Information about M & A

 

M&A is an outdoor exhibition space that is visible from the street 24 hours a day.
FREE ENTRY -- Donations are welcome!

The economic climate that produced the architecture (with a small "a" = real estate) frenzy of the past few years is nearing an end. It is not too soon - or too late! - to respond to the indicators coming into view more clearly every day.

Materials & Applications will continue to produce installations twice yearly and host open air discussions, workshops, and film screenings while a shift occurs in our focus. The fascination with the shiny and the new, the experimental and the novel is inherently human and is one of the traits that propels us in innovation. Acknowledging this, we will greet every proposal for future explorations/ projects with enthusiasm and curiosity but we especially encourage future participants to tend towards a greener solution and a more dynamic social structure. This means proposals should address the problems/ opportunities that challenge us right now: the rise of empire, the collapse of fossil fuels, and the growing divide between the haves and the have nots, between the right and the left, between the USA and the rest of the world.

Jenna Didier is the founder and co-director of M&A. Her fountain company Fountainhead, is a major sponsor of the installations.

Oliver Hess is the co-director of M&A. He is a technology artist who sometimes maintains his own website choubun.

In addition to running Materials & Applications, Jenna and Oliver also work collaboratively as the design team infranatural.

Nicholas Blake is Lead Fabricator for Materials & Applications. Mr. Blake has a background in model building and special effects rigging for the motion picture industry as well as long experience in the building trades.

Astrid Diehl is Project Coordinator and the French touch of M&A.

Executive Interns now and forever: Stephany Stamatis, Nico Machida, Jih Byeon, Marcos Figueroa, Nicole Stubblefield, Elizabeth Marley, Kathy Williams, Mecky Reuss, Brandie Lockett.

M&A is completely made possible by the community of volunteers that has grown around our projects. To get involved email contact[at]emanate.org and request a subscription to our email list.