The Lofts Are Open

The new Odyssey Artist in Residence Lofts are now officially open and we celebrated throughout the day on Wednesday June 15th. Visitors dropped by the new studio spaces built by Chi5 Shenzhou and met some of the new Artists in Residence – Sca Shilova, Pyewacket Kazyanenko, nora Furlough, Ze Moo, Xisuthra Lomu, Ze Moo, SaveMe…

VB and Co on Odyssey

Odyssey is pleased to present: V A N E E E S A B L A Y L O C K / C O M P A N Y performance artists === VB16- AU PAIR NEXT DOOR === Friday 16 April 2010 Noon SLT – Saturday 17 April 2pm SLT http://slurl.com/secondlife/East%20of%20Odyssey/49/161/367 One year ago this…

“Remap Berlin” Closing Event

Marco Manray Cadioli’s Remap Berlin closed on Odyssey Exhibit C on February 27th with an Open House. The artist was in attendance and many visitors came by throughout the afternoon. Remap Berlin goes on to a new exhibit inside the virtual world of Twinity. ABOUT REMAP BERLIN By Marco Cadioli aka Marco Manray Synopsis –…

SLaddict Screening on Ody

Screening of SLaddict SLaddict – a new film from d-oo-b (Eifachfilm Vacirca) – screened on Odyssey East on Wednesday February 3rd at 2PM SLT and 6 PM SLT. The filmmaker was in attendance. SLaddict is a film about the good and bad sides of excess in Second Life. It was the starting point for some…

technésexual

On February 20, 2010 Adzel Slade/Micha Cardenas and ecolalia Azalee/Elle Mehrmand presented technésexual – a hybrid reality performance – simultaneously at East of Odyssey and at the LACE’s (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) GUTTED event, curated by Dino Dinco. This video documents the Second Life component with sound coming from Real Life via SL’s voice interface….

The Death of an Avatar

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_hcFTFOseI&hl=en_US&fs=1&] On Valentines Day, 2010, the avatar known as Wirxli Flimflam publicly took his own avatar life over his unrequited love for the artist known as SaveMe Oh. This machinima documents the sad event. To find out more see Wirlxi Flimflam’s Memorial Blog:http://www.wirxliflimflam.blogspot.comAnd SaveMe Oh’s Blog:http://www.savemeoh.wordpress.com

SaveMe Oh’s 3rd RezDay

Saveme Oh invited everyone to her Third RezDay Party. We arrived to find her lying in a glass box – a la Snow WhiteAttendees were confused.We tried various methods to revive her. The Bride of Frankenstein (Fau Ferdinand) invoked special powers, trying to bring SaveMe around.Jesus showed up and attempted a miracle.But he gave up…

Micha Cardenas, Elle Mehrmand on Ody

Azdel Slade/Micha Cardenas and echolalia Azalee/Elle Mehrmand will be performing live on February 20th, in a mixed reality event – simultaneously at East of Odyssey and at the LACE’s (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) GUTTED event, curated by Dino Dinco. Performance will start at 10 PM SLT, East of Odyssey. See also: transreal.org Elle Mehrmand technesexual…

Brain Storm

On Sunday February 7th, 2010 the first “Brain Storm” session was held on Odyssey. This gathering was called by Artistic Director Fau Ferdinand to discuss performance-based programming ideas for the Odyssey simulator. The meeting was well attended with about twenty five avatars making an appearance. To read details of the meeting please join us on…

Global Gaming Singalong

Media Artist Joseph DeLappe presented the first ever internet-wide global gaming voicechat singalong on Tuesday January 26th 2010 live on Odyssey Island. The “gg hootenanny!” – a day long festival featuring songs of freedom and protest – was presented in celebration of the release of his avatar, MGandhi Chakrabarti, from a nine-month imprisonment/durational reenactment on…