tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092047787325858632024-03-21T18:38:59.592+00:00Nina & Plurabelle on 1st and 2nd Life Artninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-10736844583315989222008-03-11T20:15:00.003+00:002008-03-11T20:27:35.103+00:00SL DumpsterThe other day my SL-avatar visited a new Second Life artproject: <a href="http://transition.turbulence.org/blog/2008/03/06/one-avatars-trash-is-anothers-treasure/"><strong>SL Dumpster</strong></a>. Thing is you can empty all your (inventory)trash on the land of the artistgroup <a href="http://www.meineigenheim.org/"><strong>eteam</strong></a>. I threw out some of my worst Second Life artworks... See their blogpost on Plurabelles trash <a href="http://www.meineigenheim.org/dumpster_log/doku.php?id=march#march7_2008">HERE </a>under March 7. Pretty funny analyses... <span style="font-size:85%;">:)<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;color:#9999ff;">Below: <strong>Tempo Strom</strong>, one of the artists in <strong>eteam</strong>, with her head in a can. In the background, some of my trashed artworks, for instance <em>"Cubistic window with an ordinary carrot growing in it</em>".</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXFDaHNRvdHjnGuRwdfFAKpHWpK5kJivWktapVrYsT2xjCefDXgLppkzPKSPdTgbjy_eK3tOy4ATU2SDNXuI2VnzuYO-7U6aaWll1Zt3IH1RjFt9r1SwhtQRXevjoQaOM6xSm7c80nwyCg/s1600-h/SLDumpster_TempoStrom.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176562345844990610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXFDaHNRvdHjnGuRwdfFAKpHWpK5kJivWktapVrYsT2xjCefDXgLppkzPKSPdTgbjy_eK3tOy4ATU2SDNXuI2VnzuYO-7U6aaWll1Zt3IH1RjFt9r1SwhtQRXevjoQaOM6xSm7c80nwyCg/s400/SLDumpster_TempoStrom.jpg" border="0" /></a> <table><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_hk3lykUwujxUezf1c7BUfpskgHAfoFU2KWi9UJOwCtSrwS8Iv4jX0sjpPbd50-O_8Wlt6AG101WA8m51CRPOsU-13QC6ciVzraqfELxJqn_SwnLg1QyRmjc0Y4BC2r4U44y_po6lrFmg/s1600-h/SLDumpster_LotharApfelbaum.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176562839766229666" style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_hk3lykUwujxUezf1c7BUfpskgHAfoFU2KWi9UJOwCtSrwS8Iv4jX0sjpPbd50-O_8Wlt6AG101WA8m51CRPOsU-13QC6ciVzraqfELxJqn_SwnLg1QyRmjc0Y4BC2r4U44y_po6lrFmg/s200/SLDumpster_LotharApfelbaum.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;">Lothar Apfelbaum, another of the artists.</span> <td>The SL Dumpster project is one of 11 <a href="http://rhizome.org/info/">Rhizome</a>-commisioned projectes. See <a href="http://rhizome.org/commissions/2008/">2008 Commissions</a>. All the projects will be shown at <a href="http://rhizome.org/">Rhizome.org</a> and at <a href="http://www.newmuseum.org/">the New Museum of Contemporary Art</a>, and archived at <a href="http://rhizome.org/art/">the ArtBase</a>.<br />Visit SL Dumpster <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fearzom/225/46/73/?img=http%3A//meineigenheim.org/dumpster_log/lib/exe/fetch.php%3Fcache%3Dcache%26media%3Dad_here.jpg&title=SL%20Dumpster&msg=Bring%20your%20Junk%20to%20the%20Dump">HERE</a>. It's up for one year...</td></tr></tbody></table>ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-25076636479280549812008-03-11T20:07:00.002+00:002008-03-11T20:14:18.445+00:00Tigerpaw Tearaway<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4NsOgMqy56nIhDi2YIZZtR3tenEt3YVhRT38wv512Kbb9W6VwOR8kgwHYPTfRkPLjdnZINqbyfPClV8ybTEPRuVPBBc6E_YpbJfnrsCj_SInMrS2f50d3qV5HaiHDQmSCrqLRCHBhY6A/s1600-h/Tigerpaw_Tearaway_7mars08_0.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174958901409407602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4NsOgMqy56nIhDi2YIZZtR3tenEt3YVhRT38wv512Kbb9W6VwOR8kgwHYPTfRkPLjdnZINqbyfPClV8ybTEPRuVPBBc6E_YpbJfnrsCj_SInMrS2f50d3qV5HaiHDQmSCrqLRCHBhY6A/s400/Tigerpaw_Tearaway_7mars08_0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPustukzUujGxnIvip1tnayUIZTBOnpBEmMmgTjSwuEI70qGYyKetVACrbHGQIzCJnNGuAoRJDY849H_qIGih7g5CLvKCbPpqwAVnhMg-lUenmJdpeyPljUdJtvTddXwlrRdXBf2Cwrcd4/s1600-h/grethe-britt-fredriksen.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175080741041660546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPustukzUujGxnIvip1tnayUIZTBOnpBEmMmgTjSwuEI70qGYyKetVACrbHGQIzCJnNGuAoRJDY849H_qIGih7g5CLvKCbPpqwAVnhMg-lUenmJdpeyPljUdJtvTddXwlrRdXBf2Cwrcd4/s200/grethe-britt-fredriksen.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;">Right now I have some photos made by Tigerpaw Tearaway aka norwegian artist </span><a href="http://www.seminarplassen.com/grethe-britt-fredriksen.htm"><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Grethe Britt Fredriksen</span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> (picture to the left) at my Gallery urEN lUREN, Second Life. The photos are from her project "Negerbyen" from 2006-7. Other things you can see there are my own macaroni sculpture, steel version, a small trash furniture exhibition in the lighthouse, the </span><a href="http://www.0100101110101101.org/home/performances/index.html"><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Joseph Beuysbush</span></a><span style="color:#000000;">, and my </span><a href="http://pluraonart.blogspot.com/2007/03/not-brancusi-sculpture.html"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Not a Brancusi</span> </span></a><span style="color:#000000;">sculpture.<br />SLURL: </span><a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Trollhaugen/158/212/29"><span style="color:#ff99ff;">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Trollhaugen/158/212/29</span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> </span>ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-15255227268943604902007-12-21T19:15:00.000+00:002007-12-21T19:30:28.946+00:00Not a Brancusi at Stephen Hilras gallery<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPG89RVsUiOWl5mY_AZQDxjIHjhxZ1_iyHHW60kbOQk79VQf7wwKcIfcbxsBYqadxnY3F_gXI-etKWfMn5dqRKhsDLIlbKGWcK_41Rl1OFRzTSUV_NFo_C2z3MmBi3_povXAo6sbfolg/s1600-h/brancusi_stephenHilra.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146508453643230786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPG89RVsUiOWl5mY_AZQDxjIHjhxZ1_iyHHW60kbOQk79VQf7wwKcIfcbxsBYqadxnY3F_gXI-etKWfMn5dqRKhsDLIlbKGWcK_41Rl1OFRzTSUV_NFo_C2z3MmBi3_povXAo6sbfolg/s400/brancusi_stephenHilra.jpg" border="0" /></a> Stephen Hilra has just placed his version of my "This is not a Brancusi Sculpture" in his Second Life gallery. Slurl to the gallery: <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/SIDDHI%20HUM/28/19/56">http://slurl.com/secondlife/SIDDHI%20HUM/28/19/56</a> I find his alterations to my sculpture very beautiful.<br />See more about the <em><strong>not a Brancusi projects</strong></em> <a href="http://pluraonart.blogspot.com/2007/03/not-brancusi-sculpture.html">HERE</a>.ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-89321698689983948292007-12-09T11:27:00.000+00:002007-12-09T11:28:28.732+00:00Soft Staircase<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SCyiwCoYmpQ&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SCyiwCoYmpQ&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br />One of my Second Life sculptures...ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-39995770547165348862007-11-14T20:12:00.000+00:002007-11-14T20:30:10.570+00:00Snapshots from the new exhibition at Gallery urEN lUREN, November 1 to December 15, 2007<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKE6eey9Vwv-FpCoTbW6LP9Cz6u4Wi0_jiOWlRm_HgtoGtL4S78LO49RpVEfrqUtFCp8IRmz_Xbagj1_HZHp0C015Rs-H6-kgZkZ1k7DROP19wZlkUfF8Ic0p7ZibyPT3733fvwyzHA9H/s1600-h/1novopening_006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127999081671114114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKE6eey9Vwv-FpCoTbW6LP9Cz6u4Wi0_jiOWlRm_HgtoGtL4S78LO49RpVEfrqUtFCp8IRmz_Xbagj1_HZHp0C015Rs-H6-kgZkZ1k7DROP19wZlkUfF8Ic0p7ZibyPT3733fvwyzHA9H/s400/1novopening_006.jpg" border="0" /></a>1. The Macaroni sculpture is made by <strong>Plurabelle Posthorn</strong>. To the right we see one of <strong>elros Tuominens</strong> kinetic sculptures, those concentric circles. To the left <strong>DeThomas Dibous</strong> GoogleEarth-landart-pictures.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1pyqZT9z8i8hHmi5q1GpJ0nM5kiYlruzXyc2eKHlHSnZeT2YGD7ykcweAmODsjKX5RSgwmWRLE89whOI_BWSlH93gEhz-06gQ6bhO2rnZq2EfMVm8gLy1QY5Gd1D-xRRkiZchF_K4FHE/s1600-h/1novopening_007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127999085966081426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1pyqZT9z8i8hHmi5q1GpJ0nM5kiYlruzXyc2eKHlHSnZeT2YGD7ykcweAmODsjKX5RSgwmWRLE89whOI_BWSlH93gEhz-06gQ6bhO2rnZq2EfMVm8gLy1QY5Gd1D-xRRkiZchF_K4FHE/s400/1novopening_007.jpg" border="0" /></a>2. This is from the roof of the gallery. The macaronisculpture comes through the opening in the roof. On the wall are <strong>Englelika Rossinis</strong> photographies, on the right her "The Bleach". The sculpture in front is made by <strong>DeThomas</strong> and the one in the back is <strong>elros'</strong>, it's called "Magellan". <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOsxDTO0ZtI5MQvbVX8-sMrLH2Erl3_6BzKIFSXANIX2mc7FU7y1m0ygqzGaZQIlKFYT68j3KZ9_U8L2JvgWVMu11yd0SsheIwOxmxePb-1G3ObyrsLEJZpW-q9o1AyWU4_txmiBNdlOoe/s1600-h/1novopening_008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127999090261048738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOsxDTO0ZtI5MQvbVX8-sMrLH2Erl3_6BzKIFSXANIX2mc7FU7y1m0ygqzGaZQIlKFYT68j3KZ9_U8L2JvgWVMu11yd0SsheIwOxmxePb-1G3ObyrsLEJZpW-q9o1AyWU4_txmiBNdlOoe/s400/1novopening_008.jpg" border="0" /></a>3. Here we see the whole gallery aerea from the bottom of the sea and up the hillside. Underwater <strong>Rezago Kokorin and Sunn Thunders</strong> are showing at part of their"Abyss"-project.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1C4bSaJhVmQuDbggFqqi8Ytzr-WRC0Ydq3kPYag5M24ENXa7bxsJHGn6gvYqY-PZq1lrrLXcj947C5eq43YbRe6jPLWk5qpys4khwtoLj9Age_Kl8t7V1en9iYwCKB6pO2-4pIZCipIU/s1600-h/1novopening_001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127998888397585714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1C4bSaJhVmQuDbggFqqi8Ytzr-WRC0Ydq3kPYag5M24ENXa7bxsJHGn6gvYqY-PZq1lrrLXcj947C5eq43YbRe6jPLWk5qpys4khwtoLj9Age_Kl8t7V1en9iYwCKB6pO2-4pIZCipIU/s400/1novopening_001.jpg" border="0" /></a>4. This is under the main house. The photograph to the left is made by <strong>Englelika Rossini</strong>; "The Eye", then you see <strong>Plurabelle</strong>s white reindeer and her "hot coffee installation", those yellow cups. On the wall behind that <strong>Jorsol Tenk</strong> is showing her photographs, like "Girl", "Suckling" and "Styling".<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5B1v_sZ2iR_qC-fkg80olMW43MscWcVzMLG3sSwTsyOtKa0AR0_ezVxarz7gwJ4hRLEWpqkPBQDYJAYYQSRAWqcvSIYTxTQ0-FZjfKOz8nuKOHCGym_lu-UInZ4h9TozQOf8RdAjcNw3/s1600-h/1novopening_002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127998892692553026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5B1v_sZ2iR_qC-fkg80olMW43MscWcVzMLG3sSwTsyOtKa0AR0_ezVxarz7gwJ4hRLEWpqkPBQDYJAYYQSRAWqcvSIYTxTQ0-FZjfKOz8nuKOHCGym_lu-UInZ4h9TozQOf8RdAjcNw3/s400/1novopening_002.jpg" border="0" /></a>5. Down by the sea is the welcome aerea. Here are photos by <strong>Englelika Rossini</strong>, "Socrates in Springtime" by <strong>Rezago Kokorin</strong>, collages by <strong>Bellinda Box</strong>, and a animated picture by <strong>NiXoN Hyum.</strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MJhZevTxF2zU7UDE3S8AcjXDZymQEsVax2ZbvmFEpAXAXDryDEzvWAIM2eFsk83WABukLxBF6HI3EaTW96Cng0fD2hb5Mel62SYrgxZeh_b5bATwg5scKO8fagKdWMj5Si8fA_G-5J0F/s1600-h/1novopening_003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127998892692553042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MJhZevTxF2zU7UDE3S8AcjXDZymQEsVax2ZbvmFEpAXAXDryDEzvWAIM2eFsk83WABukLxBF6HI3EaTW96Cng0fD2hb5Mel62SYrgxZeh_b5bATwg5scKO8fagKdWMj5Si8fA_G-5J0F/s400/1novopening_003.jpg" border="0" /></a>6. It's always winter at Trollhaugen. The snow will never smelt here...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWC0GuKumB6vGPgnOcCb_7feZhox9tCh2WKTRnEsc6_O7aKNHT_LxNhn96oOgpt_DwfXw7lG-y6IRbz8n233JvDd7thljFx9vkRR1ns2llgKPM_G_U1nd3_J3BxuH3p8Kdtf9jOob_TFPy/s1600-h/1novopening_004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127998896987520354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWC0GuKumB6vGPgnOcCb_7feZhox9tCh2WKTRnEsc6_O7aKNHT_LxNhn96oOgpt_DwfXw7lG-y6IRbz8n233JvDd7thljFx9vkRR1ns2llgKPM_G_U1nd3_J3BxuH3p8Kdtf9jOob_TFPy/s400/1novopening_004.jpg" border="0" /></a>7. <strong>Magellan Egoyans</strong> egg in the middle.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvUaOwuR0krqc9I70phEXQfKU61nptaW-4XwX1kbP-ssI4D9GRDHhlToVYAQdLoQhE7128W0sQVQkBgo0Aj75g4d6vBGnx2liMDL-I3CM5FrVG6-eiczPBVZFbWB4nZlzHjaxr7mPadbp/s1600-h/1novopening_005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127998896987520370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvUaOwuR0krqc9I70phEXQfKU61nptaW-4XwX1kbP-ssI4D9GRDHhlToVYAQdLoQhE7128W0sQVQkBgo0Aj75g4d6vBGnx2liMDL-I3CM5FrVG6-eiczPBVZFbWB4nZlzHjaxr7mPadbp/s400/1novopening_005.