FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 4, 2003
Turbulence Artists Studios: co~dec by M. Takeo Magruder
http://turbulence.org/studios/takeo

With co~dec, M. Takeo Magruder continues his quest to create art/media
hybrids for the net. It is a translation of a one hour CNN news
broadcast that has been dissected, compressedin time, space, and
colorthen decompressed to its original length. In ambiguous silence
co~dec slows the net to a crawl (and probably your computer as well,
since the piece is very processor intensive).

Takeos grids, calculations, and crafted methodologies morph into
organic, meditative spaces. Stripped of facts the linear structure of
the piece softens into blurred faces, billowing clouds, shifting sands,
and remote explosions. While Takeo transforms television noise into
tranquil reflection, his work by no means encourages passivity. Peering
into our screens, we are compelled to search for those facts: whos
face? which desert? what explosion?

BIOGRAPHY

M. Takeo Magruder is an American artist residing in the UK. He received
a bachelors degree in biological science from the University of Virginia
in 1996. Although Takeo has no formal art training, he has taken the
initiative to both experience vast quantities of original art (from all
periods and cultures) and learn the historical/artistic context of the
work. He has exhibited his videos, installations, sculptures and
net.art at numerous venues worldwide. Upcoming exhibitions include the
Royal Society of British Sculptors, and 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, U.K.;
M.S. Noordereiland Gallery, Rotterdam, Holland; and 17th Stuttgart
Filmwinter, Stuttgart, Germany. Takeo is the recipient of a 2004
Turbulence commission funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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