The Odyssey Simulators are a group of online spaces dedicated to contemporary art and performance with a focus on performance art. The Odyssey Simulators are made possible by care of curator JE Solo and the efforts of an International group of independent artists. Currently Odyssey hosts studio and presentation space in VRChat, Second Life , and Resonite, (the successor to NEOSVR). Our Second Life based Odyssey Simulator is the oldest artist-run sim in the metaverse.
The Odyssey Simulators support studio work and presentation projects created by wide International array of artists and organizations – in particular those working with performance in online synthetic environments. The Odyssey Simulators are currently managed and curated by the BBMC. Odyssey is the virtual home to many working artists and groups including The Avatar Orchestra Metaverse, Alan Sondheim, The Velvet Lounge, Patrick Lichty, JE Solo, Dan Coyote, Sca Shilova, Erika Steeves, BBMC, House of Zolo, and the Senses Places Project by Isabel Valverde.
Odyssey produces performances, Open Houses, gallery shows, and installations and has presented scores of artists over the years including Joseph Delappe, Eva and Franco Mattes, Micha Cardenas, Elle Mehrmand, The Second Front, Stelarc, Saskia Boddeke, Tina Pearson, Penumbra Carter, Nebulosus Severine, and many more.
The work of Odyssey artists has been presented in galleries, museums and festivals around the world including Diffrazioni Firenze Multimedia Festival (Florence, Italy); Canadian New Music Network National Forum (Vancouver); The Sound Symposium, (St. John’s); The Vector Game and Art Convergence Festival, (Toronto); The Shanghai Art Museum, (Shanghai, China); The Odyssey Contemporary Art and Performance Festival, (St. John’s, Vancouver, The Netherlands, Germany); The Net New Music Festival, (UK), the Digital Resources for the Humanities and the Arts (Brunel, UK); International Society of Improvising Musicians (Denver, USA); the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Centre (Troy, USA); International Symposium on Electronic Arts (Belfast, Ireland); OCAD University (Toronto); New Adventures in Sound Art (Toronto); Sonic Arts Research Centre (Belfast, Ireland); Debalie Centre for Culture and Politics (Amsterdam); Crosswire – NIMK, Netherlands Media Art Institute (Amsterdam); Stream on You, IMAL (Bruxelles); Wien Modern (Wien, Austria); Voice++ Festival (Victoria, Canada); Vestfold Fylkesbiblioteck (Tonsberg, Norway); The Alternator Center for the Arts (Kelowna); Hamburger Klangwerktge (Hamburg, Germany); Institute of Santa Fe (Santa Fe) among many others.
Link to us in Second Life here (SLURL).
See also Odyssey Facebook Page
Please consider Donating to Odyssey. All donations help us maintain independent artist workspace and every cent is put towards land maintenance fees.
