NOW: De Kunstvlaai / Art Pie International

PLANETART PRESSRELEASE:

One of the largest art festivals in the Netherlands:

De Kunstvlaai / Art Pie International

shows also art wich is only visible from Second Life.

10-18 May 2008 at the Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam + in Second Life

De Kunstvlaai is the alternative Dutch art fair, founded as reaction
on the commercial art fairs. This year PLANETART <http://www.planetart.nl>,
organisation of the multimedia art, expands the Kunstvlaai into Second Life.

Virtual Worlds Mash-up

Art can be admired, only visible through Second Life, to use the possibilities of new worlds optimal and also to give international visitorsthe ability of visiting the Kunstvlaai as intense as possible in a digitalway. Besides this, the visitors of the Kunstvlaai are offered the possibilty of exploring Second Life, under the guidance of DutchX and Meta.Live.Nu, in the Flexbar at the Westergasfabriek terrain

Discover the undiscovered

The Flexbar is the place for interactive media art. In the main room the
installation Virtual Mash up is present. A collection of wide screen video
projections, computer networks and monitor installations with art mixed from
a range of virtual worlds as Second Life, Webkinz, Barbieworld,
Disneyfaries, MissBimbo, Wii interfaces, and several other games and
gamehacks. Contributions from i.e. Joane Leandre, Edo Paulus, Arahan
Claveau, Ichibot Nishi, Nebulosus Severine, Sandwoman Petion
and by students of the Rietveld art academy and
the VU University Amsterdam.

Edo Paulus http://www.eude.nl
Nebulosus Severine http://chromotive.blogspot.com
Arahan Claveau http://www.crabcult.com

The main locations of De Kunstvlaai - API in SL are:

Virtual Holland
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Holland/126/125/23
secondlife://Virtual%20Holland/126/125/23

and

Amsterdam SL
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Amsterdam%202/150/250/25
secondlife://Amsterdam%202/150/250/25

At several big sims announcements will be placed with big screens, works of art
and a teleport, like on Rotterdam, Groningen, Enschede, Dublin, Diegoland
(San Diego), Zurich, Museum of Robots & SS Galaxy (cruiseship).

More info: http://www.planetart.nl/kunstvlaai.htm

*Powered by:*
Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, STAD ENSCHEDE, Dutch Exchange, Engage
Tactical Media, Workx, AKI, it-staffing, H&S computerservices, VU University
Amsterdam, Westergasfabriek, Meta.Live.Nu

*PLANETART*, organisation for the multimediakunst, organises since 1995
festivals , exhibitions, manifestations and projects. Founded in the
Netherlands, Twente and since 2007 also structually active in Amsterdam.

Images from a live performance by Nebulosus Severine and Arahan Claveau at AmsterdamSL

Kunstvlaai API images group : flickr.com/groups/kunstvlaai

Snapshots taken at Amsterdam sims are also welcome at
flickr.com/groups/slamsterdam
Snapshots taken at Groningen sims are also welcome at
flickr.com/groups/slgroningen
All snapshots taken at any dutch sims are also welcome at
flickr.com/groups/slnl

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Mixed reality: Displaced Resonance

[2008/04/03 14:22] A group member named Mencius Aeghin gave you Live Mixed Reality IDIAA Event, BSU Island.

_____________________________________________________________
Mixed reality interactive installation happening now
2008-03-22 12:14:14 note card
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HAPPENING NOW UNTIL 11PM SLT
March 22nd 2008

Displaced Resonance

A Virtual Interactive Sound Installation by

Taggert Alsop
Sho Himmel and
Mencius Aeghin

Live event happening now in RL and SL. Please drop in at:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ball%20State%20University/132/118/23

Virtual interpretation of physical work by Michael Pounds, currently installed at the New Music Festival at Ball State University

Please also explore our newly opened sim. Thanks!

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[14:26] Mencius Aeghin: Hello welcome
[14:26] You: ahoy
[14:26] Mencius Aeghin:
[14:26] You: thank you
[14:26] You: i saw your announcement

[14:26] Mencius Aeghin: the installation is interactive in RL and SL
[14:26] You: cool
[14:27] Mencius Aeghin: great please look around
[14:27] Mencius Aeghin: if you play media you can see the installation in RL
[14:27] Mencius Aeghin: jiust getting started

[14:34] Taggert Alsop: Hello welcome
[14:36] You: hi
[14:36] You: does the stream have some upload problems?
[14:37] You: its digital blurry often
[14:37] Taggert Alsop: yeah its a bit laggy today

[14:37] Notecard giver owned by Mencius Aeghin gave you ‘Mixed reality interactive installation happening now’ ( http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ball%20State%20University/151/12/21 ).
[14:37] Notecard giver owned by Mencius Aeghin gave you ‘Displaced Resonance by Michael Pounds’ ( http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ball%20State%20University/151/12/22 ).

