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MAT LAIBOWITZ: ONE SEED IN FOUR STAGES

In the 36th Street windows of Exit Art

March 9 - April 30, 2007

OPENING FRIDAY MARCH 9, 6-9 pm

Exit Art presents a new installation by Mat Laibowitz as part of its
ongoing ground floor window exhibition series. A large kinetic
mechanical sculpture, One One Seed in Four Stages will be visible
from 36th Street 24 hours a day and is best viewed at night.

Each of four consecutive windows represents a distinct stage in an
imagined pseudo-biological process. The series of windows are
connected by a traveling illumination unit which alters the content
and presentation of the sculpture as it moves. Together the four
windows can be read as a visual narration of decay and regeneration.

The artist’s work often focuses on the mundane everyday systems and=

processes which effect our physical and theoretical selves. In One
Seed in Four Stages, he investigates the cyclical nature of change
and the contrast between organic and mechanical systems.

Mat Laibowitz has shown a diverse body of work spanning installation
and interactive art, photography, and film at a variety of venues
including the Compton Gallery, Longhouse, the MIT Museum, Fellisimo
House of Design, McGill, and Eyebeam. As a musician, Mat Laibowitz
has performed at the Limelight and at South By Southwest. He
currently spends a lot of time at the MIT Media Lab and working as a
product designer.


Funded in part by a Director's Grant from the Council for the Arts at
MIT.