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>8 <strong>Plura</strong> looking down the "stair". We see <strong>Jorsol Tenks</strong> "Just Crying" and more of here phothos, Pluras "hot coffee" and in the backgroud <strong>DeThomas Dibous</strong> caleidioscopic GoogleEarthLandArtPictures.ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-76849649909297301382007-11-14T20:09:00.000+00:002007-11-14T20:11:10.399+00:00From the 1st exhibition at Gallery urEN lUREN, 25 May to 15 July 2007<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MAlG5SvIjA0&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MAlG5SvIjA0&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br />See the video!<br />Exhibiting artist: elros Tuominen, Gazira Babeli, Sunn Thunders, Pandora Wake, Nicci Lane, Kjersti Kise, Liv Ragnhild Kjellmann, Bente Louise Aas, Wirxli Flimflam, Rezago Kokorin, Juria Yoshikawa, Sabine Stonebender, Gerd7Gerhard3Loeffler Allstar, Sasun Steinbeck, Cyanide Seelowe, Raspirit Heron, jjccc Coronet, Eva & Franco Mattes, anibr Jung and Plurabelle Posthorn.ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-42581977571473327662007-07-07T20:52:00.000+00:002007-07-07T21:00:48.527+00:00A video interview by Magellan Egoyan<object height="240" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CLiF205guTw"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CLiF205guTw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="320" height="240"></embed></object><br />Magellan Egoyan in Second Life has started a video interview series with Second Life artists. Over you can see the interview he did with me or that is my avatar Plurabelle Posthorn.<br /><br />Thanks a lot to Magellan for doing this!<br /><br />See more on Magellans YouTube site: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/mageEgo">http://www.youtube.com/user/mageEgo</a>ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-46041244734802247412007-07-04T17:08:00.001+00:002007-07-04T17:21:35.927+00:00Teddy goes to Ladonia<object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H43vdTGjX84"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H43vdTGjX84" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="320" height="240"></embed></object><br />I made this video after a short visit to <a href="http://www.ladonia.net/">Ladonia</a> last sunday.<br />The place was quite hard to find. We almost gave up. The kids were so tired they stayed in the car.<br />Me and my friends Karin and Morgan walked down to the beach near Kullaberg National Park, Sweden, where the swedish artist <a href="http://www.vilks.net/">Lars Vilks</a> has built the to parts of Ladonia: <a href="http://www.ladonia.net/nimis_arx/index.html">Nimis</a> and Arx. He started building it in 1980.<br />Ladonia is also a virtual country. It has about 11 000 citizens.<br /><br /><a href="www.ladonia.net">www.ladonia.net</a>ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-43993045479105954812007-06-14T12:27:00.000+00:002007-06-14T12:35:06.749+00:00foal - furioso<object width="320" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bQps2wTHxQo"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bQps2wTHxQo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="320" height="240"></embed></object><br />I'm experimenting a litle with video in Second Life. Video can be shown on all surfaces. Here the same video is shown on the background and on all the forms the foal is made of. Sound is partly from the video shown ... in the video, and from a website about the wolverine.<br />The video shown on the objects is the video in the previous post <a href="http://pluraonart.blogspot.com/2007/06/click-to-play.html">HERE</a>.ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-46442308347083368812007-06-04T23:14:00.001+00:002007-06-14T12:34:21.436+00:00Rubbing and gliding<br><br> <center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=258197&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script><div id="blip_movie_content_258197"><a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/NinaSvenne-Rubbing404.mov" onclick="play_blip_movie_258197(); return false;"><img src="http://blip.tv/file/get/NinaSvenne-Rubbing404.mov.jpg" border="0" title="Click To Play" /></a><br /><a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/NinaSvenne-Rubbing404.mov" onclick="play_blip_movie_258197(); return false;">Click To Play</a></div> </center> <br><br>ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-19231110108013187832007-06-01T22:26:00.000+00:002007-06-01T22:44:01.870+00:00From Wirxli Flimflams Perfomances at Gallery urEN lUREN May 25An incredible number of people/avatars came to the opening of my <span style="color:#ff99ff;">Gallery urEN lUREN</span> last friday, May 25th! But now, <strong><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Wirxli</span></strong> , who had two performances on the opening, is an art superstar, so of course people wanted to come. If you wasn't one of the lucky people who saw his performances, here you have a chance to get a litle of the feel that day form these documentaries I have made. The videos are about 4 minutes each, without sound, but the performances went on for 2 hours, with the sim crashing and heavy lag problems included.<br />Unfortunally, the second perfomance was not finished because <span style="color:#ff99ff;">Lisa Dapto</span> from Melboure, Austalia, had so much trouble keeping herself in-world, that we had to call it off, but taking it up later, to finish it.<br />The results of the performances are now a part of the exhibition at Trollhaugen. You can also see the videos there.<br />So here is:<br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">nOObject #1 - part 1 (first try)</span></strong><br /></span><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mb-W31v9P1w"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mb-W31v9P1w" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff99ff;">nOObject #1 - part 2</span></strong><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KdVTU8Q1HaM"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KdVTU8Q1HaM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br />Some pictures of the performance, in case you don't have time to watch the videos:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHL2DtRpryP7XCxA6nJYBLSLn_sNKg6zdvSIeSslFu2qGfjU0of8wqrjZyKTV1mkkAaPqQL6TCGbdDniUwriC2vRng3cThMaX_YvjJy3mX4RveWSsjqsdsAym9eApqErY7SAkWLgvPRFS2/s1600-h/opening25_nOObj_2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069753688385958818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHL2DtRpryP7XCxA6nJYBLSLn_sNKg6zdvSIeSslFu2qGfjU0of8wqrjZyKTV1mkkAaPqQL6TCGbdDniUwriC2vRng3cThMaX_YvjJy3mX4RveWSsjqsdsAym9eApqErY7SAkWLgvPRFS2/s400/opening25_nOObj_2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt80onxJsVWAAZ36aEUz6UghKpSQOFxZr2_zZgbfkhoZqQf5vVHyoqaTQho6s9znDkqQXl9E0sgV_5cEeGWFlpHqZHoia3VtwtvTNshUXdz_thS55l3lsitPOnVNt7jswibx0LvsTCYtv1/s1600-h/opening25_nOObj_3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069753696975893426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt80onxJsVWAAZ36aEUz6UghKpSQOFxZr2_zZgbfkhoZqQf5vVHyoqaTQho6s9znDkqQXl9E0sgV_5cEeGWFlpHqZHoia3VtwtvTNshUXdz_thS55l3lsitPOnVNt7jswibx0LvsTCYtv1/s400/opening25_nOObj_3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifM7H2eE8tBy2tSQ8ztVy9rOPEeHLwE2u5GzF4qyyETYNfjj7NckmpIf4q4PLcACGqiiMlxhLbdeQjdTScKAJVFIiOgTOwOEYr6O__BXteEkjToWauGfCtnfg-Ze76cf_Uld1UnoSPFrvQ/s1600-h/opening25_nOObj_4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069753705565828034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifM7H2eE8tBy2tSQ8ztVy9rOPEeHLwE2u5GzF4qyyETYNfjj7NckmpIf4q4PLcACGqiiMlxhLbdeQjdTScKAJVFIiOgTOwOEYr6O__BXteEkjToWauGfCtnfg-Ze76cf_Uld1UnoSPFrvQ/s400/opening25_nOObj_4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiicxAjU3AlUfHZuOPwRS0AtOTb4bAaxIZLJu8u0bqCHsa5tonKmejZ9Z1K0np4WOsnr4Ftyh7DlTX1397gfLgk9SPUVL4n3WZkdr5Z5698Hprpw8g6s7Ltgd2LTc9i1Pp8Ia6XgfKkM_NU/s1600-h/opening25_nOObject_5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069753714155762642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiicxAjU3AlUfHZuOPwRS0AtOTb4bAaxIZLJu8u0bqCHsa5tonKmejZ9Z1K0np4WOsnr4Ftyh7DlTX1397gfLgk9SPUVL4n3WZkdr5Z5698Hprpw8g6s7Ltgd2LTc9i1Pp8Ia6XgfKkM_NU/s400/opening25_nOObject_5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The pictures are only of <span style="color:#ff99ff;">nOObject #1</span>.<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff99ff;">See Wirxli's own long blogpost on the event here: <a href="http://wirxliflimflam.blogspot.com/2007/05/noobjectivity-1.html">http://wirxliflimflam.blogspot.com/2007/05/noobjectivity-1.html</a></span></strong><br />where he explaines the idea behind his performance. About <strong><span style="color:#ff99ff;">nOObject #2 - Ageplay relations - A family Affair...</span></strong> here: <a href="http://fwwixliwirxli.blogspot.com/2007/05/noobjectivity-ageplay-relations-family.html">http://fwwixliwirxli.blogspot.com/2007/05/noobjectivity-ageplay-relations-family.html</a><br />This link leads you to <span style="color:#ff99ff;">FWwixli Swindlehurst'</span>, Wirxli's adoptive daughter's site. She is the chainsmoking girl who is hopping in vid nr 2 over here..<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Enjoy!</span></span><span style="color:#ff99ff;"> </span></strong>ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-70225195172009372532007-05-24T22:32:00.001+00:002007-05-24T23:50:26.697+00:00Grand Opening of Gallery urEN lUREN at Trollhaugen, Second LifeFriday 25th of May I will open the first exhibition at my gallery Gallery urEN lUREN at Trollhaugen. 2pm SL-tid. So it will also be the official opening of the gallery itself. Everybody is welcome! <br />( get a Second Life account <a href="http://www.secondlife.com/join/?u=f581f4deb6c325a3917b60b9f3ff57b2">HERE</a>)<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3tQUNfGuSGVxJUXHrK-GiqiYhfxt3YRc32awnQMuO8eVmBo_Eh6817z08iKVr7MtbUIUN0b2D4xVH6yXyksEwcDNJPw7kCJuCAdrnAuLWxxHW_W37oCHdwKrX93hY1uVXF2q7FBkc2ua/s1600-h/urenlurenposter1stexhib.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068255973160301458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3tQUNfGuSGVxJUXHrK-GiqiYhfxt3YRc32awnQMuO8eVmBo_Eh6817z08iKVr7MtbUIUN0b2D4xVH6yXyksEwcDNJPw7kCJuCAdrnAuLWxxHW_W37oCHdwKrX93hY1uVXF2q7FBkc2ua/s400/urenlurenposter1stexhib.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />As the poster says I show some own my own artwork, invited guests and friends from rl (real life) and SL (Second Life), and some of the artworks in my art collection (I've started as an art collector too!).</p><p></p><p><span style="color:#ff99ff;">"nOObjectivity #1" - A critical nOObject series #1 by Wirxli Flimflam.<br /></span>At the opening <span style="color:#ff99ff;">Wirxli Flimflam</span> aka <span style="color:#ff99ff;">Jeremy Turner</span> is going to do an art performance with two guests <span style="color:#ff99ff;">Lisa Dapto</span> and <span style="color:#ff99ff;">Pastichan Yifu</span>. The performance will start 2pm and go on til about 4pm. More info can be found in the previous post <a href="http://pluraonart.blogspot.com/2007/05/wirxli-flimflam-at-trollhaugen-may-25.html">HERE</a>. </p><p></p><p>Hope to see you there! </p><br />To the gallery: <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Trollhaugen/147/219/26">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Trollhaugen/147/219/26</a><br /><p><em>Plurabelle Posthorn aka Nina Svenne<br /></em><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-38878725349254342582007-05-22T22:52:00.000+00:002007-05-25T02:19:40.796+00:00Wirxli Flimflam at Trollhaugen May 25This friday will be the official opening of my Second Life gallery <strong>Gallery urEN lUREN</strong> at <strong>Trollhaugen</strong>.<br />The famous avatar performance artist Wirxli Flimflam will do a performance during the opening.<br />Here is his info on the event:<br /><br /><br />FRIDAY, May 25, 2007: 2-4 PM SL time...<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff99ff;">"nOObjectivity #1" - A critical nOObject series #1 by Wirxli Flimflam.</span></strong><br /><br />Curator: Plurabelle Posthorn<br /><a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Trollhaugen/147/219/26">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Trollhaugen/147/219/26</a><br /><br />Featuring these in-world critics as Flimflam's special guests:<br /><br />Dr. Lisa Dapto (Dr. Lisa Dethridge) - <a href="mailto:lisa.dethridge@rmit.edu.au">lisa.dethridge@rmit.edu.au</a><br />Dr. Pastichan Yifu (Dr. Patrick Foon Chan) - <a href="mailto:patrick.chan@ems.rmit.edu.au">patrick.chan@ems.rmit.edu.au</a><br /><br />BIOS:<br /><br />1) Wirxli Flimflam (Jeremy Owen Turner) is a performance artist and the co-founder of the pioneering performance art group in Second Life called, Second Front - <a href="http://slfront.blogspot.com">http://slfront.blogspot.com</a> <br /><br />Flimflam is also the Director of Avatar Development for the LIVE Biennial of Performance Art in Vancouver, Canada.