[14:38] You: I like that you give out ‘physical’and ‘virtual’notecard versions
[14:38] Taggert Alsop: thank you
[14:38] You: very good as well, you didn’t use the word ‘real’ instead of physical[2008/04/03 14:39] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: MystiTool Controller 1.0: /1 help - Free memory: 4286
[14:40] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: Entering chat range: Taggert Alsop (19m)

[14:40] Int Sculpture TOP 7: Touched.

[14:40] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Unknown / 6c7e5e0c-4456-4e0f-b57e-9e4b86d5ec9f) [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 7]: Touched.
[14:40] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin)+ [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 7]: Touched.

[14:41] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: Entering chat range: AngryBeth Shortbread (3m)

[14:42] You: Hi Beth
[14:42] You: check this out
[14:42] AngryBeth Shortbread: hey yp
[14:42] You: its live

[14:42] Int Sculpture TOP 9: Touched.
[14:42] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin). [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 9]: Touched.
[14:42] Int Sculpture TOP 8: Touched.
[14:42] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin). [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 8]: Touched.

[14:42] You: play video

[14:42] Int Sculpture TOP 5: Touched.
[14:42] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin). [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 5]: Touched.
[14:42] Int Sculpture TOP 4: Touched.
[14:42] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin). [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 4]: Touched.

[14:43] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: Entering chat range: CallieDel Boa (4m)

[14:43] You: hey callie
[14:43] You: play video
[14:43] You: and check this
[14:43] CallieDel Boa: Hi Ze :))
[14:43] CallieDel Boa: kk

[14:44] Int Sculpture TOP 9: Touched.
[14:44] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin). [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 9]: Touched.
[14:44] Int Sculpture TOP 9: Touched.
[14:44] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin). [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 9]: Touched.
[14:44] Int Sculpture TOP 6: Touched.
[14:44] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin). [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 6]: Touched.
[14:44] Int Sculpture TOP 6: Touched.
[14:44] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin). [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 6]: Touched.
[14:44] Int Sculpture TOP 5: Touched.
[14:44] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin). [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 5]: Touched.
[14:44] Int Sculpture TOP 4: Touched.
[14:44] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin). [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 4]: Touched.

[14:45] Taggert Alsop: welcome everyone
[14:45] AngryBeth Shortbread: hello
[14:45] CallieDel Boa: Thank you Taggert
[14:45] Taggert Alsop: Hi AngryBeth

[14:46] Int Sculpture TOP 5: Touched
[14:46] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin). [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 5]: Touched.
[14:46] Int Sculpture TOP 2: Touched.
[14:46] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin). [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 2]: Touched.
[14:46] Int Sculpture TOP 2: Touched.
[14:46] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin). [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 2]: Touched.
[14:46] Int Sculpture TOP 2: Touched.
[14:46] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin). [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 2]: Touched.
[14:46] Int Sculpture TOP 1: Touched.
[14:46] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin). [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 1]: Touched.

[2008/04/03 14:48] CallieDel Boa: Is this live
[2008/04/03 14:48] Taggert Alsop: Hi everyone
[2008/04/03 14:48] Taggert Alsop: yes it is live
[2008/04/03 14:48] Taggert Alsop: about a 10 sec delay
[2008/04/03 14:49] You: could you please explain us what is happening here Taggart?
[2008/04/03 14:49] AngryBeth Shortbread: I better behave
[2008/04/03 14:49] Taggert Alsop: streaming off an isight on an imac
[2008/04/03 14:49] Taggert Alsop: lol
[2008/04/03 14:49] Taggert Alsop: noo
[2008/04/03 14:49] Taggert Alsop: dont behave too much
[2008/04/03 14:49] Taggert Alsop: well there are kids here i suppose
[2008/04/03 14:49] Taggert Alsop: in RL
[2008/04/03 14:49] CallieDel Boa: Yes we knew that
[2008/04/03 14:49] You: do they see us?
[2008/04/03 14:49] Taggert Alsop: This is Mencius actually
[2008/04/03 14:49] Taggert Alsop: yes they see you
[2008/04/03 14:49] Taggert Alsop: it is open to the public
[2008/04/03 14:49] CallieDel Boa: Ohhh
[2008/04/03 14:49] CallieDel Boa: Awesome!
[2008/04/03 14:50] Taggert Alsop: lol
[2008/04/03 14:50] Taggert Alsop: omg
[2008/04/03 14:50] Ze Moo waving at the kids
[2008/04/03 14:50] Taggert Alsop: :))))
[2008/04/03 14:50] Taggert Alsop: they love it
[2008/04/03 14:50] Taggert Alsop:
[2008/04/03 14:50] You: wich direction is the camera?
[2008/04/03 14:50] CallieDel Boa: Hello everyone !
[2008/04/03 14:50] CallieDel Boa: if anyone has any questions be sure to ask a mentor .. we are here to help
[2008/04/03 14:50] Taggert Alsop: yes we see both of you
[2008/04/03 14:50] CallieDel Boa giggles
[2008/04/03 14:50] You: can they read the chat?
[2008/04/03 14:50] Taggert Alsop: yes
[2008/04/03 14:50] Taggert Alsop: lol
[2008/04/03 14:50] You: Hi there!

