Eva and Franco Mattes were born in Italy in 1976. Since meeting in Madrid in 1994, they have never separated, living a nomadic life throughout Europe and the United States. Neither of them received art education; however, they are counted among the pioneers of the Net Art movement, and are renowned for their subversion of public media. Eva and Franco first revealed their love for Second Life through their project "13 Most Beautiful Avatars". In an interview with Domenico Quaranta, they stated that the self-portraits of the 13 avatars were not meant to reveal "the way you 'are', but rather on the way you 'want to be'". The Mattes wanted to stress that our culture revolves around plagiarism. Followed by saying that their project "13 Most Beautiful Avatars" is not a completely original piece. In fact, they stated that anyone who claims that their work is an original, should really "start doubting" their mentality because practically everything in this world, not limited to art, is a reproduction or remix of something that was released once before.
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