Category: virtual worlds
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Pokemon A-Go-Go
Second Front are shooting machinima this month on Odyssey preparing for an upcoming world premiere performance of Pokemon A-Go-Go. What happens when the Pokemon revolt? Come to the performance and find out! Stay tuned here for details of dates and times. About the Artists Second Front is the pioneering performance art group in based in online avatar-based VR…
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Call for Installations for Craft World
Call for Installations and Performances Our online collective at the Odyssey Simulators has opened a new sim in Craft World and we are looking for installations to present in the Fall of 2016 and throughout 2017. These installations will run for four month periods at Odyssey on Craft. We are seeking work related to themes…
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“the machine” Premieres!
After a lengthy wait “the machine” – a film shot and edited at the Black Bag Media Collective studio in St. John’s – premiered last week at the 2nd annual TrixXxieFest. There was a lovely crowd in attendance including many members of the cast and crew. The film opened this year’s TrixXxieFest and was followed…
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BBMC at Hi-Dance with Odyssey and Senses Places
from The Odyssey Simulator Odyssey and the BBMC had the pleasure of hosting another event with Senses Places – Isabel Valverde and Senses Places at Hi-Dance Festival – Dance and Technology, Rome, Italy. Isabel performed live on stage with Odyssey artists/avatars. Avatars performed via large scale projections. Liz Solo and Mike Kean of The Black…
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Red Dog for Freddie Herko
The following video is from a 50th anniversary performance of Al Hansen‘s “Red Dog for Freddie Herko”, performed by the Second Front on the Odyssey Simulator on October 25, 2014. The original performance was created for dancer Fred Herko by the American artist Al Hansen (father of artist, Second Front member and BBMC alumni Bibbe…
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BBMC on macGRID
The Black Bag Media Collective are now working on macGRID. Spear-headed by McMaster University the macGRID is a robust, archivable, Cyberscience and Art research platform (macGRID) and a corresponding network of academic, industry and community partners who wish to engage in interdisciplinary research and creation, resource and knowledge sharing, using simulation, avatar virtual worlds, and…
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North Zipper’s BDay
Norman Lowrey (North Zipper) turned seventy today and the Avatar Orchestra Metaverse held a surprise Birthday Skating Party on the Odyssey Simulator to celebrate. North was very surprised (he thought he was coming to a meeting:) AOM played a composition using one of North’s virtual instruments. The beautiful birthday set was designed and built by…
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Black Bags at Club Morpheus
Thanks to Vanessa Blaylock and LEA11 for a great online release last weekend. We spun the Black Bags new album a few times on LEA11 and were joined by old friends Bibbe Oh, Solo Mornington and of course Vanessa – as well as a whole new crowd. The Black Bags album is still streaming on…
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Odyssey Festival machinimas
A little machinima of our events at the BBMC studio during the last Odyssey Performance Art Festival. Machinima shot on the Odyssey Simulator in Second Life. Here is 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…