Jennifer and Kevin McCoy

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McCoy
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Jennifer and Kevin

Jennifer and Kevin McCoy are new media artists. Their work plays upon the capacity of new technology to fragment, store, and analyze audio and video material. Resulting projects include installations, performances, and net art that explore ideas of genre, interactivity, and automation. In New York City, their work has been exhibited at P.S.1, Postmasters Gallery, The New Museum, and The Swiss Institute. Commissioned projects include net art projects for The Walker Art Center, The Alternative Museum, and The Whitney Museum of American Art. International exhibitions include the ISEA festival in Manchester and screenings in Poland, Japan, Switzerland, France, Germany, and Holland. In 2001 they received an award for New Media from the Colbert Foundation and in 1999 they received the New York Foundation for the Arts grant in computer arts. Articles about their work have appeared in Spin Magazine, Feed, and The Independent. Jennifer and Kevin McCoy live and work in New York City and received MFA degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In 1999 Jennifer and Kevin received a NYFA grant in computer arts, a Jerome grant through the Walker Arts Center, and were artists in residence at the Worldviews program at the World Trade Center and Harvestworks Media Center. Articles about their work have appeared in Spin Magazine, Feed, and The Independent. http://www.mccoyspace.com/