, "2001: A Space Odyssey" and the historically pivotal years 1968 and 2001.
Matt Marello has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and Europe, including "Star, Star" at the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center (2006); "Planet B" at the Palais Thurn & Taxis in Bregenz, Austria (2004); and "cine y casi cine" at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sophia, Madrid (2003). Recent solos shows include "The Three Stooges" at Il Ponte Contemporanea in Rome (2004); "The Pollock Project" at Pierogi, Brooklyn (2002) and Shoshana Wayne Gallery in Santa Monica, CA (2002); and "The Artist Trilogy" at the Contemporary Art Center in Vilnius, Lithuania (2001). He is also a recent John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow in Video (2004).
© Matt Marello
Footprint in World Trade Center Dust, 2006
Digital ink jet print on watercolor paper, 30 x 40 inches
1968 | 2001
8 September - 9 October, 2006
Opening reception: Monday, 11 September, 7-9pm
"Apophenia" is the experience of seeing patterns or connections in random or meaningless data. This term was coined in 1958 by Klaus Conrad, who defined it as the "unmotivated seeing of connections" accompanied by a "specific experience of an abnormal meaningfulness."
Conrad originally described this phenomenon in relation to the distortion of reality present in psychosis, but it has more recently been used to describe this tendency in healthy individuals without necessarily implying the presence of neurological or mental illness. Apophenia is often used as an explanation for paranormal and religious claims. It has also been suggested that apophenia is a link between psychosis and creativity.
Matt Marello's 1968 | 2001 is an extensive multimedia presentation based on the phenomenon of apophenia. A few years ago, while digesting the events of 9/11, Marello began to notice an odd synchronicity between the destruction of the World Trade Center and Stanley Kubrick's sci-fi epic, "2001: A Space Odyssey." His further explorations led him into a strange and murky world, linking together such diverse elements as the moon, apes, 9/11, "2001: A Space Odyssey" and the historically pivotal years 1968 and 2001.
Matt Marello has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and Europe, including "Star, Star" at the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center (2006); "Planet B" at the Palais Thurn & Taxis in Bregenz, Austria (2004); and "cine y casi cine" at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sophia, Madrid (2003). Recent solos shows include "The Three Stooges" at Il Ponte Contemporanea in Rome (2004); "The Pollock Project" at Pierogi, Brooklyn (2002) and Shoshana Wayne Gallery in Santa Monica, CA (2002); and "The Artist Trilogy" at the Contemporary Art Center in Vilnius, Lithuania (2001). He is also a recent John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow in Video (2004).
© Matt Marello
Footprint in World Trade Center Dust, 2006
Digital ink jet print on watercolor paper, 30 x 40 inches