[2008/04/03 14:51] Taggert Alsop: good dancing skill AngryBeth
[2008/04/03 14:51] CallieDel Boa: Hello welcome to your future.. well immediate

[2008/04/03 14:51] Taggert Alsop: we use your whiteboards here
[2008/04/03 14:51] Taggert Alsop: you make great things in here
[2008/04/03 14:51] Taggert Alsop:
[2008/04/03 14:51] CallieDel Boa: Hahaha
[2008/04/03 14:51] Taggert Alsop: this is Mencius Aeghin actually

[2008/04/03 14:51] AngryBeth Shortbread: thanks
[2008/04/03 14:52] Taggert Alsop: Mencius Aeghin is my avi
[2008/04/03 14:52] Taggert Alsop: i am just running taggert
[2008/04/03 14:52] Taggert Alsop: we are logged in as another avi right now
[2008/04/03 14:52] Taggert Alsop: :)))

[2008/04/03 14:52] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: [CallieDel Boa - Ch.2]: aura

[2008/04/03 14:53] Taggert Alsop: lol
[2008/04/03 14:53] Taggert Alsop: great avi

[2008/04/03 14:53] You: what are the pillars we see in the gallery?
[2008/04/03 14:53] Taggert Alsop: they are tubes
[2008/04/03 14:53] Taggert Alsop: with sound
[2008/04/03 14:53] Taggert Alsop: speakers underneath
[2008/04/03 14:54] Taggert Alsop: proximity sensors
[2008/04/03 14:54] Taggert Alsop: change the shape of the sound

[2008/04/03 14:54] Taggert Alsop: live processing piece
[2008/04/03 14:54] Taggert Alsop: using a program called Max/MSP
[2008/04/03 14:54] CallieDel Boa: Facinating
[2008/04/03 14:54] Taggert Alsop: a composer we work with did the physical installation
[2008/04/03 14:54] AngryBeth Shortbread: love Max/Msp - and PD
[2008/04/03 14:54] Taggert Alsop: oh cool
[2008/04/03 14:55] Taggert Alsop: you use that AngryBeth?
[2008/04/03 14:55] AngryBeth Shortbread: I dabble - more playing with Processing myself
[2008/04/03 14:55] Taggert Alsop: right processing
[2008/04/03 14:55] Taggert Alsop: ahh
[2008/04/03 14:55] Taggert Alsop: cool stuff

[2008/04/03 14:55] CallieDel Boa: Very, I love things like this
[2008/04/03 14:55] You: no voice enabled here?
[2008/04/03 14:56] Taggert Alsop: should be
[2008/04/03 14:56] CallieDel Boa: I am aways aazed
[2008/04/03 14:56] Taggert Alsop: you should be able to talk

[2008/04/03 14:56] Int Sculpture TOP 4: Touched.
[2008/04/03 14:56] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin). [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 4]: Touched.
[2008/04/03 14:56] Int Sculpture TOP 4: Touched.
[2008/04/03 14:56] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin). [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 4]: Touched.
[2008/04/03 14:56] Int Sculpture TOP 1: Touched.
[2008/04/03 14:56] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: Mencius Aeghin). [Obj. Name: Int Sculpture TOP 1]: Touched.

[2008/04/03 14:56] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: [CallieDel Boa - Ch.2]: noaura

[2008/04/03 14:57] Taggert Alsop: you should be able to hear us a little
[2008/04/03 14:57] Taggert Alsop: i am sure we are pushing things a little too hard network wise
[2008/04/03 14:57] Taggert Alsop: lol
[2008/04/03 14:57] Taggert Alsop: so far so good..sorta
[2008/04/03 14:57] CallieDel Boa: Yes

[2008/04/03 14:57] You: so you run the stream server in the same place?

[2008/04/03 14:58] You: i dont hear video sound
[2008/04/03 14:58] Taggert Alsop: well its strange
[2008/04/03 14:58] CallieDel Boa: I don’t either?

[2008/04/03 14:58] Taggert Alsop: we are off campus but have to vpn in to stream
[2008/04/03 14:58] Taggert Alsop: introduces some lag
[2008/04/03 14:58] Taggert Alsop: we wil refine it later

[2008/04/03 14:59] You: lets get under the video screen for a group picture with the girls

[2008/04/03 14:59] Taggert Alsop: the video normally looks good
[2008/04/03 14:59] Taggert Alsop: but we are having to do some contortions

[2008/04/03 14:59] Taggert Alsop: sounds fun
[2008/04/03 15:00] Taggert Alsop: who brought their camera?
[2008/04/03 15:00] Taggert Alsop:

[2008/04/03 15:00] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: Entering chat range: Ninah Puchkina (18m)

[2008/04/03 15:00] You: i like the contortions
[2008/04/03 15:01] You: makes it look more real!

