Matt Roberts

For this project the Mobile Performance Group (MPG) investigates one of the most ubiquitous spaces in the United States, the parking lot. In “Parking Spaces” MPG will move through the city looking for empty parking lots to use as raw material to create improvised sound and image from and as a performance space. The formula for this performance is as follows; roam the city searching for parking lots, once an appropriate space is found record and collect both audio and visual material from that space. Using only recorded audio and visual material from that space the performers will create an improvised audio/visual performance using custom real-time audio video software. The improvised performance will be presented, at night, in the same space the material was found. Interested audience members can check our site for location updates, call for location updates or come across our performances by chance as they and we roam the city.

MPG is a collective of new media artists interested in finding new ways to present art outside of traditional venues. MPG disseminates their work by using automobiles, bicycles, cell phones, FM transmission, wireless hotspots, and many other technologies that allow artist to engage the public. The Group was founded by Matt Roberts and is part of his classes taught at Stetson University’s Digital Art program. For this project the Mobile Performance Group (MPG) investigates one of the most ubiquitous spaces in the United States, the parking lot. In “Parking Spaces” MPG will move through the city looking for empty parking lots to use as raw material to create improvised sound and image from and as a performance space. The formula for this performance is as follows; roam the city searching for parking lots, once an appropriate space is found record and collect both audio and visual material from that space. Using only recorded audio and visual material from that space the performers will create an improvised audio/visual performance using custom real-time audio video software. The improvised performance will be presented, at night, in the same space the material was found. Interested audience members can check our site for location updates, call for location updates or come across our performances by chance as they and we roam the city.

http://www.mattroberts.info/mpg