<a href="http://wirxliflimflam.blogspot.com/">http://wirxliflimflam.blogspot.com</a><br /><br />2) Lisa Dethridge has taught at New York University, the American Film Institute, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); the Australian Film, TV and Radio School (AFTRS) and University of Melbourne. She has a PhD, in Media Ecology from New York University, an M.A. in Political Science and a B.A. (hons.) in Fine Arts and Lit. from Melbourne University.<br />Twenty years’ experience researching and writing for film, television, theatre, radio, print and telecoms in Australia and the United States. Research interests –<br />• Virtual spaces, especially Second Life<br />• How artists may work usefully with virtual and artificial reality<br />• Machine and screen metaphors for the projection of self<br />• The game engine as metaphor for virtual community<br />• The history of cybernetics and systems theory<br />• Aerospace and military communication systems<br /><br />Lisa has conducted research across the spectrum of electronic communications and media. She has worked as a research analyst for the United Nations Secretariat in New York, for NASA (US National Aerospace and Aeronautics Agency) in Houston and for Telstra and Telecom Australia. Most recently she has designed scripts for Multi-User Virtual Environment Second Life for clients including Telstra Big Pond and ABC Television. She has produced and developed script and story material for major and independent studios and networks including Fox, Warner, Working Title, MTV, CBS, NBC, Ted Turner CNN, Granada, SBS, Dempa Japan, Conde Nast; the Australian Film Commission, the Film Finance Corporation, ABC Australia, Artist Services, 3RR Radio, TV New Zealand and Chapel-off-Chapel Theatre, Melbourne. Lisa has written for many news and lifestyle magazines including regular columns on film, architecture and travel for Vogue Magazine, Australia. She is the author of Writing Your Screenplay, published by Allen and Unwin and of stage play The War Against Short Trousers (Chapel-off-Chapel, Melbourne, 2003.)As a performance artist, she has exhibited at the Sydney Biennale and the La Trobe Uni.<br />Sculpture Trienniale. She also worked with electronic band “The Artificial Organs” who released the album “Momento Mori” 1983.<br />Writing Your Screenplay published by Allen & Unwin, 1 July 2003<a href="http://www.allenandunwin.com/shopping/product.asp?ISBN=1741140838">http://www.allenandunwin.com/shopping/product.asp?ISBN=1741140838</a><br /><br />3) Patrick Chan has just completed his PhD at Melbourne's RMIT University in Australia.<br />Chan's dissertation examined the production of South-East Asian post-colonial spatiality and subjectivity in relation to theoretical writing and design practices through the School of Architecture and Design at Melbourne’s RMIT University. His current research continues to look at how theoretical writing can become part of the design process and is not merely as a tool for reflection. This entails looking at different ways in which designers and design theorists may treat the composition of theoretical texts.ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-76578460650582460192007-05-21T10:28:00.000+00:002007-05-21T21:43:51.021+00:00The Spirit Fens Art Festival, May 19<em>Written by Plurabelle Posthorn</em><br /><br /><a href="http://www.artomatic.org/node/2334">The Spirit Fens Art Festival</a> in Second Life was a part of <a href="http://www.artomatic.org/">Artomatic 2007</a>, Artomatic being a multimedia art festival in Washington DC featuring more than 600 area artists and performers. "The free five-week event, to be held April 13–May 20, will feature nearly 90,000 square feet of paintings, sculptures, photography and other creative work." More about the rl Artomatic <a href="http://www.artomatic.org/about/facts">HERE</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.artomatic.org/node/2075">The Spirit Fens Art Festival</a> was hosted by <strong>Morning Dagger</strong> (aka <a href="http://jackwhitsitt.com/">Jack Whitsitt</a>) at <strong>the SintixErr Gallery</strong>, <strong>Enniv Zarf</strong> and <strong>PK Works: Krystal Epic - A Whole New Kind of Experience</strong> (See <strong>Cyanide Seelowe's</strong> review of Enniv Zarf's PK Works: <a href="http://virtualartistsalliance.blogspot.com/2007/03/listening-to-art-journey-through.html">Listening to Art - A Journey through Krystal Epic</a>), <strong>Xavier Mohr</strong> and <a href="http://slreports.net/">SL Reports</a>, <strong>Frageurs Hock</strong> and MH Motors.<br /><br />Now, some weeks ago they annouced a competition: a Scripted Practical Sculpture competition, 20 prims max. A litle later a competitions for 2D art was also annouced. Three prizes in each category:<br />Grand Prize of L$10,000 decided by the Jury, Audience Prize of L$10,000 decided by the voters,a combination of SL audience and RL audience from the Artomatic Festival in Washington DC, One Runner-up prize of L$2000.<br />At 4pm all the competition entries were up, and people tped in.<br />Enniv Zarf opened the show, and what a great opening: <strong>AOM! The Avatar Orchestra Metavers!</strong> I finally got to hear them in a live concert. In the middle of the picture here is the instrument build by <strong>Bingo Onomatopoeia</strong>.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJHE5cvlBQdKUErHwXg5xHz9fxpWg68RrAyaCMS97vCmDSFs5BpMj4PPfIsNtI7g6smJpoLVlvoMH9w9MizH6U_wXpJkbh46Rfjzc34rVR9huypHUD-sI8t_uBaXYwCMLwGUf0HFoxHU/s1600-h/spiritfens_aom.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067116071660073778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJHE5cvlBQdKUErHwXg5xHz9fxpWg68RrAyaCMS97vCmDSFs5BpMj4PPfIsNtI7g6smJpoLVlvoMH9w9MizH6U_wXpJkbh46Rfjzc34rVR9huypHUD-sI8t_uBaXYwCMLwGUf0HFoxHU/s400/spiritfens_aom.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />See Wirxli Flimflams (one of the performers) report on the event <a href="http://wirxliflimflam.blogspot.com/2007/05/avatar-orchestra-metaverse-performance.html">HERE</a>. The Avatar Orchestra Metavers own blog <a href="http://avatarorchestra.blogspot.com/">HERE</a>.<br />You can hear earlier recordings of the to pieces they played this evening here: Miulew Takahe(bjørn eriksson)'s <a href="http://miulew.podomatic.com/player/2007-05-15T17_55_55-07_00?src=http%3A%2F%2Fmiulew.podOmatic.com%2Fenclosure%2F2007-05-15T17_55_55-07_00.mp3&flv=0">Rue Blache</a> and Bingo Onomatopoeia's <a href="http://transponderfish.podomatic.com/player/2007-05-13T02_43_51-07_00?src=http%3A%2F%2Ftransponderfish.podOmatic.com%2Fenclosure%2F2007-05-13T02_43_51-07_00.mp3&flv=0">"Wee.No.Kresh"</a> (click on the links).<br />Here's my fan video from the concert:<br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ci63eJYusEg"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ci63eJYusEg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="240"></embed></object><br />After this marvelous concert, it was time to look closely at all the fine entries for the competions, talking to the other artist, oh, I forgot to tell! I had three entries for the competition myself (so I had to be there...), and listening to the live music that was streamed from Washington DC.<br />A couple of hours later it was time for the awards.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSH2A1YcIa7xiWbAQclAIVXG6W9AVewFrNzLo3KCwIQwlQ-hP5ND2MabmYcdGmS4FhC3OEXCPuFeaPGypIkUD-Ruv65Ua5WExWW7xZafZ4WDyBHDyAq_zWS5djyez2KY8cX8Mz-UiTrRk/s1600-h/spiritfens_prizesermony.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067121384534618962" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSH2A1YcIa7xiWbAQclAIVXG6W9AVewFrNzLo3KCwIQwlQ-hP5ND2MabmYcdGmS4FhC3OEXCPuFeaPGypIkUD-Ruv65Ua5WExWW7xZafZ4WDyBHDyAq_zWS5djyez2KY8cX8Mz-UiTrRk/s400/spiritfens_prizesermony.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><table><tbody><tr><td>Enniv Zarf shouts: WINNING THE TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF L$10000<br />Enniv Zarf shouts: IS THE MAKER OF ORNAGLYPH62 BY SONIA STARDUST<br />Sonia Stardust: Yay! thank you!<br />elros Tuominen: Congrats Sonia :)))))<br />AuroraSkye Ashton shouts: Bravo<br />Enniv Zarf: THAT'S THE AUDIENCE AWARD<br />Azadine Umarov: bravo<br /><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV8TJ58npkIVI4iEScLOrgGtQzpSCv7WiviwNq0s4XfQeaA74Ks6iSiIyxCCyd0_5FArCtLdD4_39M7YKO-1h60r7UzflYWrAu_Tui80OCxhhZXRy0VJ0Vb7QvE-wWyEI5ryL1ME0cieE/s1600-h/Sonia_Stardust.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067121380239651650" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV8TJ58npkIVI4iEScLOrgGtQzpSCv7WiviwNq0s4XfQeaA74Ks6iSiIyxCCyd0_5FArCtLdD4_39M7YKO-1h60r7UzflYWrAu_Tui80OCxhhZXRy0VJ0Vb7QvE-wWyEI5ryL1ME0cieE/s400/Sonia_Stardust.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Sonia<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Enniv Zarf shouts: THAT'S THE AUDIECNE AWARE<br />AuroraSkye Ashton shouts: congrats!!!!! :)<br />Xavier Mohr shouts: Congrats Sonia!<br />Suzuka Yongho shouts: Bonzai!<br />Tayzia Abattoir: Grats :)<br />Davina Glitter: whoohoo<br />Sonia Stardust: thank you!<br />Angel Enoch: yay<br /><table><tbody><tr><td>Enniv Zarf shouts: THE WINNER OF THE JURY PRIZE OF THE SPIRIT FENS 2D REAL LIFE NON-FRACTAL ART COMPETITION<br />Enniv Zarf shouts: WINNING THE TOTAL OF L$10,000....YES...THAT'S 10K<br />Enniv Zarf shouts: GOES TO.....<br />Enniv Zarf shouts: SOULFUL PRAYER BY AURORASKYE ASHTON<br />Veritas Variscan: oooooh<br />Davina Glitter: clap <td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcByJ5dgtyGlrK9HiyjsEp1Q_uxuD9RT3-ZZulNaUfyPkEN12CnPshYvyyzltrRIR9OsGNiXjXoE5HIXbvbg3WbiOszOPVZT7Yq-acboCHH0jjYaJCDjN9a4vDHvZOVH96PHVKVNzi3og/s1600-h/AURORASKYE_ASHTON.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067123265730294626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcByJ5dgtyGlrK9HiyjsEp1Q_uxuD9RT3-ZZulNaUfyPkEN12CnPshYvyyzltrRIR9OsGNiXjXoE5HIXbvbg3WbiOszOPVZT7Yq-acboCHH0jjYaJCDjN9a4vDHvZOVH96PHVKVNzi3og/s400/AURORASKYE_ASHTON.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Auroraskye in her lovely dress.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table><tbody><tr><td>Enniv Zarf shouts: ANYWYAS...RUNNER UP TO THE AUDIENCE AWARD WINNING L$2000<br />Enniv Zarf shouts: IS ELROS TUOMINEN FOR HIS DANCING FLOWER<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7Qx6dMNLqY2L7EnlEOZThTbZK2Chy6Ijayo7pyjNknLFFjUI3e7P7No1kZiU7cxxmXVxgbFkrQ3w__pCeaWX5Qw7owUDrqsDdpKwlN8p-L7n1j0JWUUT603utbfdmALTfw869G331Dw/s1600-h/elrostuominen_spiritfens.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067123274320229234" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7Qx6dMNLqY2L7EnlEOZThTbZK2Chy6Ijayo7pyjNknLFFjUI3e7P7No1kZiU7cxxmXVxgbFkrQ3w__pCeaWX5Qw7owUDrqsDdpKwlN8p-L7n1j0JWUUT603utbfdmALTfw869G331Dw/s400/elrostuominen_spiritfens.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />elros. You can see his dancing flower in the background</td></tr></tbody></table><br />(It was so fun, but also terrifying. I never win anything, I said to myself. Why is that? What's wrong with me?)<br /><br />Enniv Zarf shouts: THE WINNER OF THE AUDIENCE AWARD WINNING A TOTAL OF L$10,000 IS......<br />AuroraSkye Ashton: I want to hide behind a chair<br />AuroraSkye Ashton: lmao<br />elros Tuominen: thanks to you all.....<br />Enniv Zarf shouts: ....<br />Tayzia Abattoir: rofl<br />Ariella Masala: congrats elros *grins*<br />elros Tuominen: thnx Ariella :)<br />Enniv Zarf shouts: OMAYD GONTYUK FOR HIS WORK ZORABOT<br />Sonia Stardust: yay!!!!!<br />Angel Enoch: Hurrah!!!<br />elros Tuominen: Congrats!!!! :)))))))<br />(I havn't got a picture of him or his amazing animated poetic sculpture...)<br /><br />Enniv Zarf shouts: THE RUNNERUP TO THE JURY AWARD FOR THE FIRST EVER SPIRIT FENS SCRIPTED PRACTICAL SCULTPURE COMPETITION WINNING A TOTAL OF L$2000 IS ....<br />Luker Esparza feels the thick tension in the air<br />Veritas Variscan: LOL<br />Luker Esparza: lol<br />Xavier Mohr: lol<br />Veritas Variscan: /drumroll<br />Enniv Zarf shouts: INA CANTUR'S WORK, OSTIUM<br />(I voted for her. It is a lock. You've got to solve a puzzle to have a landmark. Very much like you have in videogames.)<br /><br />Enniv Zarf shouts: FOR THE FINAL JURY PRIZE OF L$10,000<br />Luker Esparza cheers loudly!<br />Veritas Variscan: Congratulations , Ina!<br />elros Tuominen: congrats Ina :))<br />AuroraSkye Ashton: Congrats Ina<br />Xavier Mohr: yay<br />Enniv Zarf shouts: FOR THE FIRST EVER SPIRIT FENS SCRIPTED PRACTICAL SCULPTURE COMPETITION GOES TO.......<br />Enniv Zarf shouts: AND THE WINNER OF THE L$10,000 PRIZE MONEY IS<br />Luker Esparza plays the drum roll<br />elros Tuominen: :)<br />Veritas Variscan provides drumroll<br />Azadine Umarov: hooray!!!<br />Enniv Zarf shouts: I AM A BIRD NOW --- BY PLURABELLE POSTHORN......CONGRATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />??????????! Me! I won!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLphCDG1iRTRrF-dq0f5nDHsDiOU-zBtb58a6_DIEPIUC_XBWOWn7o9hcsA41ZZ7ODiz7Pc1qfbmLGDQ0AvSYLfR9q0563mZ4TNWjbKRgKdyoGBEa7fa2qRLYW0Ju79qsYyaDfYIpEEUs/s1600-h/iamabirdnow_spiritfens.