[2008/04/03 15:00] Ninah Puchkina: hiya
[2008/04/03 15:01] You: hey ninah!
[2008/04/03 15:01] Ninah Puchkina: hey ze moo
[2008/04/03 15:01] You: get next to me ninah and play video
[2008/04/03 15:01] Ninah Puchkina: hi callie, everyone
[2008/04/03 15:01] Taggert Alsop: hi Ninah
[2008/04/03 15:01] You: right of me please
[2008/04/03 15:01] Taggert Alsop: dont cross the beams
[2008/04/03 15:01] Taggert Alsop: streams
[2008/04/03 15:02] AngryBeth Shortbread: contain Ze
[2008/04/03 15:02] Taggert Alsop: lol
[2008/04/03 15:02] You: lol
[2008/04/03 15:02] AngryBeth Shortbread: contain Taggery
[2008/04/03 15:02] Taggert Alsop: LOL
[2008/04/03 15:02] AngryBeth Shortbread: contain Taggert
[2008/04/03 15:02] Taggert Alsop: too funny
[2008/04/03 15:02] Ninah Puchkina: what’s happening?
[2008/04/03 15:02] Taggert Alsop: oh oh
[2008/04/03 15:02] You: wow i want one!
[2008/04/03 15:02] Taggert Alsop: ahhhhh
[2008/04/03 15:02] Ninah Puchkina: hahaa

[2008/04/03 15:03] You: Taggert: can you rebake Character please?
[2008/04/03 15:03] CallieDel Boa is Offline
[2008/04/03 15:03] Taggert Alsop: rebake?
[2008/04/03 15:03] Ninah Puchkina: what is this?
[2008/04/03 15:03] Taggert Alsop: so funny
[2008/04/03 15:04] You: Ctrl-Alt-R
[2008/04/03 15:04] You: Your Avatar has missing images
[2008/04/03 15:04] Ninah Puchkina: hey z, i can’t stay actually- i’m at RL work now
[2008/04/03 15:04] Taggert Alsop: oh i see
[2008/04/03 15:04] Ninah Puchkina: looks interesting though whatever ur doing
[2008/04/03 15:04] Peda’s Staff: All Go

[2008/04/03 15:04] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (Owner: AngryBeth Shortbread) [Obj. Name: Peda's Staff]: All Go

[2008/04/03 15:04] You: ok Ninah, did you see the video?
[2008/04/03 15:04] Taggert Alsop: lol
[2008/04/03 15:04] Ninah Puchkina: nope
[2008/04/03 15:04] AngryBeth Shortbread: flutterby

[2008/04/03 15:04] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: (AngryBeth Shortbread) [Peda's Staff - Ch.3]: on

[2008/04/03 15:05] Ninah Puchkina: i see butterflies now though
[2008/04/03 15:05] Taggert Alsop: ha
[2008/04/03 15:05] You: the video is above us
[2008/04/03 15:05] Ninah Puchkina: ah
[2008/04/03 15:05] Ninah Puchkina: ok i see it now

[2008/04/03 15:06] Taggert Alsop: that is the physical installation that inspired the virtual piece
[2008/04/03 15:06] Taggert Alsop: the sounds were recorded in japan
[2008/04/03 15:06] AngryBeth Shortbread: I do like the pipe piece in RL

[2008/04/03 15:06] You: so how is it interfaced?
[2008/04/03 15:06] You: apart from the video?
[2008/04/03 15:07] Taggert Alsop: well it uses proximity sensors
[2008/04/03 15:07] You: between SL and PL i mean
[2008/04/03 15:07] Taggert Alsop: so physical interaction shapes the sound in live processing
[2008/04/03 15:07] Taggert Alsop: well
[2008/04/03 15:07] Taggert Alsop: they are more parallel now
[2008/04/03 15:07] Taggert Alsop: the dont directly connect at the moment

[2008/04/03 15:07] CallieDel Boa is Online

[2008/04/03 15:07] Ninah Puchkina: sorry guys i gotta fly
[2008/04/03 15:07] Taggert Alsop: see you

[2008/04/03 15:07] Taggert Alsop: we are working on sending midi in and out
[2008/04/03 15:08] Taggert Alsop: of SL
[2008/04/03 15:08] Taggert Alsop: so we can control events on either side
[2008/04/03 15:08] Taggert Alsop: but are not there yet

[2008/04/03 15:08] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: Entering chat range: CallieDel Boa (19m)

[2008/04/03 15:08] Taggert Alsop: using a webserver that will pass info back and forth
[2008/04/03 15:09] AngryBeth Shortbread: you could try using HTTP request to link up both sides

[2008/04/03 15:09] A group member named ByrneDarkly Cazalet gave you Tart Gallery, Slustleria (67, 234, 28).

[2008/04/03 15:09] Taggert Alsop: have you done this angrybeth?
[2008/04/03 15:09] Taggert Alsop: that is one approach we are trying
[2008/04/03 15:10] AngryBeth Shortbread: not a full back and forth - I’ve done things from SL - that updated a Flash object
[2008/04/03 15:11] Taggert Alsop: we’re playing with a Ruby on Rails webapp that can be accessed and updated from multiple sites.
[2008/04/03 15:11] Taggert Alsop: Second life, real life installations, etc.

