North in NEOS VR

This year, Odyssey artists have been intrepidly exploring new frontiers in VR and beyond. Most recently, artists are making breakthroughs in the social VR world of  NEOS VR. Norman Lowrey/North Zipper, of Avatar Orchestra Metaverse, and a long-standing Odyssey artist, has brought his singing masks into NEOS VR – to mesmerizing effect! To get a…

Onwards to 2021!

It has been quite a year! Odyssey artists have been working hard during 2020, and our sims continue to provide essential work and presentation space to independent artists around the world. Artists are turning to virtual spaces during these times and we have seen an increased demand for access. During November and December we have…

Framed

Images and text from Framed, the latest installation by Fau Ferdinand/Yael Gilks. In this this immersive encounter, visitors meet a monster hiding in the shadows. Through a storyline told in text, the monster hints at the troubles of his past and invites you back into a relationship. [11:43] Framed: Hey it’s you!, I missed you!…

Krysania concerts on Odyssey

We are so happy to announce that Krysania is back in SL and will be playing regular shows on Odyssey – every Saturday for the next month at 5 PM SLT, starting tomorrow – Sat. Dec 14th. Join us in the Odyssey Performance Space for some live music with a great entertainer – Saturday afternoons….

“Sleep” on Odyssey

Created for the Sleep as Art Residency at Ars Electronica (Shulea Cheang et al) – Featuring Krysania Eramos (Yunji Johanning) Fau Ferdinand (Yael Gilks) Man Michinaga (Patrick Lichty) Bibbe OH (Bibbe Hansen) Lizsolo Mathilde (Liz Solo). Warhol’s Factory couch by Bebe Begonia. Second Front are lot of people: Produced by Patrick Lichty Concept by SHuLea…

IWD Performances

Odyssey teamed up with Roles 4 Women to present the first annual International Women’s Day Performance Series. Thank you to all the audiences who came out to support and experience new work by five of Odyssey’s resident creators – Humming Pera/Tina Pearson, Liz Solo, Fau Ferdinand/Yael Gilks, Bibbe Oh/Bibbe Hansen and Nebulosus Severine. We also…

Women’s Day on Odyssey

Odyssey are proud to team up with Roles 4 Women‘s to host an International Women’s Day event on our sim. Thursday March 8th we will be hosting performance by Nebulosus Severine, Bibbe Hansen, Yael Gilk/Fau Ferdinand, Tina Pearson/Humming Pera and Liz Solo. We will also be presenting an ongoing screening on the sim featuring machinimas…

Senses Places at Corporealidades Pós-humanas

Senses Places – the collective founded and led by Portugal’s Interdisciplinary artist Isabel Valverde – presented a program of work at this year’s Corporealidades Pós-humanas in Salvador, Brazil. Collaborators joined Isabel online at the Senses Places studio on Odyssey. Performers and audiences participated from Brazil via different portals including live streams and Second Life. Senses…

Avatar Salad

The Second Front are working on Exhibit A this week preparing a new performance/machinima for the University of Wichita’s upcoming “At A Distance” exhibition. Stay tuned for more news and documentation from “Virtual Proposition for Alison Knowles #1 – Make an Avatar Salad”, based on an Alison Knowles event score/performance called “Proposition #2 – Make…

Senses Places at Odyssey/Open Sim Conference

Odyssey is proud to provide a home to Senses Places – a dance based mixed reality project by Isabel Valverde and collaborators. The project runs a mixed reality participatory environment on the Odyssey Simulator in Second Life and this week presented performances and demonstrations at the 2016 Open Sim Community Conference. Here are some images…