Virtual Flux:two afternoons of interventions in Second Life
virtual units, (dis)emodied.
Curated by Jeremy Turner of Second Front, Skawennati Tricia Fragnito (xox Voyager), James Morgan of Ars Virtua & invited by Natalie Loveless
Friday October 19, 2007, 2-5pm, performed in Second Life and screened @ the Western Front
and Saturday October 20, 2007, 2-5pm, performed in Second Life and screened @ the Western Front
The Avatar Performance Stream will be performed entirely in the on=line virtual world of Second Life, showcasing 10 performances by artists who are exploring virtual reality as a new medium for performance art. broadcast live at the Western Front. The Avatar Performance Stream has been developed by LIVE Director of Avatar Development Jeremy Turner (Wirxli Flimflam), in partnership with James Morgan (Rubiayat Shatner) [Ars Virtua] and Natalie Loveless (Loveless Finsbury). A special curatorial initiative by Skawennati Tricia Fragnito (xox Voyager) is being developed with the 2007 LIVE Per formance Art Biennale support of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace (AbTeC). Taking their influences from numerous sources, including Dada, Fluxus, Futurist Syntesi, the Situationist International and contemporary performance artists, Second Front creates a 21st Century Theatre of the Absurd that challenge notions of virtual embodiment, online performance and the formation of virtual narrative.
OCTOBER 19th
2 pm // All nOObs are Sailors/ The Siren Act 2 // Fau Ferdinand
2:30 pm // You Want A Piece Of Me? // Bea Box (Bea Parsons)
3 pm //The Dream Never Dies (Just The Dreamer)// Bonnie Quaite (iheart Kuri)
4:00-5:00 pm // Skin Relations 1 // Tagny Duff
OCTOBER 20th
2:00-2:30 pm // Wow! Tran Spire visits World of Warcraft // Tran Spire
2:30-3:00 pm //RGB (Events, 3 color score) // Man Michinaga
3 pm Second Front (new Ars Virtua sim)
3:45 pm Nyko Nakamura
4:15-5:00 pm // PERFORMOLOGY REMIX #2 // Tagny Duff/Margaret Dragu