[2008/04/03 15:11] A group member named Caissa Amat gave you Gaori Community Art Gallery, Gaori (102, 124, 33).

[2008/04/03 15:11] Taggert Alsop: Everyone could change parameters and trigger events
[2008/04/03 15:11] AngryBeth Shortbread: sounds like your doing complex stuff - mostly I kept it to simple things that would send a little chunk of data thru a php script
[2008/04/03 15:11] Taggert Alsop: It’s essentially the same thing.
[2008/04/03 15:12] Taggert Alsop: Except we have a central location that many installations could query and update.

[2008/04/03 15:12] AngryBeth Shortbread: I did hear rumour someones made a midi class for LibSL
[2008/04/03 15:12] Taggert Alsop: Funny. I wonder what the delay is like.
[2008/04/03 15:12] Taggert Alsop: You could wrap midi in the http requests too.
[2008/04/03 15:13] AngryBeth Shortbread: yep, I suppose its just living with the latency

[2008/04/03 15:13] You: HEEEE WOW!!!
[2008/04/03 15:14] You: I now see the live video in your landmark!
[2008/04/03 15:14] You: Brilliant!!
[2008/04/03 15:14] You: i have to do that next time as well, great idea

[2008/04/03 15:14] Taggert Alsop: Do you know of any way to communicate in/out of SL that has less latency?
[2008/04/03 15:14] Taggert Alsop: I’m glad you like the video.
[2008/04/03 15:14] AngryBeth Shortbread: before HTTP request - we just had Email

[2008/04/03 15:15] You: Do you guys also see live video in the LM window?

[2008/04/03 15:15] AngryBeth Shortbread: XML-RPC - but not been fully implemented in SL
[2008/04/03 15:15] Taggert Alsop: We’re working out the issues with broadcasting all of our concerts over in the performance hall behind you.
[2008/04/03 15:16] AngryBeth Shortbread: I think morse codes good as well

[2008/04/03 15:16] Second Life: Items coming in too fast, automatic preview disabled for 10 seconds.

[2008/04/03 15:16] Taggert Alsop: Yes I see it too.
[2008/04/03 15:16] AngryBeth Shortbread: you can put the media streaming texture on particles too - that looks great
[2008/04/03 15:17] Taggert Alsop: That could be pretty cool
[2008/04/03 15:17] Taggert Alsop: We’ll have to play with it.
[2008/04/03 15:17] AngryBeth Shortbread: see you peeps - its late in UK time for bed
[2008/04/03 15:18] Taggert Alsop: G’night.
[2008/04/03 15:18] Taggert Alsop: Nice to meet you

[2008/04/03 15:18] AngryBeth Shortbread is Offline

[2008/04/03 15:22] CallieDel Boa: Sorry crashed and phone..
[2008/04/03 15:23] Taggert Alsop: wb
[2008/04/03 15:23] CallieDel Boa: Thanks

[2008/04/03 15:23] Taggert Alsop: i am going to relog sec
[2008/04/03 15:23] Taggert Alsop: laggy for me
[2008/04/03 15:23] Taggert Alsop: brb
[2008/04/03 15:23] CallieDel Boa: Good idea, very laggy they are doing a load management

[2008/04/03 15:26] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: Entering chat range: Taggert Alsop (3m)

[2008/04/03 15:26] CallieDel Boa: I’ll br back business call

[2008/04/03 15:26] You: wow i toook some great pics of this
[2008/04/03 15:27] You: sorry, i am getting carried away with LM video art lol
[2008/04/03 15:27] Taggert Alsop: back
[2008/04/03 15:27] Taggert Alsop: that is really cool
[2008/04/03 15:27] Taggert Alsop: i didnt know it did that
[2008/04/03 15:27] Kryptonia Paperdoll is Offline
[2008/04/03 15:27] Taggert Alsop: but it makes sensse since it the the media texture

[2008/04/03 15:28] Taggert Alsop: can you guys see the video still?

[2008/04/03 15:29] CallieDel Boa: Still on the phone
[2008/04/03 15:29] Taggert Alsop:

[2008/04/03 15:30] You: yes
[2008/04/03 15:30] You: video working
[2008/04/03 15:31] You: Who is you in the video?

[2008/04/03 15:31] CallieDel Boa: There’s a edia sow dowtown Sunday, computer.. I just got a ticket
[2008/04/03 15:31] CallieDel Boa: media*
[2008/04/03 15:31] CallieDel Boa: This type of thing

[2008/04/03 15:31] You: can i take a portrait of you next to the videscreen with you also on the video?
[2008/04/03 15:31] You: so avatar + physical you

[2008/04/03 15:31] CallieDel Boa: How col
[2008/04/03 15:32] CallieDel Boa: so cool!
[2008/04/03 15:32] CallieDel Boa: er
[2008/04/03 15:32] CallieDel Boa: I am lgging ery baly
[2008/04/03 15:33] Taggert Alsop: we are repositioning the camera for your portrait
[2008/04/03 15:33] CallieDel Boa: Who’s?
[2008/04/03 15:33] Taggert Alsop: how does it look? we cant see the video
[2008/04/03 15:34] Taggert Alsop: ze moo’s
[2008/04/03 15:34] You: looks fantastic!!
[2008/04/03 15:34] CallieDel Boa: I see e, loos good:))
[2008/04/03 15:34] Taggert Alsop: good
[2008/04/03 15:36] Taggert Alsop: got enough shots?
[2008/04/03 15:36] CallieDel Boa: 1 more
[2008/04/03 15:36] Taggert Alsop: ok

[2008/04/03 15:38] A group member named Amber Bracken gave you Wheelerwood’s @ Faith Bay, Faith Bay (37, 60, 21).

