Saturday, November 7, 2009

VB 12 Cast

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VB12

LANDSCAPES WITH A CORPSE

The VB Cast envisions their mortal farewells
@
Petruchio
a sim by
Leto Zerbino
&
Steel Howlett
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Petruchio/88/166/530

ANCIENT GREECE
unwomaned "corpse map"-giver station

We lost so many in just one day
the oldest was Lyssa, born on 12 September 06
just two days older than TinTin
The youngest was Taisie, barely rezzed on 3 June 09
two months after LadyKath and Vaneeesa

We loved them all in their time
we miss them more than words can express

UNDERSEA ATLANTIS

Glenn Milneaux
24 December 2008 - 7 November 2009

LadyKath Avon
26 April 2009 - 7 November 2009

Eos Akina
20 August 2007 - 7 November 2009

Graine Macbain
29 March 2009 - 7 November 2009

STONEHENGE

Forceme Silverspar
19 October 2007 - 7 November 2009

SKYPARK
Agnes Sharple
5 September 2008 - 7 November 2009

ANCIENT EGYPT

Friday Blaisdale
3 June 2008 - 7 November 2009

Jami Mills
1 March 2007 - 7 November 2009

SUNKEN CAR

Lyssa Varun
12 September 2006 - 7 November 2009

Vaneeesa Blaylock
11 April 2009 - 7 November 2009

FRANKENSTEIN'S CEMETERY
Lasch Avro
10 January 2008 - 7 November 2009

Tintin Tuxing
14 September 2006 - 7 November 2009

WIND CHIME
NightOwl Meridoc
29 December 2008 - 7 November 2009

Taisie Sugarplum
3 June 2009 - 7 November 2009

Zola Zsun
20 December 2008 - 7 November 2009

Astrud Sands
11 March 2007 - 7 November 2009

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

The Joy of Getting Yelled At

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I was talking to an SL artist today... who's work, at least on a formal level, is pretty interesting. In my aesthetic take, their conceptual ideas were fairly obvious, perhaps rewarding to a casual observer, but not running as deep as I thought the interesting formal technique might be able to be taken.

I almost gave the artist some critical feedback, but managed to shut my mouth before I did. It wasn't my really sense that the artist was interested in critical discourse, rather, more that the artist was interested in being congratulated.

Yelling Season Begins February 1st from Nataliedee

When you go to art grad school, it's almost guaranteed that the work you make when you leave, will not be the same as the work you made when you came in. Hopefully this is a good thing. If you really like the work you're making now -- my advice -- don't go to grad school!

Some institutions are famous for screaming at artists, others use a somewhat gentler hand, but either way, it's really a process of critical self-analysis. There's a lot of "have you read this," "did you think about that," "you probably need to look at these works,"...

What I didn't fully appreciate until today when I shut my mouth before giving this artist what, in my mind, would have been helpful feedback that might have assisted in taking their work to a deeper, richer, more compelling place, is that grad school is one of the few places where anybody actually wants feedback.

Out here the general attitude is, "I am artist, worship my genius." In grad school it's "you are shit, let's at least try to make it interesting shit! :P

I'm not a fan of scream therapy... but I'm also not a fan of my-work-is-too-brilliant-and-perfect-to-be-dissected. I'd love to see more critical discourse in this little world of ours.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

VB12 Announcement

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Saturday 7 November 09
Noon-2pm SLT (PST)

V A N E E E S A . B L A Y L O C K / C O M P A N Y
p e r f o r m a n c e . a r t i s t s

present

=== VB12 • LANDSCAPES WITH A CORPSE ===
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Petruchio/62/157/3007

Do virtual avatars die?
Physical typists do!
And one way or another, virtual avatars leave this world all the time.

Yet, here in SL we are probably MORE in denial of death than even in RL.

On 7 November, VB/C will drape their elegant corpses around Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, Atlantis, Stonehenge... all in the extraordinary sim that is Petruchio.

On arrival, visitors will receive a "hunt map" and "memory box." The map tells you how many corpses to look for in each landscape, and the memory box lets you collect the memory bottles you'll find by the side of each corpse. The memory bottles contain words, images, and even the corpse's death pose, so visitors can lie in solidarity with the deceased.

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

VB on XStreet

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You can now visit VB on XStreet. We've started putting our fine art giclee prints on XStreet, available Full Perm for L$0 (free speech and free beer)

We've placed:
• The first 5 Moment prints
• The first print from our new Twin series
• A Donation box
Everything we do and make will always be Free & Open, but we're still working artists, so we've gone ahead and included an L$250 donation box for those who'd like to help the company out.

https://xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=385989

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Friday, October 23, 2009

Artist: Hippocrates

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kk - he was actually a physician, but he said one of the most famous things ever said about art, 2,450 or so years ago:

Ars longa, vita brevis

Life is short... art endures...

We cry when the Taliban destroys ancient Buddhas...
We'll spare no expense to eek a few more years out of the Mona Lisa

It's a remarkably beautiful sentiment.

Well, except, OUR art DOESN'T!!!

Ours is a performance art company that makes ephemeral art. We "document" it with 2D images and temporal videos (machinimas) but the art is entirely fleeting. In fact it's site-specific work and we don't perform the same piece twice.

You have to be there.

It's a live experience.

Yes, the lag sucks... still... we hope it's a small price to pay... for a, we hope, timeless experience...

VB Previz #28 - Running Fence

I know it's been done IRL, but how amazing it would be to do this out of avatars holding hands! I guess if we wanted to cross a 256-meter SIM, it'd take, like, uh, 256 avatars!?

The logistics of this boggle my mind. But what a "performance." We really need to find a way to make this happen. Perhaps for the company's 1-year anniversary in April 2010?

Oh... and then there's the sim's "agent limit" -- hmm -- we'd have to find a place with water, and/or a sim-crossing. If it's a 60-agent sim, then find a 60-meter peninsula to "run."

The logistics of this boggle my mind.

Gotta do it.

Master Gallerist List

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• VB11 - Fire Walk With Me

Yman Juran
Burning Life 09 / Burn Stage, Curator
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Burning%20Life-Jungo/128/128/2

• Moment E

Silene Christen
Burning Life 09 / Artist's Duel Camp, Curator
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Burning%20Life-Vya/156/78/25
Life Art Space Gallery
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Adobes/33/42/301

• VB10 - Dressed / Naked

Sapphoria Shilova
Zanphoria Gallery
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tabula%20rasa/158/109/27

• VB09 - Event

Ninoo Nansen
Xilin "Kaylee" Yifu
time • transcendence • performance
Chinese College, Monash University
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Monash%20University/116/134/28

• VB08 - Two Wear My Skin

Kali Meads
Neat TriCks Gallery
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wandering%20Spirits/52/178/21

• VB07 - I Advance Masked

Leto Zerbino
Steel Howlett
Ancient Greek Ruins at Petruchio
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Petruchio/62/157/3007

• VB06 - Golden / Red

SaintLEOlions Zimer
Saint Leo University, Art Gallery
http://slurl.com/secondlife/St%20Leo%20University/2/130/23

• VB03 - Veinticinco Mujeres

AutoPilotPatty Poppy
Poppy's Place Galleria
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Kintyre/174/206/23

• VB04 - Prism
• VB02 - Peggy Sue
• VB01 - Girl Next Door