On November 23, 2013 Patrick Lichty and Bibbe Hansen met on Odyssey and opened the Fluxus Performance Workbook. They chose to perform George Brecht’s Piano Piece (1962) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3U5Si2npF8&w=420&h=315] Piano Piece a vase of flowers on (to) a piano 1962 by Patrick Lichty (b. 1962) and Bibbe Hansen (for Second Front)
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Virtual Arts Class
This past month on Odyssey Patrick Lichty of Peck School of the Arts has been instructing students using the Odyssey Simulator as an extension of the classroom. Students have been experimenting with different online platforms as places of creation, including explorations in Second Life and Minecraft. The students have also been experimenting with 3D Printing:…
The Black Bags at Club Morpheus
SATURDAY JUNE 29 – Join us at Club Morpheus for the virtual release party for Odyssey members The Black Bags‘ new full length album. Vaneessa Blaylock is hosting a dance party and has invited The Black Bags to spin their new record for the first hour. Come dance with us at 8 PM SLT at…
AOM for Odyssey
Odyssey Art and Performance Simulator has housed a remarkable array of artists who are pushing the edges of art and identity in the virtual world Second Life. The Avatar Orchestra Metaverse began at Odyssey in 2007, and is rehearsing there now in preparation for its July 2013 performance at the first annual Deep Listening Art…
Art’s Birthday 2013
*art. one million fifty* There was a long celebration of Art’s Birthday on Odyssey this year. Here is a little documentation from our marathon party – presented by Pomodoro Bolzano – *art. one million fifty* was a celebration + simulation for art lovers. Build by Frieda Korga. The party happened simultaneously on Odyssey in Second Life and…
Dance Week on Odyssey
Senses Places and Odyssey presented an experimental hybrid reality dance jam session on Odyssey for International Dance Day. The mixed reality participatory environment involved a webcam capture interface and two live streams into Second Life. Movements in Real Life triggered movements in avatars interacting with the webcam interface. Avatars and live dancers worked together to…
Technology Tantrum
Here is a set of photos from the Random Acts of Art Workshop (RAAW) at the Judith and Norman Alix Art Gallery in Victoria BC/Odyssey – Doug Jarvis/Tran Spire led a three day workshop on mixed reality for youth aged 13 to 18.
Mathesis
Machinima documentation from Alan Sondheim’s “Mathesis” – with Sandy Baldwin. Performed live at the 2012 Odyssey Performance Art Festival (The End of the World Festival) at the Odyssey Simulator in Second Life and at the Black Bag Media Collective Studio, St. John’s, NL. To see stills from the performance and to download the IM text…
Avatar Orchestra machinima
The machinima is slowly outputting from the 2012 Odyssey Performance Art Festival. Here is machinima documentation from Avatar Orchestra Metaverse’s performance at the 2012 Odyssey Performance Art Festival (The End of the World Festival). The performance took place on December 21, 2012, 10 am SLT at the AOM space at Odyssey in Second Lif and…
Dreaming in the New Year
In Parallel: Dreaming into Alternate Universes with Norman Lowrey aka North Zipper A Virtual Celebration of the New Year Across 9 Time Zones. Odyssey participated in the closing ceremony of Ione’s 17th Annual Dream Festival in an overnight celebration of the New Year in Second Life. Avatars logged in through the night and received a Dreaming/Sleeping…