[2008/04/03 15:38] You: wow got some great shots thanks!
[2008/04/03 15:39] CallieDel Boa: Yes me too thank you
[2008/04/03 15:39] Taggert Alsop: cool. I’d love to see some.
[2008/04/03 15:39] CallieDel Boa: One moent ifI can with all this lag
[2008/04/03 15:39] You: i am uplaoding right now
[2008/04/03 15:40] You: callie turn please
[2008/04/03 15:40] You: with your back to the video

[2008/04/03 15:42] CallieDel Boa: I am ging tohave t relog

[2008/04/03 15:44] Taggert Alsop: Thanks Callie
[2008/04/03 15:45] CallieDel Boa: Thank you Tggert,I would like to see if you do this again.
[2008/04/03 15:46] Taggert Alsop: we are planning on offering many live events
[2008/04/03 15:46] You: yes, please me too
[2008/04/03 15:46] Ze Moo is live-media /cross-reality fetishist
[2008/04/03 15:47] You:
[2008/04/03 15:47] CallieDel Boa: I am lgging adly.. I lookforwar to ths agai
[2008/04/03 15:47] Taggert Alsop: thanks

[2008/04/03 15:47] You: So Taggert you have another moment?
[2008/04/03 15:48] You: For a few questions?
[2008/04/03 15:48] You: For our blog?
[2008/04/03 15:48] Taggert Alsop: sure

[2008/04/03 15:49] You: Could you please give us a short introduction about who you are ?
[2008/04/03 15:50] You: And what you do
[2008/04/03 15:50] You: Where you are from?

[2008/04/03 15:51] Taggert Alsop: I am a member of the Music Technology faculty at Ball State University in Muncie, IN
[2008/04/03 15:51] Taggert Alsop: I am a faculty fellow for IDIAA which is the art institute that developed the island we are on right now
[2008/04/03 15:52] Taggert Alsop: i helped to develop the installation to our left which is an interpretation of an interactive RL sound installation
[2008/04/03 15:52] You: IN = Indiana USA?
[2008/04/03 15:53] Taggert Alsop: correct

[2008/04/03 15:53] You: For what purpose was this island developed?
[2008/04/03 15:54] Taggert Alsop: The development started as a project that focused on the development of an in world machinema course
[2008/04/03 15:54] You: aha

[2008/04/03 15:55] You: Do you consider broadcasting live machinima at all?
[2008/04/03 15:55] Taggert Alsop: out of that concept came the inclination to also develop campus, the bell tower, the building to our right and the large library are all

staples of Ball State University
[2008/04/03 15:56] Taggert Alsop: Im sure that could greatly be a possibility, i am not as involved in the machinema program as i am on developing more in world interactive

pieces

[2008/04/03 15:59] You: So what exactly is the space we see in the livevideostream?
[2008/04/03 16:01] Taggert Alsop: it is a studio space owned by the university

[2008/04/03 16:01] CallieDel Boa is Offline

[2008/04/03 16:02] Taggert Alsop: there is an open house the first thursday of each month where we present different works by faculty or students

[2008/04/03 16:03] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: Entering chat range: Artemis Reina (19m)

[2008/04/03 16:03] You: i see
[2008/04/03 16:04] You: So why did you choose to work with SL? And not some other virtual world or games orso?
[2008/04/03 16:06] Taggert Alsop: blackboard is an online eductional tool, they offered a grant for the development of a cirriculum that could talk between a virtual world

and itself, this came after we had started to explore SL and it seemed like the perfect opportunity to go ahead with the machinema cirriculum

[2008/04/03 16:06] MystiTool HUD 1.0.21: Entering chat range: Artemis Reina (17m)

[2008/04/03 16:06] Taggert Alsop: this has all been developed by Mencius Watts
[2008/04/03 16:07] Taggert Alsop: he had a cinema course that he designed in RL and used it as the launching pad for his machinema cirriculum in SL

[2008/04/03 16:09] You: Could you be more specific what makes SL more interesting for you compared to other metaverses or games?
[2008/04/03 16:10] Taggert Alsop: it is more accessible, more developed, and has a larger community

[2008/04/03 16:12] You: ok, last questions:
[2008/04/03 16:12] You: What is the next event theme gonna be? What is it gonna be about?
[2008/04/03 16:13] You: And what are you hoping to get out of all this?
[2008/04/03 16:13] You: what are you aiming for?