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067129626576860034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLphCDG1iRTRrF-dq0f5nDHsDiOU-zBtb58a6_DIEPIUC_XBWOWn7o9hcsA41ZZ7ODiz7Pc1qfbmLGDQ0AvSYLfR9q0563mZ4TNWjbKRgKdyoGBEa7fa2qRLYW0Ju79qsYyaDfYIpEEUs/s400/iamabirdnow_spiritfens.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />My "I am a bird now - Sound Trampoline"ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-55330878940613917982007-04-16T23:24:00.000+00:002007-06-13T22:38:45.125+00:00Gazira Babeli at Exhibit A<em>Written by Plurabelle Posthorn</em><br />This article is also posted at <a href="http://virtualartistsalliance.blogspot.com/2007/04/gazira-babeli-at-exhibit.html">the Virtual Artist Alliance blog</a>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizshqaPC2vJOgTPerU8o75r2T38WIlViLv7LuzIxYXD-LFEyDTMOprihjjhqAM0rI5QdwG9iEckKEG9qeVyfTtSvC9JSwdVtBH5YyWKmO02ZcIPY5kBy6Sr2YwWuW_uIMYl1oPPha1hos/s1600-h/gaz_press_16apr07_001.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054171536853895522" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizshqaPC2vJOgTPerU8o75r2T38WIlViLv7LuzIxYXD-LFEyDTMOprihjjhqAM0rI5QdwG9iEckKEG9qeVyfTtSvC9JSwdVtBH5YyWKmO02ZcIPY5kBy6Sr2YwWuW_uIMYl1oPPha1hos/s400/gaz_press_16apr07_001.bmp" border="0" /></a><br />Monday 16th of April <strong><a href="http://www.gazirababeli.com/index.html"><span style="color:#000000;">Gazira Babelis </span></a></strong>exhibition <strong><a href="http://www.gazirababeli.com/CD.html"><span style="color:#000000;">[Collateral Damage]</span></a></strong> opened at <strong>the Odyssey Island</strong> at <strong>the Exhibit A Gallery, in Second Life</strong>. It's a retrospective show, but there are also many brand new pieces made for this exhibition.<br />On the occation of this exhibition <span style="font-size:85%;">(of one of the best SL-artist according to Plurabelle Posthorn),</span> there has been written a long and good article: <a href="http://gazirababeli.com/SHOW/CollateralDamage/Queen-of-the-Desert.htm">Gaz', Queen of the Desert by Domenico Quaranta</a>, where you'll find a lot of information, viewpoints of Gaziras art projects and some good links for further reading. You'll find the press release for the exhibition <a href="http://virtualartistsalliance.blogspot.com/2007/04/gaziras-one-female-avatar-exhibition-is.html">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxK9NTKLczg_ksd2dQpGdlo7N8I_9kqVZ7hyDdhyphenhyphenYYZhSrsp0N6BpgNOk6zsn3oErWm-KTZywpLdacDbD4Ej9IOiLyJxOthb3AwAiciLsL5xGxGzF6u2SJtH_v2OIRUVK33v71Vzj1lU/s1600-h/gazira_press_16apr07_014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054172468861798930" style="WIDTH: 173px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" height="299" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxK9NTKLczg_ksd2dQpGdlo7N8I_9kqVZ7hyDdhyphenhyphenYYZhSrsp0N6BpgNOk6zsn3oErWm-KTZywpLdacDbD4Ej9IOiLyJxOthb3AwAiciLsL5xGxGzF6u2SJtH_v2OIRUVK33v71Vzj1lU/s400/gazira_press_16apr07_014.jpg" width="186" border="0" /></a> <td>Two pieces made for this exhibition are called <strong>U are here</strong>. They are exactly what <a href="http://virtualartistsalliance.blogspot.com/2007/04/sl-humanism-discussing-art.html">my humanist friends</a> asked for a couple of weeks ago:<br /><em>Doc: Now if you could just touch the paintings and travel into their world... sort of a Third Life in Second Life.</em><br />Here you can touch <em>the sculptures</em> and be transported into it.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc9933;">It's raining in the desert. It's because the umbrella is there.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><blockquote>From <a href="http://www.domenicoquaranta.net/english.html">Domenico Quarantas </a>article:<br />Created on occasion of the exhibition [Collateral Damage], <strong>U Are Here</strong> (April 2007) consists in two sculptures which violate the pact of trust implicit in the practice of teleporting. Or rather, they represent an overly-literal application of the latter. The sculptures are two simple models on pedestals: the first represents a desert with some archeological ruins, the other a room with a window we can peep into to see what’s inside: a banal-looking office with a clock, a desk and a computer. By clicking on the models we are transported into the setting in question: an arid, apparently infinite desert, or a closed room with no way out. Have we been shrunk or just taken hostage inside a “real” version of the setting represented by the two sculptures?<br />-excerpt from "Gaz', Queen of the Desert" by Domenico Quaranta</blockquote><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKlt4pXeW0zH1LrEQLnsBu9XSaKvl8S2ENXvFt4BkwJI6uggFkmTcgr8yG57Gcoi8vxPWuDQuQR6ZmDQUIEtpKMDfQ-Przptabgebv-eeU6ZUoMVOhTrJWQMXeGAM7qEuJDjp6C_IAfk/s1600-h/gazira_press_16apr07_017.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054172468861798914" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKlt4pXeW0zH1LrEQLnsBu9XSaKvl8S2ENXvFt4BkwJI6uggFkmTcgr8yG57Gcoi8vxPWuDQuQR6ZmDQUIEtpKMDfQ-Przptabgebv-eeU6ZUoMVOhTrJWQMXeGAM7qEuJDjp6C_IAfk/s400/gazira_press_16apr07_017.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Below, a beautiful creature with blue wings is being deformed by one of Gaziras <strong>Avatar on Canvas</strong>, a series of three <a href="http://members.tripod.com/~pinkfreudian/index.html">Francis Bacon</a> paintings appropriations, where the main figure has been replaced by a three-dimensional scripted chair. <span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc9933;">I've always wished my neck was a bit longer.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5k4xYe1ILpZjovvzJtRMKrNREADyCoC0aiEwISHYhUpsOpd5Ynxg3syQMbYFsiokMr4Yhtcmwy14A0Y78NEssVTI9LnJYBwOwP-dZKGaZnX_PKLiaY-jytnc1WD0LlSxbgi7FC8z8t0/s1600-h/gazira_press_16apr07_002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054172206868793794" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5k4xYe1ILpZjovvzJtRMKrNREADyCoC0aiEwISHYhUpsOpd5Ynxg3syQMbYFsiokMr4Yhtcmwy14A0Y78NEssVTI9LnJYBwOwP-dZKGaZnX_PKLiaY-jytnc1WD0LlSxbgi7FC8z8t0/s400/gazira_press_16apr07_002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Below: This is <strong>Nudes descending a staircase</strong>, also a new piece. Just recently <a href="http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2007/04/all_about_my_av_2.html">Tasrill Sieyes made an avatar</a> looking like <a href="http://www.understandingduchamp.com/">Marcel Duchamps <strong>Nude descending a staircase</strong></a>. Gazira lets canvases with nudes fall of the wall and arrange themselves randomly as they fall down a staircase. Some of the paintings are SL nudes, and as far as I could see, it looks like <a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/~exadega/koons/madeinheaven.html">Cicciolina</a> has got a Second Life too.<br />Once a nude is kicked down from the wall, a new one rezzes. It's like a nightmare. Nudes, nudes, nudes. They are deposited and finally disappears, but there will always be new nudes. A never-ending stream of nudes descending staircases.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VBCpzZi45H5libBRMKlOjnys1PKI4SjGyy2FqUEAyrPa7fkDSbit0UZ0EaGiCHPWPP6ryu6T7szC_5kATa7Y5Pid-6Z_k899RNNp_29kOo-O05EH_tYgFqetdvu15ynlfjJ7mu7Vz80/s1600-h/gazira_press_16apr07_009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054172211163761122" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VBCpzZi45H5libBRMKlOjnys1PKI4SjGyy2FqUEAyrPa7fkDSbit0UZ0EaGiCHPWPP6ryu6T7szC_5kATa7Y5Pid-6Z_k899RNNp_29kOo-O05EH_tYgFqetdvu15ynlfjJ7mu7Vz80/s400/gazira_press_16apr07_009.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufdbEqHlYUI5X1gI32pfaJP-ExSlGyIOBZKcs0FPm6yg2unDqjD7WtxMuwTib9mSZ7bcjTCax3s_Y9xoF58jy8oDH9n9L9Wq6_CXMIONgT0BeawdO7EKr1BpTPw_y082Fr1Us3-4zX9o/s1600-h/gazira_press_16apr07_011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054172211163761138" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufdbEqHlYUI5X1gI32pfaJP-ExSlGyIOBZKcs0FPm6yg2unDqjD7WtxMuwTib9mSZ7bcjTCax3s_Y9xoF58jy8oDH9n9L9Wq6_CXMIONgT0BeawdO7EKr1BpTPw_y082Fr1Us3-4zX9o/s400/gazira_press_16apr07_011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Cd_grey goo</strong> , picture above. Gaziras black full bright hat on a pedestal. Notecard tells you to click on it. You do and the whole gallery is filled with question marks or bananas (the banana created by <strong><a href="http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/velvet/velvetxx.htm">Andy Warhol</a></strong> for the cover of The Velvet Underground’s first LP) or <strong>Super Marios</strong>.<br /><br /><blockquote>In October 2006 a minor apocalypse hit a beach in Second Life, burying it under a flood of skipping Super Marios. In technical jargon this is called “grey goo”, an expression used in nanotechnology and science fiction to describe a hypothetical apocalyptic scenario in which self-replicating robots consume all living matter on the earth. Although the cataclysm did generate a certain level of anxiety, Gazira appears to be more interested in setting off a mental short circuit than a genuine system collapse. This was why she populated the three-dimensional, baroque world of Second Life with the definitive icon of the 8-bit era.<br />-excerpt from "Gaz', Queen of the Desert" by Domenico Quaranta</blockquote>The exhibition is loaded with art and pop cultural references. Gazira is working very much with appropriations. Quaranta's article is also full of references. Namedropping? <span style="font-size:85%;">(I had my head cut of once, for namedropping. I'm still a litle sore. )</span> Whether it could be called namedropping in this case I can't tell for sure. If it is, is it bad? Well, I love all the reference stuff in Gaziras work. It's fun, humorous, raw.<br /><br />Here comes a piece also using <strong>Andy Warhols </strong>art with a special Second Life twist to it...<br /><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPAyimNrdvrm8V8TgEgeeeKrN_mX0iOvKOvqjZ7rRtLLVR6I8q32-mZYXfpDwc1wRozkfpE721hTZ5v7_2rlQUatC84jrod6rZ3QMWoIIq2CSMimva5g6Sg02mQo4pg0OFerV09BMfF5M/s1600-h/gaz_press_16apr07_008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054171549738797474" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPAyimNrdvrm8V8TgEgeeeKrN_mX0iOvKOvqjZ7rRtLLVR6I8q32-mZYXfpDwc1wRozkfpE721hTZ5v7_2rlQUatC84jrod6rZ3QMWoIIq2CSMimva5g6Sg02mQo4pg0OFerV09BMfF5M/s400/gaz_press_16apr07_008.jpg" border="0" /></a> <tr><td>-: You love Pop Art - Pop Art hates you! :-<br /><blockquote><strong>Second Soup</strong>, performed in May 2006 (and recorded on video), sees Gazira tackling a giant can of Campbell’s soup, another pop art icon. The artist is looking at it on a poster, when all of a sudden the can leaves its paper domain and grabs hold of her. From that moment on she just can’t get rid of it. Gazira jumps, flies and runs, but the can always catches up with her. Pop art as an irksome deity, a cumbersome legacy that we just can’t seem to shed?<br />-<br />In [Collateral Damage], Second Soup is presented as an installation of 5 soup cans that are activated when the spectator gets too close.<br />- excerpt from "Gaz',Quenn of the Desert"by Domenico Quaranta</blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table>Soupcans trying to eat you, or trying to can you as Second soup. The issue of food. Food in Second Life is absurd. To eat or drink or smoke is totally without meaning. But soup we are. (Why is it so hard to do something <em>original</em>? Why all this reenacting of real life. Are we afraid of letting it go? Afraid of loosing contact with this thing called real life? It's like some sort of Second Life religion; believing that another life is possible, after this one is logged off. )<br /><br />The <strong>"Don't say: New Media"</strong> piece...<br />A black cloud with form of a drop or is it a quotation mark on the floor. Hoovering text: Dont say: new media. Of couse you say: <em>new media</em>. Everybody say <em>new media, new media,</em> they write <em>new media</em>, say <em>new media</em>. I never say <em>new media</em>. How does it feel to say <em>new media</em>?<br />You: new media<br />: Plurabelle Posthorn.. Don't Say NEW MEDIA!<br />: Plurabelle Posthorn.. Say Sorry<br />: Plurabelle Posthorn.. Say Sorry!<br />: Plurabelle Posthorn.. Say Sorry!<br />You: Sorry!<br />(I'm never going to say it again. Exception: I'll say it to Gaziras <strong>"Don't say: New Media"</strong> piece...)<br /><table><tbody><tr><td><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSZyaJUO3j5IpZNm7pm7NQPdMCoOaCFB-xgYn6T8Wgq0y9idGr7jsho0-JAvi2zUmV_BLThWRMqVjKHrprFxvS-De_9q4IkFGe8jQubeEQsNBJT0MHyRvAw3nCh3toZznhNi4J_vwI3M/s1600-h/gazira_press_16apr07_001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054172202573826482" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSZyaJUO3j5IpZNm7pm7NQPdMCoOaCFB-xgYn6T8Wgq0y9idGr7jsho0-JAvi2zUmV_BLThWRMqVjKHrprFxvS-De_9q4IkFGe8jQubeEQsNBJT0MHyRvAw3nCh3toZznhNi4J_vwI3M/s400/gazira_press_16apr07_001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><tr><td><strong>Buy Gaz' 4 one Linden!