Welcome to iNTERTEXT Project
Art, interventions & exhibitions by the artists Jaime Jackson and Sally Payen.
UK members of the NYC based artists collective Artist Meeting & directors of iNTERTEXT Gallery, Leominster.
iNTERTEXT Project recently took part in 'Art Machine' at the Scope Art Fair Miami and at Postmasters Gallery in New York with Artists Meeting.
The Artists Meeting Art Machine is conceived as an armature or structure for the presentation of collaborative art produced by the Artists Meeting collaborative group. The concept was developed through group discussions starting with a playful interchange about Japanese vending machines.
The idea of an art machine dispenser opens up a discussion of the role of art in the marketplace with focus on the transaction between the collector/purchaser and the artist/vendor. Components for the Art Machine include drawings, objects, installation, DIY computer hacks, photography, sound art, and social transaction performance. These elements each are created to work within the context of familiar, but altered retail sales environments.
The Art Machine functions by using a token that triggers a computerized mechanism that dispenses artwork. When a token is purchased and put into the Art Machine, an object or drawing selected without human intervention, is dispensed.
At this point there is an opportunity for discussion about the Art Machine, the creative process, the idea of authorship, the relationship of the art expert and the collector, and the idea of purchasing art as a life-style verification. A deeper discussion of this concept can be traced back to Benjamin's essay, Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.
Artist Meeting Art Machine (AM-AM)
by G.H. Hovagimyan