[2008/04/03 16:13] Taggert Alsop: Thats a good question, i don’t have a clear answer for you there as far as events go, we do want to re-work the installation a bit more
[2008/04/03 16:14] Taggert Alsop: as far as goal we are hoping to have the machinema course available to students and distance education learners for credit

[2008/04/03 16:14] You: Is this studio open for exhibit to the public or only for students and University personel?
[2008/04/03 16:15] Taggert Alsop: The space we are currently in is public, but the classrooms and studios are private and secure
[2008/04/03 16:16] Taggert Alsop: but this island is public

[2008/04/03 16:17] You: ok, well thank you very much for this interview
[2008/04/03 16:17] You: And for your hospitality
[2008/04/03 16:17] Taggert Alsop: you are welcome, thank you
[2008/04/03 16:17] You: Keep us posted about your live events please
[2008/04/03 16:18] Taggert Alsop: will do
[2008/04/03 16:18] You: I will publish this interview at http://Meta.Live.Nu . Thank you for a very intesting experience!

BSU.edu/cmd

BSU.edu/cfa

DigitalIntermedia.org

Videos: Virtual Web Symposium Amsterdam

Video-on-demand of the Virtual Web Symposium online now!

Watch these very interesting lectures, showcases and interviews in Flash video here: eduverse.org/index.php/symposia

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27 feb.: Virtual Web Symposium, Amsterdam [update]

At De Balie, wednesday 27 februari 2008, from 15:00 hrs till around 22:00 hrs CET

Extensive report about this conference at blog.mindblizzard.com

Report (NLs) at Upthevortex.nl

This event includes Scientists, Educators, Web Specialists, 3D Designers, Artists, Technicians and others. There will be demonstrations, lectures and discussions (both live and virtual) about Education and the Future of the Virtual Web

For a list of participants and more detailed info see eduverse.org

LIVE INTERNET BROADCAST

25 feb.: EFA First Fusion fashion show [update]

A live parallel worlds experiment: A fashion show in the metaverse Second Life and probably for the first time simultaneously a simular fashion show physically on the streets.

UPDATE:

• Report by the Ewing Fashion Agency

• VIDEO ( .wmv) and text report (NLs) by At5 Nieuws  - This is the Amsterdam television Lunch News report. The evening news had a shorter report but with a bit of SL video included. This last one is not online unfortunatly.

• SL snapshots by Tillie Ariantho

• SL snapshots by Laura18 Streeter

• SL snapshots by CallieDel Boa

• Photo’s and report at MindBlizzard.com

• Photo’s and report (NLs) at  UpTheVortex.nl

 

The First Fusion fashion show is projected live from Second Life on a window of De Balie  towards the street, behind the physical show outside at Leidseplein in Amsterdam .

(image by EFA)

 (Snapshots taken at the EFA First Fusion show by Tillie Ariantho)

The EFA First Fusion fashion show at the First Meta sim in Second Life is organized by the Ewing Fashion Agency

The First Fusion fashion show outside of De Balie is organized by The Artists Advice.

More info in english:

EwingFashionAgency.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/first-fusion-you-are-cordially-invited

EwingFashionAgency.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/press-release-simultaneous-second-life-real-life-show

Meer informatie in het Nederlands: www.debalie.nl/artikel.jsp?podiumid=media&articleid=214542

LiveCam Clip, the eyeball camera avatar was filming for the live broadcast

(Another snapshot by Tillie Ariantho)

Sonic Acts XII Festival / Conference

Sonic Acts XII CONFERENCE BROADCAST Live from De Balie, Amsterdam, NL

Sonic Acts XII festival takes place between 21 - 24 February 2008 in Amsterdam. The twelfth edition of this festival is devoted to The Cinematic Experience and includes an international conference, a wide range of concerts and performances, an exhibition and a diverse programme of films. The 2008 edition promises a comprehensive overview of the cinematic experience. Recent technological developments in digitalisation, higher-definition imagary and sound, ever-faster communication networks and new types of portable video players make it necessary to re-address the question of what cinema actually is. Developments such as experiential spaces, immersion and sublimation in contemporary music and visual arts add to the urgency of this question.

Video coming up on www.debalie.nl/terugkijken

$299 Thought Control

“Gamers are able to move objects in the world just by thinking of the action.”

BBC report: ”Brain control headset for gamers”

“The headset could be used to improve the realism of emotional responses of AI characters in games”

Tan Le, Emotiv

PLAY BBC VIDEO

(Link thanks to nootski in DFM IRC)

Another BBC report:

“Japanese researchers claim to have found a way to control a computer character by thinking about it.”

Play video: .asx (.wmv) or  .ram (.rm)

21 feb.: I, Avatar

21 februari 18:00 CET:

It promises to be a very interesting Mediamatic Beauty Parlour #06 this thursday: Artist, writer and engineer Mark Meadows (aka Pighed Stonecutter) presents his new book: I, Avatar

At Club 11, on the 11th floor of the Post CS building, Oosterdokskade 5, Amsterdam, NL. Reservations via mediamatic.net/pighed

An exhibition with Mark Meadows work can be seen at PLANETART, Weteringschans 179, Amsterdam.

blog.mediacatalyst.com/pivot/entry.php?id=354

What is an avatar? Why are there nearly a billion of them, and who is using them? Do avatars impact our real lives, or are they just video game conceits? Is an avatar an inspired rendering of its creator’s inner self, or is it just one among millions of anonymous vehicles clogging the online freeways? Can we use our avatars to really connect with people, or do they just isolate us? And as we become more like our avatars do they become more like us?  