<br /></strong>The full outfit that makes the Gazira Babeli avatar (minus her skin) for sale: 1L$! So if you go to a slingo, work as a window washer, or rides the steam train at the Caledon SIM, and you think you recognize this characteristic figure dressed in black with dark glasses and a flexi top hat as Gazira Babeli, it's probably not her. Not after 16th of April 2007. It could be me, it could be anybody. It might very well be me, because I felt very comfortable in the Gazira outfit, this lovely female body shape all in black.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYYd6Z3w1rdBLCiPtIlPKuVLq_ksTyLDkSVk0D1m-WCua67FsCoHqz_C7o2aB-8Icdh7pu1K4DZ8JMyyqAzfDUV7KWhLqKesNfmJEyWiF5y0z6i0TKzagaQfmsNQnSL5Z4MzlHzfG3ibY/s1600-h/gazira_press_16apr07_004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054172206868793810" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYYd6Z3w1rdBLCiPtIlPKuVLq_ksTyLDkSVk0D1m-WCua67FsCoHqz_C7o2aB-8Icdh7pu1K4DZ8JMyyqAzfDUV7KWhLqKesNfmJEyWiF5y0z6i0TKzagaQfmsNQnSL5Z4MzlHzfG3ibY/s400/gazira_press_16apr07_004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Now, this exhibition is full of adventure and lots of inspiration for other SL artists I would think. Many of Gaziras scripts can be found on <a href="http://www.gazirababeli.com/COMETOHEAVEN.html">her website</a> free for us to try out in our own art experiments.<br />Just some words about: <tr><td><p><strong>Come Together</strong> (April 2007). Picture above. If you click on one of the pose balls you will start to dance or make other movements up on the pedestal. Hopefully someone will join you and you will get very intimate, even luckier; you may experience a treesome, a fivesome... No, of course this is not about sex, it's about sculpture. You have to make the sculpture yourself, like in the Avatar on canvas, you are becoming art or a part of Gaziras art work. <strong>Come Together</strong> for a random composite sculpture. There will be no art without <strong><em>you</em></strong>. (Could also be a reference for the SL group tool called <a href="http://secondlife.com/app/help/new/groups.php">Come Together...)</a><br />Example of composite avatar sculptures below, with the creator Gazira in the midst of us somewhere. It does not hurt at all to be intersected by other avatars. And nobody even mind you letting out a fart.</p></td></tr><tr><tr><td><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5aO9to52JPIdckYBr_gCrRLBl3aXfT3NWc6IigCJ7k43fjsjJ5d8rd3FuaLk-M_i7Uz3n0uCH2a8uYs_RoYiO2-I-rtciKUZsx_rsJg_t5OPyM9w9qkvm077jR91Pu1cIbvtHxdksEs/s1600-h/gaz_press_16apr07_004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054171545443830146" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px" height="323" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5aO9to52JPIdckYBr_gCrRLBl3aXfT3NWc6IigCJ7k43fjsjJ5d8rd3FuaLk-M_i7Uz3n0uCH2a8uYs_RoYiO2-I-rtciKUZsx_rsJg_t5OPyM9w9qkvm077jR91Pu1cIbvtHxdksEs/s400/gaz_press_16apr07_004.jpg" width="191" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAOtDfVxwFhaLUWgfCqVsHpjQ4bSjow5LsevaQpJGkZSKHnSdUNw3q8azCAtL9iGyI1JA471jlObe-RxdZFxr-oXs4z-4yEPXFCXMPYlwcLtxCh5eOG0rFsco9anDstgpsUpXamm-_pOE/s1600-h/gaz_press_16apr07_005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054171549738797458" style="WIDTH: 222px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px" height="285" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAOtDfVxwFhaLUWgfCqVsHpjQ4bSjow5LsevaQpJGkZSKHnSdUNw3q8azCAtL9iGyI1JA471jlObe-RxdZFxr-oXs4z-4yEPXFCXMPYlwcLtxCh5eOG0rFsco9anDstgpsUpXamm-_pOE/s400/gaz_press_16apr07_005.jpg" width="255" border="0" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaxjTAGzkmNkUYJPlRvQTXRUD9MQFbgJU6Yl6vJYbG4MAkruLDWFIKlKcFAvcVga-F6CwKxBeKcAXSALI1ShxsSiXeaISF8keR_HzskA-yolyQ7fDr5Kp0d2xrGZNxZAUOYdhOvF3uBs/s1600-h/gaz_press_16apr07_002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054171541148862834" style="WIDTH: 194px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px" height="309" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaxjTAGzkmNkUYJPlRvQTXRUD9MQFbgJU6Yl6vJYbG4MAkruLDWFIKlKcFAvcVga-F6CwKxBeKcAXSALI1ShxsSiXeaISF8keR_HzskA-yolyQ7fDr5Kp0d2xrGZNxZAUOYdhOvF3uBs/s400/gaz_press_16apr07_002.jpg" width="197" border="0" /></a></td><td>Some avatars are developing their physical relationship on other terms, like <a href="http://fwwixliwirxli.blogspot.com/2007/04/fwwixlis-reunion-at-gazira-babelis-one.html">Wirxli here and his adoptive avatar daughter Fwwixli</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table>ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-85141779733309407682007-04-15T14:11:00.000+00:002007-04-16T23:59:07.361+00:00Sunn Thunders in Wicked Witch Woods<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAey1o0W4KWgFZQm-zZRrjCR3Jd1lXFA2Zlfl90bOc55B-dOJKweQpKADW_e_q3qM43ykDoNLrjR9OHVJALMD2apOgw5gtYheiWU0IF9Sm-qgjwhRWdzPuFV-ze9FhA3l0ko3oU5WImh0/s1600-h/sunnthunders_wood_001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053657579592419474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAey1o0W4KWgFZQm-zZRrjCR3Jd1lXFA2Zlfl90bOc55B-dOJKweQpKADW_e_q3qM43ykDoNLrjR9OHVJALMD2apOgw5gtYheiWU0IF9Sm-qgjwhRWdzPuFV-ze9FhA3l0ko3oU5WImh0/s400/sunnthunders_wood_001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><a href="http://sunnthunders.blogspot.com/index.html">Sunn Thunders</a> sent me a snapshot from Wicked Witch Woods, Wicked Witch Woods (150, 104, 53). My <a href="http://pluraonart.blogspot.com/2007/03/not-brancusi-sculpture.html">"Not a Brancusi Sculpture"</a> has been allowed on the island, but I have not. Wonder what's going on in that place. I guess I'm not wicked enough to be let in... Nooby Plurabelle! It hasn't opened yet. Read about The Wicked Witch Woods project <a href="http://sunnthunders.blogspot.com/2007/03/wicked-witch-woods-project.html">HERE</a> and <a href="http://sunnthunders.blogspot.com/2007/04/wonderful-world-of-oz.html">HERE</a>. "the vision of Oz alive within 5 total sims in SL" Sunn is designing and building the common areas for the brand new sim that will open very soon.<br /><br /><em>Plurabelle Posthorn </em>ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-89343084415338220212007-04-05T22:51:00.000+00:002007-04-06T00:38:31.427+00:00"This is not a Brancusi Sculpture" , Plurabelle and Raspirit, 4th of April.<em>Plurabelle Posthorn</em><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2RFLvMB7z34QBEFUG27SNcCBcRb-l9YZ5lyWbXSh9Qr5ssQUdP-OW4xr53WkdQVF1U5o97iNKNgVI4KYVz8yEMzFn4Tk2yIF0IHtB7hr7mz9dBDnfXDFv-2gXqqFNA3u9EeH9sESRyHo/s1600-h/branucu_001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050093410271977458" style="WIDTH: 194px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 146px" height="223" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2RFLvMB7z34QBEFUG27SNcCBcRb-l9YZ5lyWbXSh9Qr5ssQUdP-OW4xr53WkdQVF1U5o97iNKNgVI4KYVz8yEMzFn4Tk2yIF0IHtB7hr7mz9dBDnfXDFv-2gXqqFNA3u9EeH9sESRyHo/s320/branucu_001.jpg" width="254" border="0" /></a> <td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSLyGP1JJJ2gB6mC0-xtbrCps0bZYE4lksmwPnSnOnub15KeRj4geBGARB1Rxbo-NhQQnwmv7qbsngiG8SyeESpFv-uhAqOHlAqWrOcauCb-23UR-Oo2XZkagSkj_DAyDe1IhWKbM8m8/s1600-h/branucu_003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050093410271977474" style="WIDTH: 191px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px" height="161" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSLyGP1JJJ2gB6mC0-xtbrCps0bZYE4lksmwPnSnOnub15KeRj4geBGARB1Rxbo-NhQQnwmv7qbsngiG8SyeESpFv-uhAqOHlAqWrOcauCb-23UR-Oo2XZkagSkj_DAyDe1IhWKbM8m8/s320/branucu_003.jpg" width="236" border="0" /></a><br /><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv85ZXsfTblBgz1JMtEAKe87TrV5FIbSX0YarDiLyXPri_7WT4qVaznJBFcBxwibbd5PkimQn96AtM9JzSU6ki1D7Y6xm-ewA_78y6TAH4NGefgsgddoGtciFiq_g0EJFVD7Q4exsGxFU/s1600-h/branucu_004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050093414566944786" style="WIDTH: 193px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 156px" height="210" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv85ZXsfTblBgz1JMtEAKe87TrV5FIbSX0YarDiLyXPri_7WT4qVaznJBFcBxwibbd5PkimQn96AtM9JzSU6ki1D7Y6xm-ewA_78y6TAH4NGefgsgddoGtciFiq_g0EJFVD7Q4exsGxFU/s320/branucu_004.jpg" width="240" border="0" /></a> <td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibeJbnb2fgES3cDXYJNbfqcQ-ysNL-zLDXq4AR9l8pFpbQRuitRxCPG2yVeaEiZtZjhwCzAbQv8RUi2WFD2lub0iUFp2jw38LHRBSSA-XBVznWMHqGXA1nCy-Fy9o8i3haUodBhqXx77o/s1600-h/branucu_007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050093418861912098" style="WIDTH: 188px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 155px" height="193" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibeJbnb2fgES3cDXYJNbfqcQ-ysNL-zLDXq4AR9l8pFpbQRuitRxCPG2yVeaEiZtZjhwCzAbQv8RUi2WFD2lub0iUFp2jw38LHRBSSA-XBVznWMHqGXA1nCy-Fy9o8i3haUodBhqXx77o/s320/branucu_007.jpg" width="211" border="0" /></a><br /><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MrcFsdb30s0Rpd2UidtSq19IEOwJn0b2Ngw63V1GwerioR3xrQr2PDyYZSeTPQz4B59UbBYmNut-7JqjdfqUky4ckuz9f_ojZxxNDaPUa0Y4LncW0tMRpLStykcrBuec5vWkRdNeAyw/s1600-h/branucu_008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050093418861912114" style="WIDTH: 190px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" height="181" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MrcFsdb30s0Rpd2UidtSq19IEOwJn0b2Ngw63V1GwerioR3xrQr2PDyYZSeTPQz4B59UbBYmNut-7JqjdfqUky4ckuz9f_ojZxxNDaPUa0Y4LncW0tMRpLStykcrBuec5vWkRdNeAyw/s320/branucu_008.jpg" width="229" border="0" /></a> <td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Qi-5n7FzfFvXoEAfQsDTwn-j1H_8iw3yGIHo9sy2wRT_BeLX0T2TicgnpIASTCvqikXHeyVIUhvXwToguIVKDpiLZXbeAAFoT3oochZf6KUmkujcZyDmUGoT1yOwbKUfwh0AFhQZeHI/s1600-h/branucu_013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050093599250538578" style="WIDTH: 187px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 142px" height="164" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Qi-5n7FzfFvXoEAfQsDTwn-j1H_8iw3yGIHo9sy2wRT_BeLX0T2TicgnpIASTCvqikXHeyVIUhvXwToguIVKDpiLZXbeAAFoT3oochZf6KUmkujcZyDmUGoT1yOwbKUfwh0AFhQZeHI/s320/branucu_013.jpg" width="226" border="0" /></a><br /><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5J4meQzMpu4yh3VVrPrvTthe1M3DT0Dmii8sNbf0hSlPfQiLsp4NiVi7NFZdAmTxiVcN3QUwsceMGMahxGoMPvPrt7T7sP93w4oCH0idGiiXXRfrNrBlj_mKQmPlMwjH2vtrOa_RhcY/s1600-h/branucu_012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050093594955571266" style="WIDTH: 187px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px" height="298" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5J4meQzMpu4yh3VVrPrvTthe1M3DT0Dmii8sNbf0hSlPfQiLsp4NiVi7NFZdAmTxiVcN3QUwsceMGMahxGoMPvPrt7T7sP93w4oCH0idGiiXXRfrNrBlj_mKQmPlMwjH2vtrOa_RhcY/s320/branucu_012.jpg" width="214" border="0" /></a> <td>Raspirit Heron, my fellow norwegian, asked me to come over to Muse Island, for some advice, and I came to tell about my not a Brancusi wearable sculpture, but decided to show, not tell.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />She liked it, so I gave her a pink sculpture for her to wear. She put it on and we walked along the shore where there will soon be an art walk... installed, over to where Raspirit is putting up her new exhibition. (She has one right now at Hardangerfjord.) I managed to force Aidian Hyun into a green sculpture before he flew off. Over to Virtual Artist Alliance HQ at Chiaksan, where we've just opened <a href="http://virtualartistsalliance.blogspot.com/2007/04/kinetic-art-exhibit-opening-night.html">an exhibition showing kinetic sculpture</a>, I wanted to show it to her.<br />Finaly, we went to an underwater disco called Motorati. They had a contest going for the best costume... We danced for hours. Never thought going to a virtual disco could be that fun...<br />"This is not a Brancusi Sculpture" dancing...<br /><object height="240" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rG2HFKP-mM8"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rG2HFKP-mM8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="320" height="240"></embed></object>ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-10081773124840059082007-04-03T10:33:00.000+00:002007-04-04T02:14:44.028+00:00SL Humanism discussing art<table><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheicagQIMEnPvmYm5Qj2GHk3wBg67gjgevLbAPzsmf4sy4z6Io3cOovCoa1yLG7MZRyJxYGURJVBkB4BAS_3xeyDTyTv2X2Essc7U5oKi1W4yQn8TeqjD5p74PSbzjMCgdp3r5QXAJvho/s1600-h/human_art.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049149258985887042" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheicagQIMEnPvmYm5Qj2GHk3wBg67gjgevLbAPzsmf4sy4z6Io3cOovCoa1yLG7MZRyJxYGURJVBkB4BAS_3xeyDTyTv2X2Essc7U5oKi1W4yQn8TeqjD5p74PSbzjMCgdp3r5QXAJvho/s320/human_art.jpg" border="0" /></a> <tr><td><p>Boythorn from the SL Humanism group, has taken this very nice initiative to warm up the humanist avatars' senses, hearts and brains before our regular sunday discussion, 2pm at ROMA Humanist Garden.