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Corbis launches virtual Museum of Art for the Arts
Corbis, a leading stock licensing company, has launched an online initiative called the Museum of Art for the Arts (MofAA). The MofAA is a virtual museum fictitiously based in New York City housing 250 landmark works of art plus thousands of images from Corbis. The MofAA is the brainchild of FWIS, the New York City graphic design firm also responsible for the popular DIY pinhole camera campaign. “Corbis’ collection is astoundingly deep and broad, and the images contained within it have profound impact on our culture – creative or otherwise,” said Christopher Papasadero, Creative Director, FWIS “The MofAA highlights this imagery as a modern museum should - through well-curated exhibitions and public participation, on display.”
Visitors to the MofAA enter into a multimedia experience with photography, paintings, audio tours and music, which is provided courtesy of Trackdown Music (http://www.trackdownmusic.com). There are also community features like blogs for exhibitions and a live newsfeed of the latest real and fanciful happenings in the art world such as recent art thievery and ‘suddenly’ discovered priceless works. New features and functionality will be added in the coming months to continue to enhance the experience and enable dialogue amongst visitors, including the ability for users to curate and share their own exhibitions.
“The MofAA is helping to create a greater sense of community amongst art enthusiasts who appreciate humanity’s enduring fascination with art and photography through the ages,” said Brooke Hendricks, the mythical President Emeritus of MofAA. “We invite everyone to wander through our galleries and engage in a series of open-ended arguments and counter-arguments that reflect the issues of our lives—or just write funny comments about the pictures!”