In I, Avatar, Mark Stephen Meadows answers some of these questions, but more importantly, he raises hundreds of others in his exploration of avatars and the fascinating possibilities they hold. His examination of avatars through the lenses of sociology, psychology, politics, history, and art, he will change the way you look at even a simple online profile and revolutionize the idea of avatars as part of our lives, whether first or second.

 

“As someone that has worked with virtual worlds for over 15 years, I’m only now beginning to see the weak signals and evidence of high enough technical, social, financial, and visual caliber in the work that it is attracting people. Millions of them.”

“When you look at avatars, please think of these people as settlers. You can see them more clearly if you think of them as early traders and frontiersmen who are colonizing a new world.”

Mark Meadows

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boar.com/books/avatars

“Mark Meadow’s virtual creatures are not your next door neighbours–or are they? Leaving behind 1990s cyberculture and its underground aesthetics, with Meadows we descend into a maelstrom of Identity 2.0 in which business, leasure, sexuality, labour and fashion melt into one.”

Geert Lovink, Media Theorist, Net Critic and Activist.

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After the first attack on Iraq, Mark Meadows hitchhiked from Kuwait to Baghdad in 2003, wanting to experience first hand what the mass media filters might not reveal to the public.

boar.com/days/03-05-20_iraq  

 it was clear basra was wounded. i couldnt tell where the wound was (sometimes its hard to tell what is wrong when it is so goddam big, or when we are so goddam small), but i could tell it was there. basra was wounded, but it was also still very alive. people were selling vegetables, water, generators, tools, services, and friends were meeting on sidewalks, talking. i found an art gallery that was tucked into the basement of a bombed out admin building. these guys had set it up and were selling canvases out of it. one painting i found was by a painter named Manal Kheroulah. she’s a 23-year old painter at the basra college of fine arts. i like that.

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This video shows a fascinating interview with Mark Meadows. Produced at Xmedia lab, Singapore, 18 november 2005.

boar.com | bore.com | boor.com

17 feb.: Eh Oh (Italian version)

A crossmedia adaptation of the classic play ‘Eh, Joe’, by the legendary Samuel Beckett.

 THE ITALIAN SPOKEN VERSION 

At the Teatro Massimo Falcone e Borsellino - Nuova Sicilia sim, 100,170,23 Second Life.

Performance time of this show:

• 21:00 CET (SL noon PST)

This night is exclusive to the Nuova Sicilia Community as this is an experiment. With ‘ Eh Oh’ , we look forward to testing several new aspects of SL Theatre production - including SL to SL live streaming video for facial close-ups of the actors in real time.

Please join the ‘Nuova Sicilia Friends‘ group in Second Life, for access to this virtual theatre show.

Starring:

• Dutch actor - Cupido Oh

• Italian actress - Supernova Amat

Directed by: SaveMe Oh

Stage design: Don Laprade

Live stage MachinimaCam: LiveCam Clip

Live stream director/producer: Ze Moo

‘Eh Oh’ premiered 11 november 2007

The second performance was at 15 december 2007 (watch the video report)

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Thanks to: Nuova Sicilia (SL sim community), Meta.Live.Nu (art & media lab), De Balie (theatre in Amsterdam, NL), Engage Tactical Media (streaming media  services)

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When the Nuova Sicilia sim is full:

Please watch the show for free inworld SL at De Dam square at the Amsterdam 2 sim (Thanks to 3Dutch.com)

Or  watch at Alexanderplatz at the NewBerlin sim (thanks to BERLINin3D.com)

Or watch live on the web 

Please join the SL group ‘Meta.Live.Nu‘ for help and info about this facility and other Meta.Live.Nu projects.

15 feb.: New Berlin Art Festival

The newBERLIN Art Festival is on friday 15 februari 2008 and starts at 16:00 CET (= SL  7 am PST) at the newBERLIN sims in Second Life

Meta.Live.Nu will be joining with:

“ATT” (Avatar Tower Television / Avatar Turm Tv)

• 18:30 CET (= SL 8 am PST)
• 00:00 CET midnight (= SL 3 pm PST)

                    http://slurl.com/secondlife/New%20Berlin/123/123/123

Interactive-information-remix-live-performance-art with and around the NewBerlin  Fernsehturm. The audience is invited to fly around and hoover next to the television tower to be feedbacked and projected live on the tower textures.  The audience avatars are part of this information-art piece. The Fernsehturm will be a tower shaped television.

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Please click MEDIA TAB to play streaming video in Second Life! (Quicktime Player install neccesary).

All this alsobroadcasted live on the web.