<br />Here's a report from the field trip, Sunday, 2nd April, to a immensely huge art gallery somewhere in Second Life, and futher down some excerpts from this sunday's discussion.<br /><strong>Topic: Humanism & Art: Does Art Convey Knowledge? Interesting beginning point for our discussion here: </strong><a href="http://www.humanismtoday.org/vol10/kurtz.html"><strong>http://www.humanismtoday.org/vol10/kurtz.html</strong></a><strong><br /></strong></p><td><br /><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixORjbMSaNAdtcMeFGPjwJVzxtQZPvK_O0QbfZrZk-yNqHq3vF2doKJOR5BAifwAOS8VnBKPe0EjchGuc5EwMaJ_ezdMHPPjZfgemVGN-VoZp-l0YdJRAqdRoV3Rq7-LB6VlB3IwFukKI/s1600-h/human_art_001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049149263280854354" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixORjbMSaNAdtcMeFGPjwJVzxtQZPvK_O0QbfZrZk-yNqHq3vF2doKJOR5BAifwAOS8VnBKPe0EjchGuc5EwMaJ_ezdMHPPjZfgemVGN-VoZp-l0YdJRAqdRoV3Rq7-LB6VlB3IwFukKI/s320/human_art_001.jpg" border="0" /></a> <tr><td><p>Fieldtrip: We were trying to find some humanist art... Group photo! And then we came up with some great ideas...<br />Doc: now if you could just touch the paintings and travel into their world... sort of a Third Life in Second Life<br />TZ: SL hyperlinks ! a teleporter could do that. It would be fun to make a gallery where each picture is a TP to the place it shows<br />Zen: imposible physics doesn't matter<br />Boythorn: An interactive art gallery. Would change art in the way that a web page changes a document, huh?<br />Then came ideas of notecards with links, imbedded tps...<br />TZ: maybe we could put togethter a simple version and get it exibited, yes, just like the Picks in our profiles..<br />Boythorn: Could even script the paintings. A real interactive experience.</p><p>I guess we were a litle frustrated because this gallery didn't exhibit interactive art. We avatars want to do things! We want action!</p><p><br />Doc: what about statues that walk around<br />Doc: oh, yeah. That's what we are :-(<br />Boythorn: Perhaps one painting would link to another.<br />TZ: we do need more statues that walk, that would be cool<br />Zen: walking statues.<br />Lludmila: Hey~<br />TZ: ah, PP has the right idea<br />I had to put on my wearable sculpture <a href="http://pluraonart.blogspot.com/2007/03/not-brancusi-sculpture.html">"This is not a Branscusi Sculpture"</a>. Sure Plurabelle has got the right idea. : )</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhyKzjhUxf9csFCWDjaKQ3LiYtK_95tx1Mjcq0tBV9HQ3ZbKwCC99juLBws49ztz6L4py14XZHXA-kGTGMC77D7Nh2RWVpJ4UVKQmow6ZAlVkX0yl57GYvpi6h9r75U_ybaly0gvKgAE/s1600-h/human_art_002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049149267575821666" style="WIDTH: 242px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 190px" height="208" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhyKzjhUxf9csFCWDjaKQ3LiYtK_95tx1Mjcq0tBV9HQ3ZbKwCC99juLBws49ztz6L4py14XZHXA-kGTGMC77D7Nh2RWVpJ4UVKQmow6ZAlVkX0yl57GYvpi6h9r75U_ybaly0gvKgAE/s320/human_art_002.jpg" width="278" border="0" /></a> <td><p>More group photos... </p><p>Boythorn: Gather around Zen. (the green frog)<br />Ludmila: oops<br />Boythorn: Everyone in position?<br />Lludmila: I have nooo idea.<br />TZ: nor i ! </p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Then we had a notice from our godfather Torin Golding to hurry over to Humanist Garden for our discussion. I decided to keep my sculpture on.<br />Torin Golding: lol love it plurabelle! you came as some art!<br />Me: hi torin, hi everybody<br />Torin Golding: and some rather phallic art at that ;)<br />Me: OMG is it?! Never thought of that...<br />Torin Golding: it reminds me of these statues on the Greek island of Delos that the ancient greeks made <a href="http://www.the-bear-den.com/travel/2004_08_Cruise/GreekIsles/phallus_2.JPG">http://www.the-bear-den.com/travel/2004_08_Cruise/GreekIsles/phallus_2.JPG</a><br />Me: it's actually a copy of a sculpture of Constantin Brancusi from 1924. Brancusi must have seen that sculpture from Delos!<br /><table><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovSrOdnCKuG8g8_zp0yiuxNbkLQiqY9YU1NSYroK13M8MoTIGebhYQS3HuKAXjCyDD3u4YejNytc_wSpfmKPOqsbpd_vEiCg5gpEKFyGGHHjK-yHPkTfNRDzuZunGC646PaE9fgHEpi8/s1600-h/human_art_004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049149813036668274" style="WIDTH: 191px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 137px" height="178" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovSrOdnCKuG8g8_zp0yiuxNbkLQiqY9YU1NSYroK13M8MoTIGebhYQS3HuKAXjCyDD3u4YejNytc_wSpfmKPOqsbpd_vEiCg5gpEKFyGGHHjK-yHPkTfNRDzuZunGC646PaE9fgHEpi8/s320/human_art_004.jpg" width="248" border="0" /></a> <td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_050WcBnOqAHn3Phyphenhyphen9hVCrjQoIR4OIiJLIfZGH0JEq1JXH5JuSulZOXwbUSscxNv_kTW2hbZZX13tFPfqSVxeIk6EPY-QF3j97HTLGRB4rDV3PDCDPv4NHz9tHUb5PxfV7z_O1Pw_LE/s1600-h/human_art_008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049149817331635586" style="WIDTH: 184px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 137px" height="211" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_050WcBnOqAHn3Phyphenhyphen9hVCrjQoIR4OIiJLIfZGH0JEq1JXH5JuSulZOXwbUSscxNv_kTW2hbZZX13tFPfqSVxeIk6EPY-QF3j97HTLGRB4rDV3PDCDPv4NHz9tHUb5PxfV7z_O1Pw_LE/s320/human_art_008.jpg" width="247" border="0" /></a><br /><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEObp-KPAaiVbkaMMOSbCftAgIkcWXaWpPXHYI4kFvXKZX35Am4mfslhuBWHEgzt8VxVxz80KzrZ-7YA642czjM3IMS2VSAXMkd3xROj-dcttJ1tUzyxhn-KzTNu3PAobTHT7MhMcu6qw/s1600-h/human_art_009.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049149817331635602" style="WIDTH: 187px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 264px" height="291" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEObp-KPAaiVbkaMMOSbCftAgIkcWXaWpPXHYI4kFvXKZX35Am4mfslhuBWHEgzt8VxVxz80KzrZ-7YA642czjM3IMS2VSAXMkd3xROj-dcttJ1tUzyxhn-KzTNu3PAobTHT7MhMcu6qw/s320/human_art_009.bmp" width="223" border="0" /></a> <td>At ROMA Humanist Garden.<br />Me: Oh, there's my sculpture on top of the waterfall!<br />Torin: yep. seen for miles around now Plurabelle<br />(I made that blue humanist logo sculpture. Torin added the plywood box, to make it the SL Humanism logo. )</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />We always start our meetings with a litle this and that:<br />Doc: Just wanted to mention that I've submitted a machinima to the (American) competition about humanism, my video is called 'Humanism in Second Life' and is posted for your delectation (he!) at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=513iP6x_32I">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=513iP6x_32I</a><br />Boythorn: I saw it - very good.<br />Doc: partial credit to Sibelius who wrote the musical score<br /><br />Excerpt from the meeting:<br /><br />Torin: k. we'll then turn to the discussion topic, which we picked to coinicide with the fieldtrip and based on a very interesting idea that has come up a bit in the past in our discussions tangentially.... We circulated the URL for an interesting article from one of the giants of American Humanist thought, <strong>Paul Kurtz</strong> at <a href="http://www.humanismtoday.org/vol10/kurtz.html">http://www.humanismtoday.org/vol10/kurtz.html</a> ....<br />where he asks, does art convey knowledge? He comments that often humanists get criticized for being overly concernd with cerebral aspect of humanism and not on aesthetic and emotional feelings..... so he investigate what is the purpose of art, and how can it fit into the humanist and freethinker world view..... which raises alot of questions on its own..... then just this week an artist got lots of publicity by making a 'chocolate christ' sculpture which received condimation from some corners..... including one of the self appointed spokesmen of american catholics Frank Dobson literally calling for the artists head...<br />Caron: But not as much as "Piss Christ" from a few years ago, I bet!<br />Torin: so what is acceptable art is also of interest to theists now as well.<br />Daya: Guess he should have used dark chocolate<br />Plurabelle Posthorn: white choclate<br /><br />Torin: in the article Kurtz doesn't so much 'define' art, which we know is very difficult, but speaks on art's purpose. He says arts purpose is to 'heigten the senses, raise the level of taste and appreciation, expand the dimensions of experience."<br /><br />Morgana: to an extent, art that doesn't stretch one's comfort zone in some way is just decoration.<br />Ralph: It seems like there are lots of things which Humanism doesn't take a stand on, Skydiving, Beer vs Wine. Why should it have any particular view of art. Isn't that an individual issue?<br />Pilotflame: Christ claimed bread was his body — why not chocolate?<br />Lludmila: Chocolate is the food of the gods.<br />Torin: to use kurtz non-defintion definition, it 'expands dimensions of experience', percieved in a negative way<br />Daya: Even the nutritionists like chocolate these days, chock full of ecg and anti-oxidants<br />Crasuss: Judeo-Christian philosophy dictates that pleasures of the flesh are a sin and should be avoided, so to incarnate the Christ as the ultimate in pleasure food-wise is to disgrace the ethos of that religion.<br />Zen: has anyone seen my chocolate easter bunny?<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Morgana: ignoring the question of whether or not he existed, if you do believe he did, you have to believe he wasn't a eunach...surely that'd have been mentioned?<br /></span>Doc: Depictions of Jesus reveal an unhealthy fascination with religion (and statues made of chocolate reveal an unhealthy obsession with milk chocolate)<br />Pilotflame: And what wine, the blood a Christ, gives no pleasure?<br /><em>(Plurabelle Posthorn whispering:</em> <strong><em>Worst thing about secular humanist meetings is that there is so much talk about Jesus and christianity... but the chocolate part I liked...)<br /></em></strong><br />Lludmila: Wine was the only safe thing to drink - and it wasn't drunk straight.<br />Doc: shouldn't humanist art build on positive values about humans?<br />Torin: another interesting point that kurtz makes touches on ralphs comment- that humanism is a big mansion with many people focusing on different areas of humaist experince- politics, service, atheism, etc- Is there something DISTINCTIVE to humanism, and is anything in art DISTINCTIVE to humanism<br />Morgana: per the question of why humanists might have a rationale for getting involved in the art world... art is communication. Attempts to censor or keep it all so safe that no one ever has to think or risk being offended.... that seems to me something that matters a lot to us as humanists. it's the media people object to - it's the message. And if one form of that message is censored, aren't the ideas themselves at risk?<br />Crasuss: To me, art is a concept which can be used as a tool to change perception by challenging it.<br />Doc: what about self-censorship.... should an artist accomodate the feelings of others?<br />Torin: and not even 'invoved in the art community'. How do we experience art in our private lives? Do we give that as much attention as the cerebral parts of Humansim? Should we?<br />Mickey: Do we? I don't know. Should we? Yes of course.<br />Sees: So there's an aspect to art that tries to tap into a 'universal' meaning. Isn't there?<br />Crasuss: Does Humanism rely on Idealism or Rationalism?<br />Sahara: the problem between Humanism and art, is that this last works more on feelings than mind and rational<br />Daya : Although a peice of music, such as Bach's Mass in B minor was written with a religious purpose in mind, I can certainly appreciate it for it's beauty. I don't have to be "religious" to groove on it.<br />Mickey: Sahara, so? feelings are part of being human as well as rationality.<br />Doc: which deals with 'what is human nature'<br />Morgana: you can be as rational as you're capable of being, but art and philosophy and everything else that triggers ideas are the ways to have a vocabulary of thought large enough to be intelligent.<br />Boythorn : Kurtz mentions a need to "revivify humanism by relating it more closely to the arts"; however, I think instead we must revivify the arts by relating them more closely to science.<br />Nexus: Art to me is the expereices that casues us to pause, to think and to feel ... to transcent the moment ...and to experience that which makes us human and call us to humanism ... the power of the human mind to create and to engage... and it is this engagement that art communicates is message .. and that message can be independent of the intention of the artist ... In this way art has a very broad definintion ... and a direct relationship to a broad definition of humanism.<br />Doc: art involves seduction and structure, as well as a vision<br />Temple: Is this discussion art?