TRANSMISSION ART ARCHIVE
M.I.T.A.R.B.U. (mobile Internet, television and radio broadcast unit)
Green writes:"M.I.T.A.R.B.U. (Mobile Internet Television and Radio Broadcast Unit), 2000 - 2004, approx. 30’ x 35’ x 35’ dimensions variable, restored 1967 Volkswagen Westfalia Camper Van, sound and video recording equipment, 35 watt FM transmitter, 100 watt television transmitter, assorted computer equipment with a continuous live internet broadcast system and assorted accessories and materials.
M.I.T.A.R.B.U. (Mobile Internet Television and Radio Broadcast Unit) is a fully restored 1967 Volkswagen camper van, with a completely functional 35 watt FM radio transmitter, 100 watt television transmitter and an internet broadcast system. All of this broadcast equipment is paired with a modest sound and video recording studio, all of which is installed inside the van. The broadcast systems are capable of transmitting either parked or moving and the van is completely outfitted for cross-country or shorter trips.
In short, the work is a romantic view of a potential media activist / anarchist mobile pirate broadcast studio. When installed for exhibition M.I.T.A.R.B.U. becomes an open forum for any individual or group to utilize as a broadcast forum for whatever material they may wish to broadcast, there is no curatorial agenda for content.
M.I.T.A.R.B.U. (Mobile Internet Television and Radio Broadcast Unit)is the most advanced and largest of all of the broadcast projects that Gregory Green has completed. Starting with a simple homemade FM transmitter in 1992, Green has produced a large series of FM and Television works in over 30 cities in the USA and Europe since that date, along with other works exploring issues of empowerment and the boundaries of Art that explore the power of intervention into or access to all forms of broadcast media as a vehicle for social growth and individual empowerment.
Originally produced for an exhibition at Feigen Contemporary, NYC, in 2000 M.I.T.A.R.B.U. has since been exhibited at the Wexner Center, in Columbus Ohio and Locust Projects in Miami Florida. The work is now is a private collection in Moscow.