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…

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…

Second Front Ends the World

Second Front go over the Fiscal Cliff for the 2012 Odyssey Festival. Live on Odyssey and at Open Space, Victoria Canada as part of the End of the World Karaoke Party and at the Black Bag Media Collective Studio in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

OUT OF BREATH / OUT OF TIME

Stelarc performed a new piece as part of this years 2012 Odyssey Festival with production assistance by Jo Ellsmere and Pyewacket Kanzyanenko. Here are some images documenting OUT OF BREATH / OUT OF TIME:

Grass Conversations 1

Documentation from haglet alter’s “Grass Conversations” – with Wirxli II/Jeremy Turner and Alex De Jong. Two people who have never met converse through different media streams and interfaces. Live also at Museum Sorgdrager, Ameland, the Netherlands and at the Black Bag Media Collective Studio, St. John’s, Newfoundland. To download a copy of the full Grass…

Techno Dream and Nightmare Choir

The Black Bag Media Collective in collaboration with the Sound Symposium  and the Odyssey Contemporary Art and Performance Simulator present: TECHNO DREAM AND NIGHTMARE CHOIR a Feisty, participatory Community Art intervention about networked technology. OPEN INVITATION from the Black Bag Media Collective and artist in residence Tina Pearson Send us your Dreams (Send us your…