<br />Torin: sees the kurtz article makes an interesting refute of the idea art = truth<br />Daya: Here is what Wikepedia has, for what it's worth: The term art is used to describe a particular type of creative production generated by human beings, and the term usually implies some degree of aesthetic value. An artist makes a work of art for various purposes, such as creating an experience for others or as part of a ritual. There is no general agreed-upon definition of art, since defining the boundaries of "art" is subjective, but the impetus for art is often called human creativity.<br />Boythorn: The differences in perception demonstrates why you must define art from the vantage of the perceiver.<br />Boythorn: A toilet may very well be art to some, but to others it will not stimulate a change in their consciousness.<br />Sees: I seem to remember that DuChamp's urinal was recently voted the top piece of 20th century art.<br />Daya: It might be interesting to explore artistic creations as "memes".<br />Morgana: infact, I recall a study I read about a few years ago about annoying radio jingles in ads.... apparently, the more irritating it is, the more likely that later you remember the product, but don't associate it with the annoyance. but if you like something, you tend to remember the pleasure and forget the cause of it.<br />Boythorn: That is why there is a convergence between the changes that can be provoked by art and the direct changes that can be caused by a surgeon.<br />Ralph: A Humanist postion on Art is like a humanist position on choclate vs. vanilla.<br />Doc: Pissing off (or pissing on) your customers gets their attention, and they never forget you, but it's not the best approach....<br />Torin: I dont think there needs to be a humaist position on 'art', but how can one see and experience art as part of ones humanism.<br />Daya: I like the theme the Ralph has been developing here -- is it necessary for there to be a humanist perspective on every human activity?<br />Crasuss: I think the very notion of humanism is essentially art in and of itself.<br />Sees: I'm still not sure that your definition is on the right track. I think that to qualify art needs to be able to speak to more than a single person.<br />Ralph: I think that Humanists should feel free to disagree about every aspect of art.<br />Torin: its the left side of the brain that kurtz says humanists dont engage with enough, or have the reputation of not engaging with enough<br />Crasuss: I think "humanism" should be very careful, because if I understand correctly, humanism is essentially a "live and let live" philosophy, am I wrong?<br />Boythorn: Art seems very useful as a tool for humanism but I take issue with Kurtz's notion that it should be used to inspire. Inspire is the wrong word. Educate and enlighten would be better.<br />Torin: yes temple. kurtz makes the explicit point about Leni Reifenstahl (sp?) and her films. beautiful propaganda. Again back to an emotional response.<br />Doc: Was Soviet realism under Stalin art?<br />Torin: to some i'm sure Doc. maybe not to those living in it.<br />Zen: anyone up for a nude chocolate darwin?<br />Crasuss: I think the reason why it's so hard to define art is because it does not want to be found. The only time art is revealed is for that brief moment before it realizes it's been seen, then vanishes into obscurity. Art does not WANT to be seen. Art is the antithesis of conformity, and humans demand conformity to survive as part of our natural instincts. We demand order.<br />Ralph: What about Roman Catholic "art" Were those pictures and statues art?<br />Sees: I was thinking the same about Gothic Cathedrals. Spires reaching to the heavens, men small in the giant naves.<br />Crasuss: A statue is a statue. Whether that statue is art or not depends on what the perception of the person looking at it determines it to be.<br /><em>Plurabelle whispers: My humanist logo sculpture is not art...<br /></em>Crasuss: Yes, my back hurts. And I'm hungry.<br />Torin: these benches are not the most comforrtable<br />Sahara: actually I'm sleepy, very late my side ...<br />Mo: Art is also manipulative, at times.<br />Torin: yes mo </p><p><br />Torin, our good godfather, always has the meeting minutes posted to the group an hour or so after the meeting. If a member you can get the whole minutes from a notecard giver in ROMA Humanist Garden.<br />Freethinkers of all kinds are welcome to our group!</p>ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-72213709987050751722007-04-02T00:53:00.000+00:002007-04-02T08:53:16.613+00:00Report from Trollhaugen<object width="320" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A2c_3dUwSpg"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A2c_3dUwSpg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="240"></embed></object>ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-51187748023360621462007-03-31T19:55:00.000+00:002007-04-01T00:55:34.482+00:00Upgrade!Last friday the 22nd of March I attended a <a href="http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/about.html">Upgrade! Boston</a> gathering streamed directly to Second Life, hosted by the Emerson College SL, landmark: Emerson College Island, Emerson Island (182, 112, 23), the real life event taking place at real life <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_College">Emerson College</a>, Boston (I think). See Wirxli Flimflams lively report of the SL event <a href="http://wirxliflimflam.blogspot.com/2007/03/upgrade-boston-in-slagain.html">HERE</a>, including a litle criticism about the technical problems we're still facing with these new live broadcasting possiblilies.<br />There were to speakers: <a href="http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/03_22_07EG.html">Eric Gordon, "The Digital Possessive: Private Spaces in Public Space",</a> and <a href="http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/03_22_07CZ.html">Show'n Tell</a> about her book <a href="http://webaffairsbook.info/webAffairs1.html">"web Affairs"</a>, "webAffairs is an artist's documentary of an adult video web community. In this book the artist, Show-n-tell, tells her story of being a voyeur and eventually becoming part of this community through a series of images and actual chat text. She participates in the community both as an observer and a performer. " Fun thing she told at the end of her speach was that she has tried the sex life of Second Life too. You can hear what she said in my litle video from the event:<br /><object width="390" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mMRIGT_DStU"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mMRIGT_DStU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="390" height="300"></embed></object><br />Now, Upgrade! is new to me so I wanted to find out more about it.<br />The <a href="http://theupgrade.net/">Upgrade! International</a> organization - International network of gatherings concerning art, technology and culture has about 20 nodes around the world and more coming, also one in Second Life. About Upgrade! International's mission <a href="http://theupgrade.net/mission.html">HERE</a>. "Upgrade! is an international, emerging network of autonomous nodes united by art, technology, and a commitment to bridging cultural divides." It's supported by other organizations like Eyebeam, Turbulence.org, New Media Scotland, Art Centre Nabi, The Western Front, The Society for Arts and Technology (SAT), InterSpace, i-camp, DCA, CCA, No-Org.net, Art Interactive, NOMAD/santralistanbul, program angels/lothringer13, Open-Node.com, t-u-b-e, C-M.TV, Lisboa 20, AT. joburg, University of the Witwatersrand, Ars Longa, 911 Media Arts Center, Ars Virtua / BitFactory (Second Life). Links to all these organizations you'll find <a href="http://theupgrade.net/index.html">HERE</a> at the bottom of the page.<br /><br />25th of March there will be a lecture or a panel discussion moderated by Eric Gordon (aka Boston Borst) at the Museum of Science, Boston, called <strong>"The Art of living a Second Life",</strong> with with Wagner James Au (aka Hamlet Linden), embedded journalist in Second Life; John Lester (aka Pathfinder Linden), community manager for Linden Lab; John (Craig) Freeman (aka JC Freemont), artist in Second Life (who was our host at Emerson College SL last friday). The lecture is one of the events in <a href="http://cyberarts.qc1.net/bca/events2007/index.php">the Boston Cyberart festival</a>. It seems this lecture is going to be streamed into Second Life too.ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-43043081693724098262007-03-31T12:31:00.001+00:002007-03-31T13:40:12.898+00:00Kristin and Nina going Ohrsk<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJsf9OrVsn2AEUOl8G2JjFFPdVb_bAtfZSgewUlj8xTWgvG4HXQKI-g1vikrCsrLfeoYzY_OSwmu9E1U4IFhvjbnV6zkrNeeJ0tI9VYhz4x1wRCMr3wZV-Y7VIe4-NqPXkBtcczgLmyWj/s1600-h/kristin_opem.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048040861070775602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJsf9OrVsn2AEUOl8G2JjFFPdVb_bAtfZSgewUlj8xTWgvG4HXQKI-g1vikrCsrLfeoYzY_OSwmu9E1U4IFhvjbnV6zkrNeeJ0tI9VYhz4x1wRCMr3wZV-Y7VIe4-NqPXkBtcczgLmyWj/s400/kristin_opem.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />.. at Klæbu, Norway. The image over shows two ceramic objects made by <strong>Kristin Opem,</strong> which I bougth from her on my vistit to Klæbu just recently. I also visited her workshop and was allowed to try my abilities at the potter's wheel. To my sorrow I've never realy managed this technique, but with some instructions from Kristin and a litle time for my self at the wheel I did manage better than I ever have done before.<br />Kristin's great idol is the american potter <a href="http://www.georgeohr.org/index.asp?step=3&cat=52">George Ohr</a> (1857-1918), also called <strong>the mad potter from </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biloxi,_Mississippi"><strong>Biloxi</strong></a><strong>.<br /></strong><blockquote><strong>Ohr's skills exploded when he became</strong> an "artist-potter." His claim there were "no two alike" was true. The pinched, folded and twisted clay forms,thinness of the clay wall, fluidity of form, tendril-like handles, and freshness of Ohr's the creations illustrate a technical skill that is still unrivaled. One hundred years later, potters marvel at his skill and cannot rightly say exactly how it was done. Critics of the day praised Ohr's glazes, but as his admiration for pure forms executed in clay increased, he left many pieces unglazed in bisque form. He believed only in this state could the form be clearly perceived. Today we have a legacy of Ohr's bisque pieces that act as a sampler of his pinches, folds, and fabulously thin-walled clay creations.</blockquote><br />And I must say I share Kristin's enthusiasm after having poked my nose into <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bookSearch/isbnInquiry.asp?r=1&ISBN=0896599272">the marvellous book about Ohr</a> which lays on her kitchen table.<br />My poor attempts at the potter's wheel ended up a litle more <em>Ohrsk</em> than I had planned, but then again, the deform and even vulgar seem to come rather easy to me.<br /><table><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOZWIL3dbnoZxJU7FKY-l9dsBXhDauiwY229UH6W7o3ogAp1gkCYeVQ_tZCtVZPVZQOYMYEf8t1bPNQ4O6seoCHju1lEkxpKNKWYnXLLLsfi7D27jc_i2EO3_GOPgl9jOfvqqoXGIzRDF/s1600-h/nina_ohrsk01.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048039070069413138" style="WIDTH: 203px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 283px" height="305" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOZWIL3dbnoZxJU7FKY-l9dsBXhDauiwY229UH6W7o3ogAp1gkCYeVQ_tZCtVZPVZQOYMYEf8t1bPNQ4O6seoCHju1lEkxpKNKWYnXLLLsfi7D27jc_i2EO3_GOPgl9jOfvqqoXGIzRDF/s400/nina_ohrsk01.jpg" width="213" border="0" /></a> <td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbo3lmvfoZ40NR5zSy2YCjL9c7WR1C5IuWpe0M2LOjWi1UMUhOI_EFwyXdyHmcDr_dvb4uXxPIdcxt8KtD3JQ8dLxLlyiouFjOuGBjrSOIiQOqCn6Jw7Te8myDVaK9piHtyb598QVjTEjz/s1600-h/nina_ohrsk02.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048039070069413154" style="WIDTH: 208px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px" height="316" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbo3lmvfoZ40NR5zSy2YCjL9c7WR1C5IuWpe0M2LOjWi1UMUhOI_EFwyXdyHmcDr_dvb4uXxPIdcxt8KtD3JQ8dLxLlyiouFjOuGBjrSOIiQOqCn6Jw7Te8myDVaK9piHtyb598QVjTEjz/s400/nina_ohrsk02.jpg" width="260" border="0" /></a><br />My vulgarisms in clay.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The day after, me and Kristin had a session in her pottery: she was making thin vases at the potter's wheel, I was deforming them.... Together we are OHR! (No images of the result yet.)<br />Links to George Ohr <a href="http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/features/feature27/ohr.html">HERE</a>,<a href="http://artscope.net/VAREVIEWS/georgeohr1006.shtml"> HERE</a>,<a href="http://www.erieartmuseum.org/programs/exhibits/virtual/ohr/george_ohr_textpanels.html">HERE</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_E._Ohr">HERE</a>, <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/issues/2004/february/biloxi.php?page=1">HERE</a>.<br />A new Ohr Museum is under construction in Biloxi, Missisippi, USA, drawned by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gehry">Frank Gehry</a>. It was damaged by the Hurrican Katharina, but is expected to open in 2007.ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-40758473560772503262007-03-20T23:03:00.000+00:002007-03-20T23:04:28.973+00:00A new Performance by Eva and Franco Mattes!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf3vWu8ebln6w8qq43xSAL3GAQO3DKNNggB8NS1Lg2ey-MDzEllvU3SSxX0vackeMVjbyKGUUinsfzSEzwm7eoXaXAS2WJPbWadEamwrYQJcPV9gEUZ_f5XuPJzvAK9NncQlikQc0_PTbZ/s1600-h/7000oaks_001.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044123408717971906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf3vWu8ebln6w8qq43xSAL3GAQO3DKNNggB8NS1Lg2ey-MDzEllvU3SSxX0vackeMVjbyKGUUinsfzSEzwm7eoXaXAS2WJPbWadEamwrYQJcPV9gEUZ_f5XuPJzvAK9NncQlikQc0_PTbZ/s400/7000oaks_001.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Go to <strong>Cosmos Island</strong>! Find this pile of stones and receive this notecard:</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><blockquote><strong>"Eva and Franco Mattes (a.k.a. 0100101110101101.ORG): "Joseph Beuys's 7000 Oaks"<br /></strong><br />This basalt stones and oaks are part of a performance by Eva and Franco Mattes a.k.a. 0100101110101101.ORG) consisting in <strong>the reenactment of Joseph Beuys' work called "7000 Oaks"</strong> . Beuys's project begun on March the 16th 1982, at Documenta 7, in Kassel. His plan called for the planting of seven thousand trees, each paired with a columnar basalt stone, throughout the world as part of a global mission to effect environmental and social change.<br /><br />The Mattes reenactment begun in Second Life's Cosmos Island, where <strong>the first virtual tree and stone was planted on March the 16th 2007,</strong> exactly 25<br />years after the original oak got planted. The project will end once 7000 virtual<br />stones and trees will be placed all around Second Life.<br /><br />This work is part of Eva and Franco Mattes series of "Synthetic Performances", reenactment of historical performances, by artists like Chris Burden, Vito Acconci and Marina Abramovic, in online Synthetic Worlds such as Second Life.<br /><br />If you want to be part of this project contact Eva and Franco Mattes in-world (sending an IM to Pei Twang or Pei May), you will be given a Basalt Stone and an Oak tree which you can plant anywhere in SL. Note that the stone and the tree need to be planted in pairs.<br /><br />For more info check: <a href="http://www.0100101110101101.org/">http://www.0100101110101101.org/</a>"<br /><br /></blockquote></div>More about Eva and Franco Mattes syntetic performances (will be available later) <a href="http://www.0100101110101101.org/home/performances/performance-export.html">HERE</a>.<br />They are the artist behind "13 most beautiful Avatars".<br /><br />About the original Beuys project <a href="http://www.diacenter.org/ltproj/7000/">HERE</a>.<br /><br />I have IMed them to get an oak tree or two... But they have 7000 of them! Get one you too, and be a part of their ongoing performance!<br /><br />Oh, I just log in again and have received my tree, and I met <strong>Pei Twang</strong>:<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitip1_DfZ5HXPQ0L-CpeIslUbbprMI4iBkRd2Pdtm4bz8keNhmFgwLshErhVjQYP8Si3Iu6LuKi3p3i84bIGP8EX9Zk7-ICoU1HApUl7-wiJAd2P9xnrkKXvyZpiYEbLQ9abJPglZsNxFw/s1600-h/peitwang_001.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044135417446531538" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitip1_DfZ5HXPQ0L-CpeIslUbbprMI4iBkRd2Pdtm4bz8keNhmFgwLshErhVjQYP8Si3Iu6LuKi3p3i84bIGP8EX9Zk7-ICoU1HApUl7-wiJAd2P9xnrkKXvyZpiYEbLQ9abJPglZsNxFw/s320/peitwang_001.bmp" border="0" /></a>[15:01] Pei Twang gave you 7000 Oaks.<br />[15:00] Pei Twang: (Saved Tue Mar 20 22:53:13 2007) hi plurabelle! I left the tree and a stone in your inventory. Would be great to have the locations in which you put them to take photo documentation. let me know...ciao Pei/Eva<br />[15:03] Pei Twang: please pass the tree and stone to anyone you like<br /><br />I asked Pei (picture to the right) how long she thought it would take before all the trees were planted.<br /><br />Pei Twang: I think it'll take months<br />Pei Twang: the original performance went on for 5 years<br />Me: hm, yes, oh!<br />Pei Twang: we are not in a hurry :-)<br />Pei Twang: some peolple already asked to have a tree and stone to plant<br />Me: Can I copy the tree and stone as many times I like?<br />Pei Twang: yes!<br />Pei Twang: please try to make a record of how many you planted and where<br />Me: ok, so I will give you a message when I plant a new one?<br />Pei Twang: we are asking everyone to give us an idea of how many they put and where<br />Pei Twang: and we take photo documentation<br />Me: so, you will travell around to docoment it yourselves?<br />Pei Twang: yes we'll take photos of the places in which we are told there are a tree and stone planted<br />Pei Twang: and we are also making a video documentation<br />Pei Twang: with several locations<br />Me: ok, nice!<br />Me: I'm going to plant it in my two parcels<br />Pei Twang: let me know when you have it planted and i'll come to document<br />Me: sure!<br />Pei Twang: thanks for your contribution<br />Pei Twang: ciao<br />Me: fun to be part of it!<br />Me: ciao</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGXg9U2lT0uBeUtFRMrU39Tviubu21q_Eeq3L-xd1JLQtFi-_6BXf__0UGitt7hc1Ttgf8BCQwBc8gbO6wX-vdLzIo1qPeUQgT9BJSy6Fr-g3BLSlDAxTSCXF9luCM8Bv6BCUYABND48r/s1600-h/peitwang_002.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044143109732958706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGXg9U2lT0uBeUtFRMrU39Tviubu21q_Eeq3L-xd1JLQtFi-_6BXf__0UGitt7hc1Ttgf8BCQwBc8gbO6wX-vdLzIo1qPeUQgT9BJSy6Fr-g3BLSlDAxTSCXF9luCM8Bv6BCUYABND48r/s200/peitwang_002.bmp" border="0" /></a>Here's the tree plantet on my parcel at Trollhaugen.</div><br /><br /><em>Plurabelle Posthorn</em>ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-92174930189231298952007-03-19T16:32:00.000+00:002007-04-04T02:17:57.102+00:00Artisan Galleria Legacy Tower, Second Life, is opening March 24<table><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jhbPIonB8Qoxa8jae61IGUCSU4dO8scZnoEbtXVaFmzQhOaSy99Q1BDv9hfx8OHoxM8a5JCD3BRj1XKxhMgLrOwHAcWwXEvo49nxMocmOGx1Bhmh5MBB8jbhMRln4NRH-AJ_ejI5mGc/s1600-h/sneekpeekofmarshexhibit_001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043677012542885730" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jhbPIonB8Qoxa8jae61IGUCSU4dO8scZnoEbtXVaFmzQhOaSy99Q1BDv9hfx8OHoxM8a5JCD3BRj1XKxhMgLrOwHAcWwXEvo49nxMocmOGx1Bhmh5MBB8jbhMRln4NRH-AJ_ejI5mGc/s320/sneekpeekofmarshexhibit_001.jpg" border="0" /></a> <tr><td><strong>Jordan Morgenrote</strong> has put up her second gallery, an absolutely beautiful building and lovely space for exhibiting art, at Bellatrix. The construction is made by <strong>Muzicole Undertone</strong>. It's called <strong>Artisan Galleria Legacy Tower</strong>. She's planning even another tower nearby.<br />The first exhibition at <strong>Artisan Galleria Legacy Tower</strong> will open this saturday, 24th of March .<br />I will be in teh show, on the 4th floor.<br />There are 6 floors, and 7 artists: <strong>Jasmine Digital, Gracie Kendal, Rezago Kokorin, Lasla Mannock, Plurabelle Posthorn, Xzavier Taov </strong>and<strong> Elros Tuominen.</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7xgy3YAnarkMXTCjO3K683epL4kOuoqhCeS6J051VLQ43TIy8dPG1bgz74bw9c0YFhi4PG0ikuUMf3zotELUla_jeUD6RwdIMdJKDkqY8PtD6XmxDBmbwoyNMloFQDti54sqD3pLG00/s1600-h/sneekpeekofmarshexhibit_002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043677021132820338" style="WIDTH: 179px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px" height="212" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7xgy3YAnarkMXTCjO3K683epL4kOuoqhCeS6J051VLQ43TIy8dPG1bgz74bw9c0YFhi4PG0ikuUMf3zotELUla_jeUD6RwdIMdJKDkqY8PtD6XmxDBmbwoyNMloFQDti54sqD3pLG00/s320/sneekpeekofmarshexhibit_002.jpg" width="288" border="0" /></a> <td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6jfaHqX5clI4baI9KJpjcwdrguJBshHHN46nQWbxrVjEuB6R0r65iT57mhtYvQwWzNcOM_m-PCuhe-PETQrQDYd7H6eulnOYVrpbQZm-4LquOxHYKqmV6JfwYTk3ZzxP5UZqZgG3cD4/s1600-h/sneekpeekofmarshexhibit_003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043677025427787650" style="WIDTH: 209px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 137px" height="177" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6jfaHqX5clI4baI9KJpjcwdrguJBshHHN46nQWbxrVjEuB6R0r65iT57mhtYvQwWzNcOM_m-PCuhe-PETQrQDYd7H6eulnOYVrpbQZm-4LquOxHYKqmV6JfwYTk3ZzxP5UZqZgG3cD4/s320/sneekpeekofmarshexhibit_003.jpg" width="307" border="0" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />Here's a sneak peek of <em>my floor</em>... </p><p>Landmark: Artisan Galleria at Bellatrix, Bellatrix (218, 217, 26)<br /><br /><em>Plurabelle Posthorn</em> </p>ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-86431444579791819642007-03-19T16:06:00.000+00:002007-03-19T16:24:07.912+00:00the Nordic Council's Literature Prize 2007"<a href="http://www.norden.org/nr/pris/lit_pris/uk/index.asp?lang=6">The Nordic Council's Literature Prize</a> is awarded for a work of imaginative literature written in one of the Nordic languages. This can be a novel, a play, a collection of poetry, short stories or essays, or other work. The work must meet high literary and artistic standards."<br /><br />"The Swedish author <strong>Sara Stridsberg</strong> has won <a href="http://www.norden.org/nr/pris/lit_pris/2007/uk/vinnare.asp">the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize 2007</a> for her work <strong>'The Dream Faculty' ('Drömfakulteten')."</strong><br /><br />"Her [<strong>Sara Stridsbergs</strong>] second novel ‘<strong>The Dream Faculty’</strong> was published in 2006, this time a fictitious story about <strong>Valerie Solanas</strong>, the woman who will go down in history for writing the ultra-feminist manifesto <strong>SCUM</strong> (Society for Cutting Up Men) in the sixties and who later, after having tried to co-operate with <strong>Andy Warhol</strong>, shot and seriously injured him.<br />Sara Stridsberg has also translated the SCUM manifesto into Swedish and written a play about Valerie Solanas. <em><strong>The fictitious story in ‘The Dream Faculty’ is that the author visits Valerie Solanas at the end of her life in a room in the Bristol Hotel in the red-light Tenderloin District of San Fransisco, where Valerie Solanas was living where she died in 1988, kneeling by the bedside, sick and wretched, aged 52."</strong></em>ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309204778732585863.post-83625556544753012952007-03-10T17:58:00.000+00:002007-12-21T19:37:55.223+00:00This is not a Brancusi Sculpture<em>Written by Plurabelle Posthorn</em><br /><br />To day, 10th of March, we are opening a new exhibition, a groupshow, at the <a href="http://virtualartistsalliance.blogspot.com/">Virtual Artist Alliance</a> HQ in <a href="http://www.secondlife.com/?u=f581f4deb6c325a3917b60b9f3ff57b2">Second Life</a>.<br />I will be showing my "Not a <a href="http://hirshhorn.si.edu/collection/print.asp?ID=66.611">Brancusi</a> Sculpture"-SL snapshot serie along with my wearable "This is not a Brancusi Sculpture" sculpture. People can get the wearable sculpture for free. So that they can walk around being a "This is not a Brancusi sculpture". People are free to change it in whatever way they want.<br />This blog post will keep track of what happens to the sculpture after it has left it's creator.<br /><table><tbody><tr><td>Picture below: Me dressed in a pink "This is not a Brancusi Sculpture" at Trollhaugen, my new home. And having opening nerves...! </td><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyD2sP8I6rSse_UVGi_Xerud82-wx4kdELeeXLNAZZ93jAlNH7VM_owyiQp8QT-3V7VCW1tEDGgBiQWN5FcxJBsTJuy4FBenX7V10klT6o2vNkcDCXG88PowE68Dc6JDPUUs-CA3Omq-0/s1600-h/pinknotabrancusi_002.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040420618443894978" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyD2sP8I6rSse_UVGi_Xerud82-wx4kdELeeXLNAZZ93jAlNH7VM_owyiQp8QT-3V7VCW1tEDGgBiQWN5FcxJBsTJuy4FBenX7V10klT6o2vNkcDCXG88PowE68Dc6JDPUUs-CA3Omq-0/s320/pinknotabrancusi_002.bmp" border="0" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />2nd of April, 2007: Me wearing the sculpture at a humanist field trip and at our weekly humanist discussion. <a href="http://pluraonart.blogspot.com/2007/04/sl-humanism-discussing-art.html">LINK</a><br />4th of April, 2007: Raspirit and Plurabelle on Muse Island, VVA HQ, and Motorati underwater disco. <a href="http://pluraonart.blogspot.com/2007/04/this-is-not-brancusi-sculpture.html">LINK</a><br />Sunn Thunders in Wicked Witch Woods <a href="http://pluraonart.blogspot.com/2007/04/sunn-thunders-on-wicked-witch-woods.html">LINK</a><br />Brancusi at Stephen Hilras gallery, dec 2007 <a href="http://pluraonart.blogspot.com/2007/12/not-brancusi-at-stephen-hilras-gallery.html">LINK</a>ninsvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05351982614950746744noreply@blogger.com0